Read the summary of the book and discuss the questions in
Read the summary of the book and discuss the questions in pairs. Report the results of your discussion to the class.
Mary Shelleys Frankenstein is a classic tale of a man-мейд monster seeking acceptance from society in light of his ghastly appearance and strange upbringing.
Victor Frankenstein is an amateur scientist who creates a quot;perfectquot; human from spare body parts only to have his plan backfire when the monster turns out to be extremely hideous and unappealing. The monster navigates the social scene for human friendship and is turned down again and again. So he decides to take revenge on the person who created him. First the monster kills his brother. Frankenstein is ravaged by his grief and guilt for creating the monster who has wreaked so much destruction, so he goes to the mountains alone to find peace. But instead of peace, Frankenstein finds horror when he is approached by the monster who then demands that he create a female monster to be his companion. Frankenstein, fearing for his family, agrees and goes to England to do his work. When he is almost finished, he changes his mind, and destroys the project. The monster then kills his friend and later his new wife Elizabeth.
Victor realises that his lifes goal from that point forward is to hunt down the monster and kill him. Victor chases after him throughout Europe and the North Pole, but then temporarily loses track of the monster when he disappears into a crack in the ice. At this time he meets Robert Walton and his crew.
The story ends with Victors death and the monster crying for forgiveness. After a short contemplation by Robert Walton, who promised to kill him if offered the chance, the monster convinces him otherwise and disappears back to the North Pole never to be seen again.
1 Did you like the story? Why? / Why not?
2 How did you feel after you finished reading the story?
3 Do you think the story sounds as unreal today as it did when it was written? Why?
4 Do you know any other examples of this kind of story? What are they?
I liked the story because I find it very interesting and humane. (Мне приглянулся рассказ, поэтому что я нахожу его очень интересным и человечным).
2. How did you feel after you finished reading the story? (Как вы себя чувствовали после того, как окончили читать эту историю?)
I feel pity for the monster because he was not able to love or to have friends. (Я чувствую жалость к монстру, поэтому что он был не способен обожать и иметь друзей).
3. Do you think the story sounds as unreal today as it did when it was written? Why? (Вы думаете, история звучит мистической сейчас, как это было, когда это было написано? Почему?)
I think that today the story does not sound such unreal as it did earlier, because nowadays medical technologies are very developed and may be they already allow to make such monsters. (Я мыслю, что сейчас история не звучит таковой мистический как это было ранее, поэтому что в наше время мед технологии очень развиты и может быть они теснее позволяют сделать таких чудовищ).
4. Do you know any other examples of this kind of story? What are they? (Понимаете ли вы какие-или иные примеры такового рода историй? Какие?)
There are lots of examples when peoples discoveries kill their creators. For example, there are stories about robots when they become against people and try to kill all of them. (Есть масса образцов, когда изобретения убивают собственных создателей. К примеру, есть рассказы о ботах, которые становятся против людей и пробуют уничтожить их всех).
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