Sunday, September 26, 2010

"How dare you sport thus with life?"

Dear oib class,

I hope you agree with Lea that the excerpt from the Frankenstein movie is epic!  I think so too!!  Do check out Bride of Frankenstein as well and take a look at the Gods and Monsters trailer on the blog. Even scarier than Frankenstein, I think, is Nosferatu, the vampire film from the silent screen era...woah.  That will keep you up at night!

Tomorrow, you'll be doing some in class writing about chapters 11 through 16, but first I'm going to want to talk about two things the creature and Victor say to each other  before he tells his tale:

Creature to Victor: "how dare you sport thus with life?"
Victor to Creature: "there can be no community between us"

Think about it.  blog about it...We need to get some ideas going on the blog.  Be the first!  Remember you all have to go there!

I put Alex's notes up and will put last week's notes up when I get them--who took them? Laura, I think?

The new chapters will keep us busy until Thursday.

Read chapters 17-20 for Friday and finish the book for next Monday.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Faust

Faust (pronounced ‘fowst’) or Faustus is a scholar who sells his soul to the Devil. Although fictional in literature, the legend is based on an actual magician who lived in the area of northern Germany in the fifteenth century.
Once idealistic, he is now disillusioned and bitter with despair. He foresakes God and makes a perilous deal with the Devil in which he commits his soul to eternal damnation in return for power and knowledge in this life.
The legend has inspired many great writers, musicians, and other artists. The two most famous works on the Faust theme are Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, and Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe’s Faust.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Sheet of the Week





Dear oib class,


Things are about to get very interesting....who is this weird hitchhiker that just got on Walton's boat? Why is he so picky about where Walton is going?  What is he like?  Is this the friend Walton was hoping for?  These pressing questions were left on the table...That's what's called a cliffhanger.  So on Monday, we'll start with these.  Then, we'll move into our next narrative box, the first five chapters of Victor Frankenstein's narrative.."I am by birth a Genevese..."


Please read chapters 6-10 for Wednesday.  I'll probably have you do some in class writing on your reading in the first hour.


Expect to read through chapter 16 for the following Monday.


I hope you're enjoying the book so far.  It's one of my favorites :)

I'll be working on our blog and I'll send it to you when it's done. I'll ask you then to sign up as a follower so you can contribute to it on a regular basis.

Have a great weekend!!

Frankenstein!!

On a dark and stormy night...or On a dreary night in November...roll up your sleeves, class.  It's fall and Halloween is coming!!

ghost tales hail all the way back to the Gothic novels of the 18th century, stories that take place in the moonlight of imagination, in the dark, in remote, ruinous castles in far away, foreign places (Germany and Eastern Europe, often) where creatures of the night lurk.  The Romantics often used the mystery of the Middle Ages as a backdrop to their supernatural tales. 

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Welcome!

Dear oib class,
Welcome to your blog!  Here you will post notes and read each other's ideas.  You should check in at least once a week to write an original response and answer a class member.  It's your blog. Have fun with it!