Frankenstein Context Research

Here are six key questions that you might use as part of your coursework essay. Use the suggested sites below to answer the questions. Try to write at least 1 paragraph (or have around 1 paragragh of notes) for each question and be able to give your opinions on the topics.


Questions
1)Why might Humphry Davy have been an important source for Mary Shelley?

2)Why might Luigi Galvani have been an important source for Mary Shelley?

3)What are the main themes in the book and how are they explored/what is said about them?

4)Compare and contrast the creature and Victor. How are they similar/different?

5)How might Shelley have used stories such as Milton’s Paradise Lost, or the Promethean Myth from Ovid. Why do you think Shelley subtitled the novel The Modern Prometheus?

6)Why do you think Shelley wrote the book?


Suggested Sites

Davy
http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/2002-09/itsalive.html
http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Frankenstein/7/987
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein

Galvani
http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Galvani_and_the_Frankenstein_Story
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Galvani#Galvani_vs._Volta:_animal_electricity_or_heat_electricity.3F
http://www.crossref-it.info/textguide/Frankenstein/7/985

Themes and ideas
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/frankenstein/themes.html
http://www.litcharts.com/lit/frankenstein/themes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein#Analysis
http://www.novelguide.com/frankenstein/themeanalysis.html

The Creature
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein
http://www.123helpme.com/view.asp?id=4794