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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley & Literary Gothic

Full searchable text: Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (PDF)

Required Reading & Downloads

Introductory Material
Introduction to Mary Shelley and Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (PDF)

Related Articles, Poems, and Short Stories 
"Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (PDF)
“Prometheus Unbound” – Percy Shelley (PDF)
“Prometheus” from Greek Mythology (Theoi)
“The Body Snatcher” by Robert Louis Stevenson (PDF)
Preface to American Prometheus (on Robert Oppenheimer)
Excerpt from Paradise Lost by John Milton (PDF)

How To...
How to Write a Passage Analysis of Prose (PDF)

Vocabulary
Frankenstein Vocabulary & Allusions List A & B
Frankenstein flashcard deck -- list A
Frankenstein flashcard deck -- list B

Assignments
Frankenstein LRJ prompts
eWorksheet -- Mary Shelley Internet Research -- Part I
eWorksheet -- Mary Shelley Internet Research -- Part II
eWorksheet --  Part One (Part 1-6) -- Significant quotations (DOCX)
eWorksheet -- Part Two (Ch. 7-12) -- Significant quotations (DOCX)
Open-Ended Essay Prompts for Frankenstein (PDF)
eWorksheet -- Intro to Biotechnology Issues
Biotechnology Group Research Project & Presentation -- Assignment Sheet
Biotechnology Group Presentation Evaluation Sheet
Frankenstein unit exam study sheet (PDF)

Mary Shelley Resources

Mary W. Shelley Web
Pre-Victorian Web: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Brown)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Page (Brandeis)
Mary Shelley: My Hidden Progeny
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