1.Romantic Era 1.Look at the art of the Romantic Era. What do the paintings tell you about the period?
2.What are some of the common themes and subject matter in Romantic literature?
3.Who are some of the famous Romantic authors of the time (think Europe, not America)?
2. Gothic Literature
1.What are some of the common themes and subject matter in Gothic literature?
2.What are the characters and settings like?
3.What is the mood or tone?
3.What are some examples of Gothic Literature? Give the author and title of two pieces of Gothic Literature that you are either familiar with or have found through research.

Mary Shelley
4.When and where was Mary Shelley born?
5.Who were her parents and what were they known for?
6.Who was her husband and what was he known for?
7.What inspired her to write Frankenstein?
8.When was Frankenstein published?
9.What did critics think about it when it was first published?

Frankenstein – The Influences

10.Who was Luigi Galvan and how are his discoveries relevant to the novel?
11.Who was Prometheus in Greek mythology?
12.How might this myth relate to Frankenstein and why might Mary Shelley subtitled the novel “The Modern Prometheus”?