AP Literature Classwork: (all work will be checked tomorrow)
Write a one-page journal reflection on the following topic:
In your opinion, are Frankenstein and the Creature evil? Write a solid ½ page citing
specific examples from the text, writing a detailed character analysis of each.
Then, do the following questions for chapters 9-16:
1. What biblical character does the creature compare himself to? What character does
he think he ought to be? (chapters 9 and 10)
2. How are the creature’s early days different from Victor’s early days? (chapters 11,
12 and earlier)
3. How are the creature’s first words similar to the typical first words of human babies?
(chapters 12-13)
4. Why does Shelley end chapter 13 on an apparently optimistic note?
5. Why does the creature calls the cottagers his “protectors?” (chapters 13 and 14)
6. What paradox does the creature see in humankind through his study of human
history? (chapters 13 and 14)
7. What is the primary disadvantage of the creature’s “education”? (chapters 13 and
14)
8. In view of the trial of Safie’s father in Chapter XIV, and Justine’s trial earlier, what is
Shelley’s opinion of the courts in that era? (chapters 13 and 14)
9. How is Safie a feminist character? (chapters 13 and 14)
10. What is the character of Safie’s father? How is he a foil to Safie, and to Victor’s
own father? (chapters 13 and 14)
11. How does the creature feel about the Sorrows of Werter? In what ways is he
different from the characters in the book? (chapter 15)
12. What is the creature’s reaction to Paradise Lost? According to the creature, how is
he both similar to and dissimilar from Adam? (chapter 15)
13. Why couldn’t the creature fully sympathize with the characters in Milton’s book?
(chapter 15)
14. What does the creature find in his pocket? How does it make him feel? (chapter
15)