Finish Vol 3 Mini-lessons

Adapting Frankenstein: Screen and Stage

Activity: Two groups (film and stage)

Film group:

1.  Compare the evolution of film adaptations through the clips. 

2. How are Mary Shelley's themes/messages we have seen in the novel reflected in the clips? 

3. Are there any different messages/themes not from the books? 

Stage group: 

1. Discuss the unusual choices made by the people producing the play when it came to the characters. Why do it this way? How does this choice reflect the themes/messages in Mary Shelley's novel? 

2. When watching the clips from the play, what choices did the actors make that enhanced their performance? What choices were made by the people designing the costumes/set? What effect did those choices have on you as a viewer?