Name: Miss Nino

Date: 3/7/2020 Period: 6

Activity 1— Human vs. Monster Cluster Map
Directions: As we dive deeper into this novel, we being to explore our main question of the unit:
What does it mean to be human? Using your funds of knowledge and the resources that I
provided for you (the novel & the interview on “The Traits That Make Us Humans,” and
Merriam-Webster’s definition of “monster), write down what characteristics would classify
someone as “human,” and what characteristics would classify someone as a “monster.”

The ability to
make/create Someone who
tools is empathetic

Human
The ability to
communicate
to each other
through
language
The ability to
feel
emotion/cry

Having opposable
thumbs
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“A person of A person that is
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unnatural or extreme
………………….. incapable of
ugliness, deformity, feeling
wickedness, or emotion/empathy
cruelty”

Someone who
Monster is violent

Someone who is
terrifying to
others

Someone that commits a

horrendous act/crime
 Activity 2—Frankenstein’s Creature: Human or Monster T-Chart
Directions: After investigating what characteristics would classify someone as “human,” and
what characteristics would classify someone as a “monster,” write down an incident or quote
from the novel when the creature was acting “human,” and when the creature was acting like a
“monster.”

Human? Monster?
Incident or Quote: Incident or Quote:
The creature is about to think about complex The creature is violent.
problems, such as how he murdered someone,
and defends himself based off logic.

Incident or Quote: Incident or Quote:

The creature feels lonely. The creature murders many people throughout
the book.

Incident or Quote: Incident or Quote:

The creature has read Milton’s Paradise Lost, The creature is made from random body parts
and he often compares his experience to the and has a frightening appearance.
story of Satan in Milton’s poem.

Incident or Quote: Incident or Quote:

The creature wants a companion and asks Society rejects the creature.
Victor to create a second creature.

Incident or Quote: Incident or Quote:

The creature weeps when Victor dies During some of the murders that the monster
commits, he lacks emotion.