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Frankenstein Discussion Questions for Thursday January 11th 2018 Barnes and Noble 

Daniel Hamby

1: How would you describe Victor Frankenstein?

2: How would you describe his friends and family? What do you think they mean to him?

3: How would you describe the monster? Do you see him as willfully evil or a product of circumstance? Or does your view fall somewhere in the middle of these two options?

4: Why do you think Shelly deiced to have Victor tell the tale to another man on the arctic? Does this other man represent the audience?

5: Do you think Shelly draws parallels between Victor and God? If so what are they?

6: Do you think Shelly draws parallels between the monster and Lucifer? If so what are they?

7: What do you think compelled Shelly to make Victor Frankenstein suffer so much throughout this novel?

8: Do you see this book as a critique of enlightenment era thinking or as a praise of it? Or do you see it as doing both critiquing and praising of this type of thought?

9: How do you think this novel inspired future Science Fiction and Horror Stories? What do you think of its combination of Science Fiction, Horror, Tragedy?