Due dates:

o Rough draft due Thursday, May 30.

o Final draft due Thursday, June 6.

Readings for this essay:

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (1818)

Length:

Minimum three full pages. Choose Times New Roman (or similar) 12pt. font and

1” margins. See the syllabus for further formatting details.

Essay Topic:

Why does the creature “[vow] eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind” (99)?

Do you think the monster's treatment at the hands of humans helps us to

understand the behavior of human beings towards one another? To develop

your argument, use specific examples drawn from Frankenstein, along with your

own experiences and other reading.

Note:

In Lesson 12 of The Writer’s Options, you worked on four paragraph patterns:

direct, climactic, turnabout, and interrogative. Play with all of these in your essay,

consciously attempting to use each structure if appropriate