Frankenstein Revision Guide

‘Frankenstein’ Revision Guide

“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.”

(Mary Wollstonecraft)

Assessment objectives and requirements for examination

This is a breakdown of what the examiners will be looking for in your answers on this question.

AO1:

* Creative engagement with the text

* Detailed understanding of text, as well as knowledge

* Telling, illustrative evidence from text

* Appropriate terminology to explore ideas

* Shaped, directed, accurate writing

AO2:

* Confident analysis and well-selected quotations

* Always treat texts as literary constructs; writers are exploring ideas through language, form and structure- discussing plot and character is not enough.

* Exploration of aspects such as narrative voice, characterisation, dialogue, form and structure

AO3 (dominant):

* Coherent argument/viewpoint informed by interpretations of other readers

* Comparisons with other Gothic novels/ related texts and genres e.g. Gothic novel, Romantic poetry, frame narratives

* Different readings/ interpretations should be explored, evaluated and challenged

AO4

* Insight into importance of contextual issues such as gender, science, religion, Shelley’s own life, society of the time, Romantic movement

* Consideration of contextual influences over time e.g. modern views of science

* Avoid generalisations; the influence of context should be carefully evaluated

Contextual information

This is intended as a brief overview! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley)

Mary Shelley (née Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe Shelley. Her father...