Romantic Period 1789 - 1832
Major Romantics
Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
Frankenstein Reading Assignment by Mary Shelley
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Mary Shelley Bio
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In-Class Reading for those who were absent
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Aug 14, 2025 LAKEVILLE AREA ARTS CENTER
Twin Cities Homeschoolers for the Arts (TCHA) proudly presents an original theatrical adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 classic novel "Frankenstein" for their 2025 Spring Play. Dr. Victor Frankenstein, driven by his desire to unlock the secrets of life, creates a creature from lifeless matter. As the creature grapples with its existence, it embarks on a profound journey to discover purpose in a world of rejection. Through a series of encounters with humanity and its creator, the creature confronts identity, acceptance, and belonging, ultimately questioning what defines true worth. As the story unfolds, "Frankenstein" explores the consequences of unchecked ambition and the life changing impact of acceptance and compassion, leaving audiences pondering the complexities of the human condition and the journey towards inherent worth. TCHA is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality performing arts opportunities to home educated students in Minnesota's Twin Cities south metro area since 2013.
Twin Cities Homeschoolers for the Arts (TCHA) proudly presents an original theatrical adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 classic novel "Frankenstein" for their 2025 Spring Play. Dr. Victor Frankenstein, driven by his desire to unlock the secrets of life, creates a creature from lifeless matter. As the creature grapples with its existence, it embarks on a profound journey to discover purpose in a world of rejection. Through a series of encounters with humanity and its creator, the creature confronts identity, acceptance, and belonging, ultimately questioning what defines true worth. As the story unfolds, "Frankenstein" explores the consequences of unchecked ambition and the life changing impact of acceptance and compassion, leaving audiences pondering the complexities of the human condition and the journey towards inherent worth. TCHA is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality performing arts opportunities to home educated students in Minnesota's Twin Cities south metro area since 2013.
Characteristics of Gothic Novels
- Setting in a castle or mansions
- An atmosphere of mystery and suspense pervaded by threatening feeling
- An ancient and obscure prophecy may be connected with the castle or its inhabitants (either former or present).
- Character may have omens, portents, visions.
- Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable and dramatic events may occur.
- Characters may have high, even overwrought emotion resulting in crying and emotional speeches.
- Female characters are often in distress and are oppressed in order to gain sympathy of the readers.
- Women are threatened by a powerful and tyrannical male.
- The metonymy of gloom and horror. Metonymy is a subtype of metaphor, in which something (like rain) is used to stand for something else (like sorrow). For example, the film industry likes to use metonymy, so we often notice that it is raining in funeral scenes.
Lord Byron
"The Destruction of Sennacherib" by Lord Byron
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William Wordsworth
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Read by Various Readers
University of Plymouth
Read by Various Readers
University of Plymouth
"Kubla Khan"
John Keats
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"Ode to a Grecian Urn"
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"When I Have Fears"
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