Sentences, your own questions, vocabulary
1. How did Eizabeth come to be Frankenstein's sister?
2. Give three examples of imagery used to describe Elizabeth. How is she described? Why these images?
3. Describe Frankenstein's disposition in childhood. How was he conflicted?
4. What is doom is being foreshadowed? How is Victor conflicted?
5. Read the last paragraph on page 50 into 51. Shelley uses personification when she describes the "she". What is Shelley personifiying? Again, what is the conflict (the same conflict for all Romanticists)? Cite All Answers!!!!
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For the second question, why does the author describe Elizabeth like that?
ReplyDeleteI believe that it is to show that the mother felt as though it was fate to meet Elizabeth and she was sent from God.
What do you guys think?
Thnak you ahead of time to anyone that responds.
For this homework, are we suppose to write the summaries, questions we have, words we don't know, and answer those questions? I am not very sure for what to do in this assignment.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone understand what question number four is asking? I find it confusing.
ReplyDeletePei Qing- We are supposed to summarize and write questions. These are just the summary questions we need to answer at the end of the reading.
ReplyDeleteJanet- Question four means what can you predict due to the hints and clues the chapter have given you. What specifically is being forshadowed?
ReplyDeleteFor questions 3 and 4, what is he conflicted with? I understand what the question is asking, but I don't really understand what it is in the book.
ReplyDeleteThank you ahead of time to anyone who answers my question.
Hey is number 4 asking:
ReplyDeleteWhat doom is being foreshadowed? How is Victor being conflicted?
"Schiavi ognor frementi" means "slaves forever enraged". (heartoffrankenstein.blogspot.com/2008/.../schiaviognorfrementi.html)
ReplyDeleteWould Shelley be personifying science for question 5? It's a bit confusing for me.
ReplyDeleteIf that is, would it be foreshadowing that science is evil and that it will destroy happiness?
Here are the words that I done research on:
ReplyDeleteSyndics: (N): a person chosen to represent and transact business for a corporation, as a university.
Beaufort: (N): a male given name.
Abode: (N): a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.
Hastened: (V): To move or act swiftly.
Plaited: (N): a braid, esp. of hair or straw.
Relinquished: (V): To retire from; give up or abandon.
Hitherto: (Adverb): until this time; to now.
Milanese: In Italian-speaking contexts, Milanese is often (like most of the other non-Italian language varieties spoken within the borders of the Italian Republic) generically called a "dialect". This is often incorrectly understood as to mean a dialect of Italian, which actually is not the case.
Shiavi ognor frementi: slaves quivering ognor.
http://www.chacha.com/question/what-does-%22schiavi-ognor-frementi%22-mean
Rustic: (Adj.): of, pertaining to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
Ample: (Adj.): fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs.
Campagne: Country
Belrive: (which connotes "beautiful shore") is a suburb of Geneva, situated north of the city on the western shore of the lake as it narrows towards its end and thus affording a picturesque view of Geneva and the mountains beyond it.
http://www.english.upenn.edu/Projects/knarf/V1notes/belrive.html
Masquerades: a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Roncesvalles: Roncesvalles (French: Roncevaux, Basque: Orreaga, Aragonese: Ronzesbals) is a small village and municipality of northern Spain (Navarrese Towns), in the province of Navarre. It is situated on the small river Urrobi at an altitude of 900 meters (2,950 ft.)
Tyrants: In classical politics, a tyrant is one who has taken power by his or her own means as opposed to hereditary or constitutional power. This mode of rule is referred to as tyranny.
Predilection: (N): a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality
Tyros: (N): A beginner in learning something.
Citadel: (N): a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
Belrive: The Republic and Canton of the Jura (French: République et Canton du Jura), also known as the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura, is one of the Cantons of Switzerland
Catastrophe: (N): a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune.
Galvanism: In biology, galvanism is the contraction of a muscle that is stimulated by an electric current. In physics and chemistry, it is the induction of electrical current from a chemical reaction, typically between two chemicals with differing electronegativites.
Tranquility: (N): quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity.
Relinquishing: (V): to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.)
Sources: Ditionary.com
Wikipedia.com
Thefreeonlineditionary.com
www.merriam-webster.com
Google translator
Thanks for the words Danny, some of them were really helpful!
ReplyDeleteOn page 42, Elizabeth's mother died giving birth. This was a connection to Mary Shelley's life. I found out that her mother died 11 days later after giving birth to her because of puerperal fever(http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/shelleybio.html). Puerperal fever is a fever that leads to rapid heartbeat, uterine tenderness, and malodorous discharge; this occurs after childbirth. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/puerperal+fever).
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