Mary Shelley uses powerful descriptive language to portray Frankenstein's emotional state at the moment of creating the creature as dangerous and obsessive. She emphasizes his "anxiety that almost amounted to agony" through alliteration, implying his actions could have dire consequences. This foreshadows the problems to come from Frankenstein overreaching his role and interfering with nature. The subtitle "The Modern Prometheus" further warns of the dangers of mankind thinking they can play God through science.

1. Frankenstein
The Modern Prometheus

2. Title: Top 5 Emotions
Learning Objectives
We are learning to...
•Understand and explain the presentation
of emotion in Frankenstein
S4L: Team- work and independence

3. Homework
Annotate Chapter 5.

4. Now, Top 5
Go through and find your top 5.
Put them into order.
Say why the top one is the best possible quote.

5. How did they do?
Skilled work 1. Identify examples of how language is
will used to show emotion
2. Annotate with some explanation of
how the characters are developed
Excellent work 1. Develop precise, perceptive analysis
will of how language is used to show
emotion
2. Annotate the text with increasingly
detailed explanations, and
terminology, of how the language
effects the reader

6. Last lesson
What annotation is like...

7. Mary Shelley
presents
Frankenstein as It was on a dreary night of
obsessed. This November that I beheld
shows he is the accomplishment of
obsessed because my toils. With an anxiety
his emotions are
too over the top.
that almost amounted to
Lots of bad things agony, I collected the
then go on to instruments of life around
happen to me, that I might infuse a
Frankenstein, spark of being into the
proving that he
was wrong to
lifeless thing that lay at
meddle with nature my feet.
in this way.

8. Frankenstein seen as obsessed by
portraying his desire to create life as
damaging . At the moment Frankenstein
is about infuse life into the creature, his
excitement is described as dangerous:
It was on a dreary
‘This is made powerful by the fact that it night of November
comes at the moment of the monster’s that I beheld the
creation .. The reference to ‘anxiety’ accomplishment of
implies that there is reason to my toils. With an
worry, that something could go anxiety that almost
wrong, and ‘agony’ suggests there is amounted to agony,
pain to come. This sense of impending I collected the
doom is exaggerated by the alliteration instruments of life
of ‘anxiety that almost amounted to around me, that I
agony’. Frankenstein’s obsessive might infuse a spark
behaviour is held up as a warning of being into the
against mankind’s interference with lifeless thing that lay
(and perceived superiority to) nature. at my feet.
The book’s subtitle, ‘The Modern
Prometheus’ highlights the danger of
mankind looking to overreach himself .

9. Success Criteria
Skilled work 1. Identify examples of how language is
will used to show emotion
2. Annotate with some explanation of
how the characters are developed
Excellent work 1. Develop precise, perceptive analysis
will of how language is used to show
emotion
2. Annotate the text with increasingly
detailed explanations, and
terminology, of how the language
effects the reader

10. Quiz Quiz Fun!

11. Paper
‘With an anxiety that
almost amounted to
agony’

12. A brief
explanation

13. Alliteration, immediacy,
physical pain and doom, F
ignores own feeling,
Romanticism, Prometheus
etc.

14. Why are we teaching others?

15. WOW! A
massive
90%
retention!

17. QUIZ – QUIZ - TRADE
• Write a brief explanation of your quote
• Move tables and chairs.
• Wander around the room, displaying your
quote and find a partner. High five them.
• Talk to your partner about your quote.
• Talk about their quote. What have you got to
add?
• SAY THANK YOU AND TRADE! This is active learning: no
leaning or sitting!

18. Write the quote you’re left with
under you Top 5
Is it better?
Why?

19. Use you target to write a TEPEE/
paragraph
and finish for homework due on Wednesday...

20. How did they do?
Skilled work 1. Identify examples of how language is
will used to show emotion
2. Annotate with some explanation of
how the characters are developed
Excellent work 1. Develop precise, perceptive analysis
will of how language is used to show
emotion
2. Annotate the text with increasingly
detailed explanations, and
terminology, of how the language
effects the reader

21. • Mary Shelley emphasised Frankenstein's
emotional turmoil with strong alliterated
words. We can see this at the monster’s
creation: ‘With an anxiety that almost
amounted to agony, I collected the
instruments of life around me’. This shows he
is obsessed because his emotions are over the
top. The use of the alliteration emphasises the
‘agony’ that Frankenstein is in like he is a
physical pain. Mary Shelley could be
suggesting that Science has gone too far as
lots of bad things then go on to happen to
Frankenstein, proving that he was wrong to
meddle with nature in this way.

22. Mary Shelley uses a powerful description emphasised with
alliteration to present Frankenstein’s tumultuous emotion; this
shows his desire to create life as damaging from the start. At the
moment Frankenstein is about infuse life into the creature, his
excitement is described as dangerous: ‘With an anxiety that
almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life
around me’. This quotation is made more powerful by the fact
that it comes at the moment of the monster’s creation – showing
that Frankenstein’s obsession is dangerous from the outset. The
reference to ‘anxiety’ implies that there is reason to worry, that
something could go wrong, and ‘agony’ suggests there is more
emotional pain to come. This sense of impending doom is
exaggerated by the alliteration of ‘anxiety that almost amounted
to agony’, which sounds exclamatory and painful. Here,
Frankenstein’s obsessive behaviour is held up as a warning against
mankind’s interference with (and perceived superiority to)
nature. The book’s subtitle, ‘The Modern Prometheus’ highlights
the danger of mankind looking to overreach himself and
foreshadows Frankenstein’s ultimate downfall. This message was
a key part of the Romantic ideal, a literary movement in which
Shelley was a key figure and a possible warning to the scientific
experimentation taking place that the time.

23. The author’s use of language / words / tone of voice is significant.
T Imagery is significant in this section.
The imagery of .... is especially significant in this section.
The author uses setting to convey ...
The characterisation of ... is developed in this section.
Structurally, this section is significant.
We can see this in the quotation ...
E We hear the character described as ...
The word ... demonstrates this.
Arguably, the most significant words are ... and ...
The image of the ... is crucial to our understanding.
The author seems to be suggesting ...
P The author is, perhaps, exploring the idea of ...
The author is explaining, illustrating, uncovering, hiding, illuminating, developing,
The words suggest / imply / convey ...
E This word / phrase / image / character makes me think of ... because...
This conveys feelings of ... because....
The word / image contains several ideas. For example...
The author seems to be exploring the them / idea of ...
E From one perspective we could say ... From another we might consider...
Developing the interpretation further, we could argue that...
This links with.....
This idea is repeated when......