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1st 6 weeks 1st Semester

Final

Exam

on

Frankenstein

Ch

Monday February 25th- Friday February 29tharch 7th

Due THIS lab day:  Reading from Frankenstein. Be sure to complete the reading of the book for the final exam. Some notes are below under links. Also, bring the questions from last week's assignment over break with you for discussion. Just bringing them in is worth 10 points.

In-Class: Discussion on Frankenstein (with quick review). 

Final exam on Frankenstein.  

Once we have finished the exam, we will watch a portion of the latest version of the movie starring Robert De Nero. This version was made in 1994. On a cheese scale of 1-10, it is about an 8!

Assignments: Read about the Victorian Era in your Prentice-Hall textbook, pages 683-693. Be prepared for a test on this information NEXT lab day. Read Thomas Hardy's "The Three Strangers" (p. 760-773) and answer questions 1-7 on page 774 in TYPED format, please! THIS IS DUE NEXT LAB DAY. 

Links: The Victorian Era

         All the Victorian Literature you can possibly stand

         Frankenstein notes from class

Additional Information: The Victorian age is known as somewhat of the snobbiest of all times. Conditions were poor for labor workers, and there was lack of middle class. It was during this time that the British headed overseas to take precious resources from Africa to Bermuda, often conquering new lands and making them a part of the "British Empire". To this day, clear evidence can be seen regarding Britain's effect on other countries. Look at different currencies throughout the world: the Australian dollar, the Canadian pound, New Zealand's guinea, etc., etc., they STILL have the queen or current monarch on the front of their money. To this day, the effect of the Victorian age are still prevalent throughout the whole world. 

Background Information:  Victorian literature. .In this age before TV's, computers, and Nintendo, the most common form of entertainment was reading aloud (parents of the video age take note!). Writers like Dickens, Tennyson, and Trolloppe were widely read and discussed. The advent of universal compulsory education after 1870 meant that there was now a much larger audience for literature. Disraeli himself, when he wasn't locking horns with Gladstone, was a very popular novelist.

(http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Late_Victorian_Age.htm)

Above: Charles Dickens