Students considered the significance of the creature's narrative. The whole of this session considered:
- How Shelley creates a sense of sympathy.
- The symbolic nature of the creature and the ideas being explored by Shelley through the characterisation and experience of the creature.
- The key textual moments that shape the creature.
- The significance of the creature's final speech.
MY FAVOURITE COMMENT within this session was EH's comments relating to the 'teenage' nature of the concerns being explored in chapters 10/17. I also thought the comment offered by Jess that the book makes you question how you speak to other people was a really heartwarming comment. Read that final speech again. Is it poetic? Frightening? Logical? Rational? Delusional?
HOMEWORK: Next week students will be offered an essay title that will challenge them to explore the significance of the creature's narrative therefore the creature's narrative must be the focus of student reading. Students were provided with a lot of resources in this session and students must read all the resources as an understanding of these resources will inform your understanding of the text. Particularly the political and scientific context.
I'm going to offer a few essay titles next Wednesday but the focus for all of them will be how Shelley creates a sense of sympathy for the creature and will challenge students to consider Shelley's aim when presenting the creature in this way.
I am also going to begin Faustus next week and discuss the Anthology coursework. IT WILL BE A BIG SESSION. I have also been inspired by Kate's OUTSTANDING gothic baking and will present my own gothic sugary treat next week. See you there LIT kids!
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