Frankenstein | Topics for Discussion
1. Why is the novel subtitled The Modern Prometheus?
2. Why does Frankenstein create such a large, ugly monster rather than a normal- sized, good-looking man?
3. Why does Frankenstein not make a mate for the monster?
4. Why, initially, does Frankenstein hate his creature?
5. What is the purpose of the De Lacey interlude? How does it relate to the novel as a whole?
6. What conclusion does the monster reach about mankind after hearing Volney's "Ruins of Empires" and reading Goethe, Plutarch, and Milton?
7. Why do we now refer to...
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