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- 1. What do you know about this 19th Century text? How is Frankensteins monster represented in fiction and in film?
- 2. The Victorian Gothic The Victorian Gothic moves away from the familiar themes of Gothic fiction that were popular in the 18th Century - ruined castles, helpless heroines, and evil villains - to situate the themes of the supernatural, psychological and physical terror and madness within a recognisable environment L.O: To be able to understand 19th Century texts in the context of the Victorian Gothic
- 3. Modern stories and films with Gothic settings
- 4. The Gothic genre is devoted to stories of horror, the fantastic, and the "darker" supernatural forces. The focus is often a change in rational thought to irrational thought because something or someone is scared.
- 5. The following slides will go through some of the common features of gothic literature. Please copy them down... Gothic Characteristics and Elements
- 6. Gothic writing looks at the often terrifying and bizarre forces of the spiritual and supernatural the world beyond the physical. Unknown grotesque frightening
- 7. Good versus Evil It paints life as a mixture of good and evil powers that cannot be understood completely by human reason.
- 8. Supernatural images and beings appear throughout the Gothic genre. These can include: Vampires Ghosts Werewolves Monsters The Supernatural
- 9. The Double or Doppelganger (German for double-goer) This refers to a second self or alternate identity, sometimes, but not always, a physical twin. Does this remind you of any 19th Century texts?
- 10. Forbidden Knowledge or Power Often the hero will struggle to gain knowledge or power. Does this remind you of any 19th Century texts?
- 11. The Fallen Hero The search for forbidden knowledge or power leads the hero to a fall or destruction, such as Satans or Adams fall. Consequently, the hero in Gothic literature is often a "villain." The hero is isolated from others and either becomes a monster or confronts a monster who is his double.
- 12. Dreams/Visions: Terrible truths are often revealed to characters through dreams or visions. The hidden knowledge of the universe emerges through dreams because, when the person sleeps, reason sleeps, and the supernatural, world can break through. Does this remind you of any 19th Century texts?
- 13. Foreshadowing/ Omens: Strange happenings in nature often represent conflict in the characters mind Does this remind you of any 19th Century texts?
- 14. Often there is a female victim Does this remind you of any 19th Century texts?
- 15. A scary atmosphere The setting of gothic stories is usually in some remote, out of reach place, and could include an old mansion or castle.
- 16. Definition: The attribution of human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects or to nature; for example, angry clouds; a cruel wind. Gothic literature often contains examples of pathetic fallacy, which help to establish an eerie setting or character. Pathetic fallacy
- 17. Gothic in Art: Dantes Inferno
- 18. What gothic conventions can you Identify in the extract?
- 19. 1. List the descriptors of Frankensteins monster in the extract. 2. Victor Frankensteins first reference to the creature is as the lifeless thing. Find all the other nouns and noun phrases that he uses to name his creation. What do these descriptions suggest about his feeling towards it? 3. How do Frankensteins emotions progress from the beginning of the extract to the horror he feels at the end of the passage? 4. How has Shelley portrayed Victors fears, expectations and reality in this passage? 5. Look at the behaviour of the monster in paragraph three. What do you think it was trying to express? How does Frankenstein react to it?
- 20. How is Victors despair and horror captured as the extract progress? Create a PEEZL paragraph or two Point: - Evidence: We can see this in the quote, .. Explain: This suggests.. Zoom The word/phrase .. implies.
- 21. Plenary 321 3things you have learned: - - - 2questions that you want to ask about your learning: - - 1way in which todays learning links with another subject or something in the wider- world.