Frankenstein

=//Frankenstein//=

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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John Green crash course
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Chapter 5

Chapters 11-16

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs.svg

From //The Real Reason Why Zombies Are Scary//, by Chuck Klosterman (2010)
=== When we think critically about monsters, we tend to classify them as personifications of what we fear. Frankenstein's monster illustrated our trepidation about untethered science; Godzilla was spawned from the fear of the atomic age. Vampires and zombies share an embedded anxiety about disease. It's easy to project a symbolic relationship between zombies and rabies (or zombies and the pitfalls of consumerism), just as it's easy to project a symbolic relationship between vampirism and AIDS (or vampirism and the loss of purity). But what if the audience infers an entirely different metaphor? ===

Biography: http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/shelleybio.html

 * Story of Columbus and the Egg (as referenced by Mary Shelley in her Introduction)**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_of_Columbus


 * Franklin Expedition of 1845 - Lost ship found Sept. 9, 2014**

http://www.economist.com/blogs/americasview/2014/09/franklins-lost-ships

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/world/americas/canada-chases-down-an-arctic-mystery-and-some-see-a-political-strategy.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3As%2C{%221%22%3A%22RI%3A9%22}&_r=0

The story of Prometheus: http://www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanPrometheus.html

 * Review of a new book about Frankenstein and the Shelleys (Feb. 2013):**

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/books/review/the-lady-and-her-monsters-by-roseanne-montillo.html?ref=books&_r=0


 * Scientists and Scientific Terms for Chapters 3-4**

Link to Joseph Wright of Derby paintings

Interesting article on the allure of HORROR in books and films:

 * http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/opinion/sunday/17gray.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=critique%20of%20pure%20horror&st=cse**

**Chapter 15 references:**
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorrows_of_Young_Werther

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost



===POTENTIAL PAPER TOPICS: (Choose from these or other up-to-date, controversial, topic-related issues that interest you. They must be 2-sided issues, and they must contain a tie to //Frankenstein//.) ===

**Our Quest for Discovery:** Should we or should we not pursue any of the following? -- cloning, stem-cell research, GMOs/GMFs, embryo design, antibiotics in livestock, vaccines, organ harvesting, ventures to Mars, etc.

**Our Quest to Preserve Nature:** What should humans' relationship be with nature, regarding any of the following? -- maintaining ecosystems, de- and re-forestation (or use of any natural resources), manipulating the weather, intervening to stop insect or fungal infestations, maintaining perfect suburban lawns, preventing wild animal presence in suburban or urban areas (i.e. coyotes, raccoons, or carp in Lake MI), protecting endangered species, etc.

**Our Quest for Human Perfection:** Have we gone too far in our quest for health and beauty, to a point where we are putting our health at risk? What is really driving this quest? -- diet or exercise fads, botox, plastic surgery, liposuction, implants/reductions, gastric bypass, hair replacement, tanning, extreme athletes, performance-enhancing drugs or supplements