FRANKENSTEIN  ACTIVITIES

 ACTIVITY 1. SYNOPSIS

Before you read the synopsis of the play, match the correct Word to the correct definition.

WORDS                                                     DEFINITIONS

1) CORPSES	To do something unintentionally
2)CEMETERY	A woman who is going to get married
3)GROTESQUE-LOOKING	Dead bodies
4)HIDEOUS	Extremely scared
5)TERRIFIED	problem
6)ACCIDENTALLY	Very ugly
7)WIFE-TO-BE	A place where dead people are buried
8)A CATCH	Very ugly

SYNOPSIS

The play is set in the 18^th century. Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist who is doing an experiment to create a living creature using the body parts of corpses which he digs up in the cemetery. He is not sure that his experiment is going to work but, before he knows it, he has created a grotesque-looking creature. The creature is so hideous that people are terrified when they see him!. The Creature accidentally kills Victor´s brother while trying to befriend him and , as a result, he asks his creator, Victor, to destroy him because his life is so lonely and he has no friends. However, the Creature then meets Victor´s lovely wife-to-be, Elizabeth, and decides that, instead of destroying him, Victor should create a wife for him too. This way, he believes he would be happy because he would have someone to share his life with. There is only one catch, the Creature doesn´t want just any wife, he wants Elizabeth! What will Victor do ….?

ACTIVITY 2. THE CHARACTERS

 Below there is a list of all the main characters. After the play you have to find out the real names of the actors.

VICTOR FRANKESTEIN: a young scientist

BOY: finds Victor´s diary from 18^th century

THE CREATURE: Victor´s creation

ELIZABETH: Victor´s wife-to-be

HENRY: Victor´s friend

WILLIAM: Victor´s brother

JUSTINE: A gypsy girl

ERNST: a policeman

·        WRITE QUESTIONS USING THE SENTENCES AS ASWERS.

1.- Victor Frankenstein did a fateful experiment

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2.- He was created from dead people´s body parts.

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3.- Elizabeth is going to marry Victor soon.

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4.- Henry is a scientist.

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5.- Justine witnessed the death of Victor´s brother.

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ACTIVITY 3. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

Now that you know the synopsis of the play and the characters, as a class, read the following extracts and number them in the correct order of events from 1-5.

A. CREATURE.  I´m as good as you are, so I deserve a wife like yours. I´ve seen the way you treat Elizabeth. You don´t deserve her. She will be happier by my side. I love her.

B. BOY: (READING VICTOR´S DIARY) First day of experiment: I have collected almost all of the human pieces I need to start the experiment. Finding a compatible human brain seems to be harder than I thought.

C. CREATURE: I’ve suffered. I´m suffering. You have created me, but your work is not finished. You have created me …. And now, you must destroy me.

D: SILENT SCENE: The Creatures gets closer to him and tries to talk

          to him. William gets scared of his face and starts screaming in panic. The Creature tries to cover his mouth but he cannot control his strength and strangles little William.

          E. CREATURE: I´m alone and a miserable. People are afraid of me. But someone as deformed and horrible as I am would not hate me. I want a wife. My wife must be alike and she must have the same effects as I have. You must create her. I demand a wife for me.

THE ENDING

1. WHAT WAS YOUR GENERAL IMPRESSION OF THE PLAY?

I thought it was ………………………………………………………………….                    ( FUNNY, EXCTING, BORING, ENTERTAINING, CLEVER, INSPIRING, ENJOYABLE ) because …………………………………………………………………………..

2.- WHAT DID YOU LIKE THE MOST ?

THE BEST PART WAS ………………….

THE FUNNIEST PART WAS …………………………

THE MOST ENTERTAINING PART WAS ……………………………

THE MOST ENJOYABLE PART WAS ………………………

FINAL PRODUCT: PLAY REVIEW

Fill in the following before writing.

PLAY: …………………………………..

SET IN: ……………………………………

WHO WAS THE PLAY DIRECTED BY?: …………………………………………….

ACTORS:   WHO IS IN IT? WHO IS STARRING?      

            FRANKENSTEIN:

            BOY:

            THE CREATURE:

            ELIZABETH:

            HENRY:

            WILLIAM:

            JUSTINE:

            ERNST:

PLOT: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

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