The lesson began with the students being pointed towards the comments of Nick Dear and the Dear/Boyle interview where both men discuss how they transformed Shelley's novel for their successful stage production. The interpretations of the text offered within these interviews should be of interest to any student studying the novel and may help students develop their own interpretations of this fine gothic text.
Nick Dear discusses Frankenstein: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFsvLYtGGXg
Nick Dear and Danny Boyle discuss the recent stage play version of Frankenstein that was performed at The National Theatre in 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mbDmwpJ_h0
The lesson then moved into a consideration of the question:
'FAUSTUS AND FRANKENSTEIN ARE TEXTS THAT EXPLORE THE THEME OF REBELLION.' To what extent do you agree with this view?
Lady Macbeth's speech from Act Five Scene One of Macbeth was also fire-bombed into the lesson for consideration within the essay. I can only apologise for my reading of Lady Macbeth. Once more i reduce tragedy to comical absurdity. Sorry!
The lesson then rampaged towards a discussion of the essay title:
DOES MARLOWE'S PLAY PROVOKE MORE LAUGHTER IN THE AUDIENCE THAN TERROR?
The whole focus of this discussion was the function of the comedy and the comical representation of Mephistophilis. It is essential that students understand how Marlowe uses comedy within the play and students must comprehend why the representation of Mephistophilis could be considered to be innovative and controversial.
HOMEWORK: Attempt BOTH essays. READ READ READ.
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