Mary Shelley

A cura di M.L. Sillitti 
 
 One of the most famous horror stories ever written, it was the first novel of a very young Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
 A scientist, Victor Frankenstein, learns how to give life to dead tissue and succeeds in creating a new being. Physically horrible, the monster is rejected by Frankenstein.
 The lack of love or simple acceptance, not only from people but also from his creator, turns an inwardly good being into a cruel and merciless murderer: the consequences will be tragical for many people.
 Stimulating activities, cues for reflections and interesting original inserts enrich the book.
 Teacher's Resources available online: Answer Key - Audioscripts - Key to Summing-up Activities. 
 
 Una delle più famose storie horror mai scritte, fu il primo romanzo di una giovanissima Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. È la storia di uno scienziato, Frankenstein, che apprende come dare vita a tessuti morti riuscendo così a creare un mostro. Fisicamente orribile, viene rifiutato da Frankenstein. Il non sentirsi accettato non solo dagli esseri umani, ma anche dal suo creatore, trasforma un essere interiormente buono in un crudele e spietato assassino con conseguenze tragiche per molti.

Letters

Extension: Genesis of Frankenstein

Chapter I

Extension: A plea for women’s education

Chapter II

Extension: Reading and dramatizing (I)

Chapter III

Extension: Reading and dramatizing (II)

Chapter IV

Extension: The title and subtitle

Chapter V

Extension: Gothic fiction and science fiction

Chapter VI

Extension: The birth of a monster (I)

Chapter VII

Extension: The birth of a monster (II)

Walton, in continuation

Extension: Frankenstein at the Cinema

Summing-up activities

E X T E N S I O N FRANKENSTEIN AT THE CINEMA FROM MARY SHELLEY TO KENNETH BRANAGH AND BEYOND     Theatre plays and early films Theatre plays were the earliest adaptations of Mary Shelley s novel. The first of them was Brinsley Peake s Presumption, written as early as 1823 (see Extensions on p. 32 and p. 44). These plays already changed great portions of Frankenstein s plot, most of it in order to dehumanise the Monster and to include a morale.   Films made by Universal Studios in the 1930s The first important Frankenstein film was James Whale s Frankenstein, shot in 1931. This film provided the definitive lasting visual image of the Frankenstein monster: to most people Boris Karloff as the Monster Boris Karloff. 104 

has become synonymous with Frankenstein. The following series of Frankenstein films contributed to a further change of the myth, when people began to confuse the creator with the creation. In the end the monster had become Frankenstein and the creator had become less important.   Films made by the Hammer Studios A new breed of adaptations followed in the 1950s and 1960s, when the British production company Hammer started their own Frankenstein series with The Curse of Frankenstein. In these films the central character is Victor Frankenstein but Hammer turned him in a ruthless villain, who would do anything to continue his experiments. This Frankenstein kills, blackmails, rapes and treats his creations like objects.   Film versions made through the 1970s and 1990s After the end of Hammer series few films contributed new ideas to the Frankenstein myth. In the 1970s only Mel Brooks  Young Frankenstein, a parody of the Universal series with Boris Karloff, and the musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which added a sexual component to the story of Frankenstein, were successful re-workings of the Frankenstein myth. In the early 1990s, Roger Corman s Frankenstein Unbound mixes fact and fiction and introduces a 21st century Frankenstein who travels Young Frankenstein (1974). The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). 105 

"Frankenstein" di Mary Shelley, un capolavoro horror, racconta la tragica vicenda di un mostro creato dallo scienziato Frankenstein.

Frankenstein - Collana Rainbows

Level B2 • Intermediate - Collana RAINBOWS

Frankenstein

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