Ah, but who is the real monster in Frankenstein? Actress Allison Williams shares her reasoning for why Mary Shelly's horror story should be included in The Great American Read series. 

Concepts

frankenstein, mary shelley, science fiction, creation myths, morality, gothic literature

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Use the video to garner interest in reading the novel
• After finishing the novel, have individuals craft a persuasive essay in which they identify the real monster and support their claim with evidence from the text

Classroom Considerations

• One of five Frankenstein resources available from PBS

Pros

• Williams notes that an 18-year-old girl wrote one of the first, and maybe the most famous, science fiction novels
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.9-10.3 RL.9-10.5 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.5