The Romantic Age refers to a period from roughly 1800 to 1830 and Victoria's ascension to the throne of England. Many of the precepts of the Romantic Age still serve philosophers and artists today. The concept of individual worth and rights was new in an age of absolute rulers and absolute power. Some of the poets... yes, poets... in the forefront of this political and social experiment were:

• George Gordon, Lord Byron
• Percy Bysshe Shelley
• John Keats
• William Wordsworth
• Mary Wollstonecroft Shelley
• William Blake

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote her famous classic, FRANKENSTEIN, on a bet. Find out more: click on the underlined word.

You might also want to check out other classic horror stories: The Mummy, Dracula, and Jekyll & Hyde

A Mel Brooks film pastiche (look it up. You know how.) of the famous story.

Did I request thee, Lord...

Review, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein...

About that movie, not the old one, the new one with whathisname as the monster...

 

 Student Activities- Individual

Choose one of the following projects. This work is to be accomplished on your own. You may ask advice, but there is no necessity for having a friend sit with you.

1. Research at least one of the poets listed above. Answer the following questions:

• Which characteristics of his work makes this poet a Romantic writer?
• Which of the other writers/poets were your poet's friends?
• How did your poet die?

2. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein caused quite a stir when it was published. Many moral questions are still argued using the novel as a springboard. Choose a side and argue one of the following:

• Genetic engineering is wrong and dangerous.
• Parents should be held accountable for their children's actions.
• A person's life outcome is determined by environment.
• A person's life outcome is determined by nature

Put your work in your folder. It will be graded by the teacher. Make any mechanical corrections and submit a perfect copy to the folder. The teacher will NOT criticize your opinions in this correction. Only the mechanics will be scrutinized.

Rubric: This is how you get your Grade, kids!