Frankenstein+SG+Chapters+XI+and+XII

1. What technique does Shelley employ to provide the reader with the creature's story? 2. Trace the levels of narration Shelley has established to tell this story? 3. How does the creature describe his first days of life? 4. How does the creature respond to fire? 5. How are the creature's early days different from Victor's early days? 6. What effect does the creature's speech (vocabulary and grammar) have on the reader? Why did Shelley write it for that purpose? 7. Why is the creature confused to see his cottagers crying? 8. Why does the creature work so hard to learn their language? What does that reveal about his character? 9. What does the creature say he discovers about himself? What feelings does this discovery cause? 10. Why is the creature's appearance relevant? What "science" is Shelley discrediting? 11. What evidence does Shelley provide of the creature's innate goodness? 12. What is typically Romantic in the final paragraph of Chapter XII? 13. How are the creature's first words similar to the typical first words of human babies? 14. Based on what you've read so far, do you anticipate the cottagers will accept the creature? Why or why not? 15. Why does Shelley end chapter 13 on an apparently optimistic note?

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