- Make notes on how nature is presented as sublime and Victor is presented as a Romantic in these chapters. Quotes could be placed against images of the Alps using ICT.
- In pairs prepare dramatic reading of the confrontation between Victor and the Creature at the end of the Chapter, condensing the dialogue down to a two minute version which covers the main arguments.
- Look closely at the Creature’s speech which begins ‘How can I move thee?’ Identify and discuss the effect of different rhetorical devices used by the Creature. How does his language compare with Victor’s? (Is he more eloquent and rational than his creator?)
- An extension activity could involve looking at a short passage of Paradise Lost (one of the books the creature first reads) and analysing the influence on the creature’s diction and syntax.
TIPS
- Keen readers may want to explore Percy Shelley’s poem ‘Futility’ which is alluded to in Chapter 10.
- http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm (very detailed glossary of rhetorical devices)
- http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/pl/note/index.shtml (online annotated paradise lost)
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