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Frankenstein Which Age Is It? Literary Terms More Lit. Terms Who Said It? 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2pt 2pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4pt 4 pt 4pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt This Greek god stole fire from Zeus and bequeathed it to mankind. The angry Zeus punished him by chaining him to a mountain top with his own personal, liver-eating bird. Who is Prometheus? This character is the first victim of the monster whose fatal mistake was namedropping. Who is William Frankenstein? This character is adopted by the Frankenstein family and is lovingly called “cousin” by Victor, but is happy to be his sister or wife when the occasion arises. Who is Elizabeth Lavenza? The Acrtic Ingolstadt, Germany Geneva, Switzerland Scotland England What are the main settings of Frankenstein? This character is the last person to see the creature and lets him get away alive despite his promise to kill it. Who is Robert Walton? 1798 through 1832 What are the dates of the Romantic Period? These hippy-like, lyrical poets believed that nature is a force that acts on the human mind. They include authors such as William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Blake. Who are the Romantic poets? Literature, such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, that is filled with terrific images of the eerie and supernatural. What is gothic? Did you pay attention in history class? This French term means let people do as they please, and it refers to the nointerference governmental policy during the Romantic Age that allowed the rich to become richer and the poor to become poorer. What is laissez faire? A major problem of the Industrial Revolution during the Romantic and Victorian Ages was ______. What is small children getting stuck in chimneys, aka child labor? The literary device that an author uses when he or she arranges words or themes in a balanced, similar structure. What is parallel structure? Authors depend on these to heighten the meaning of their literature. No, the answer is not adjectives; think lit. terms. What are symbols? The name of this form of writing refers to a verse that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. What is blank verse? The plot is a series of related events that make up a story or drama. The five parts of the plot are _______. What are exposition, rising action (conflicts), climax, falling action, and resolution? Comparing unlike things by using a connective word such as like, as, than, or resembles. The following line is an example of the aforementioned literary device: “The holy time is quiet as a Nun.” What is a simile? A character who sets off the main character by strong contrasts and highlights their faults, such as Henry Clerval and Victor Frankenstein. What is a character foil? The process by which a writer reveals the personality of a character. What is characterization? Writers use this scathing literary device to ridicule human weaknesses or vices in order to point out social problems and encourage change. What is satire? The stated or implied reason for a character’s actions. What is motive? “I am malicious because I am miserable.” PS – Be able to explain the meaning of the quotes from the story. Who is the monster? “Of what strange nature is knowledge. It clings to the mind when it has once seized on it, like a lichen to a rock. I wished sometimes to shake off all thought and feeling.” What is the monster? “You have burdened your memory with exploded systems and useless names. Good God! in what desert land have you lived, where no one was kind enough to inform you that these fancies, which you have so greedily imbibed, are a thousand years old … you must begin your studies entirely anew …” Who is M. Krempe? “A man would make but a very sorry chemist if he attended to that department of human knowledge alone. If your wish is to become really a man of science, and not merely a petty experimentalist, I should advice you to apply to every branch of natural philosophy …,” Who is M. Waldman? “Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us” Who is the monster?