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media type="youtube" key="o5t7HS3PBJI?fs=1" height="385" width="480" media type="youtube" key="uTWbosQ-9gA?fs=1" height="385" width="480" align="center" Frankenstein By Mary Shelley Memorable Quotes:

1.) Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.

Explanation - He knew that life and death were both there. He also knew that he had to go through both of them. He was living now, but he knew that he was going to have to face death also. He was going to try to make the best of it now and have the best time that he could.

2.) My spirits were elevated by the enchanting appearance of nature; the past was blotted from my memory, the present was tranquil, and the future gilded by bright rays of hope and anticipations of joy.

Explanation - When he saw the beauty of nature he was happy. He did not care what else was going on or what had happened. He was just living in the present. He hoped that the future was going to be bright and full of joy and happiness.

3.) Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not.

Explanation - He says to be strong and let nothing bother you. To stand up for what you believe in and do not let others make your decisions. He also says that the cold and dark stuff in life is not that he keep close to him. Also that nothing can hurt you if you say that you do not want it to.

Critic Quotes:

Amazon.com Review
//Frankenstein,// loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered //doppelgänger// themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image … but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. //--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.//

From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up-Full-color drawings, photographs, and reproductions with extended captions have been added to the unedited text of Shelley's novel, thus placing the work in the context of the era in which it was written. The artwork faithfully represents the text and makes this edition appealing to reluctant readers. Unfortunately, many of the captions provide tangential information that, although interesting, interrupts the flow of the story. However, readers will quickly learn that it is not necessary to read every caption and appreciate this volume for its many quality illustrations. //Michele Snyder, Chappaqua Public Library, NY// Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. //--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.//

From Booklist
Gr. 8^-12. Part of the Whole Story series, this is the full text of Mary Shelley's classic gothic story, which was first published in 1818 and has been a wild success ever since. Philippe Munch's illustrations have none of the power of Barry Moser's unforgettable woodcuts that evoke the loneliness of the grotesque outsider (in the Pennyroyal edition published by the University of California Press in 1984). The design here is crowded, and the type is small. However, the many period prints and maps in color and in black and white, with long, detailed captions, do provide the historical setting for the story, its geography, customs, and ideas. Teens enthralled by pop versions of the myth as well as science fiction fans will be interested in going back to the full version of what has been called the first science fiction novel and learning about the circumstances under which it was written by a woman, just 18 years old, 170 years ago. //Hazel Rochman// //--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.//

Review
"The select bibliography by M.K. Joseph is of benefit to our students."--Dr. Darlene J. Alberts, //Ohio Dominican College//

Videos
Both of these videos have to do with the book Frankenstein. The one is the actual trailer for the movie. The movie is based off of the book. The other video is a clip that somebody made of the first part of the book.