Course Content
11 LESSONS
11 HOURS Total Length
Lesson 1
Plot Summary I: Walton’s Introduction and Ship, Victor’s Childhood and Ingolstadt
60 minutes
Lesson 2
Plot Summary II: Tragic Death For William and Justine and the Monster’s Perspective
60 minutes
Lesson 3
Plot Summary III: Victor’s Promise of a Female Monster, Betrayal, Elizabeth’s Death and Return to Walton’s Ship
60 minutes
Lesson 4
Character Analysis I: Victor Frankenstein and The Flawed ‘Hero’
60 minutes
Lesson 5
Character Analysis II: The Monster, Villain or Victim?
60 minutes
Lesson 6
Character Analysis III: Side Characters, Walton, Elizabeth and Henry Clerval
60 minutes
Lesson 7
Themes in Frankenstein: Knowledge and Discover, Justice and Prejudice
60 minutes
Lesson 8
Form: Romanticism and Gothic Literature in Frankenstein
60 minutes
Lesson 9
Structure: Multiple Narrators, Embedded Narrative and Chronology
60 minutes
Lesson 10
Language Choices: Motifs and Symbols, Allusions
60 minutes
Lesson 11
Further Historical Influences: Galvanism, Mary Shelley’s Background and Personal Relationships
60 minutes
