Writelike Mary Shelley: Frankenstein's monster's lament
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Standards
Detailed practice
Story - Narrative
Young adult and up
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
complaint
gothic
- Purpose
- Explore Mary Shelley's voice, and practice writing a complaint with gothic intensity.
- Description
- In this lesson we rewrite a short passage from Frankenstein, in which the monster laments his own creation. We approach our variation in two drafts: the first focuses on structure (a complaint followed by unfavourable comparisons), and the second focuses on voice (using word choice and phrasing to achieve a level of Gothic Romantic intensity). We also use this snippet as a keyhole view into the 19th century British crisis of faith at a time of scientific breakthrough.