THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

WARM-UP

• WHAT ARE THE MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS OF ROMANTICISM? WHAT ARE THE FIVE I’S?

• LIST SEVERAL OF THE MAJOR GOTHIC LITERATURE MOTIFS

• ROOTS MOTIONS

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

• WHAT IS AN ALBATROSS?

• WHAT CONDITIONS WOULD MAKE SAILING DIFFICULT?

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

• WRITTEN BY SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE WITH SOME ASSISTANCE FROM WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

• CONTAINS ROMANTIC THEMES AND GOTHIC MOTIFS

• MARY SHELLEY

FRANKENSTEIN

• READ THE PASSAGE IN CHAPTER 5. WHY DID SHELLEY CHOOSE THIS QUOTE FOR THIS SECTION OF FRANKENSTEIN? WHAT MESSAGE IS SHE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE?

• WHAT PREDICTIONS COULD YOU MAKE ABOUT THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER BASED ON THIS PASSAGE?

VIDEO ROLES• THE HECKLER

• CONSTRUCTIVELY MOCK THE AUTHOR OR CHARACTERS IN THE STORY• THE ENCOURAGER

• PRAISE THE AUTHOR’S OR CHARACTERS’ CHOICES• THE FORTUNE COOKIE

• SAY SOMETHING WISE RELATED TO THE STORY—WHAT’S THE THEME?• THE GRANDMA/GRANDPA

• MAKE A CONNECTION TO ART, HISTORY, LIFE, ETC. • “THIS REMINDS ME OF…”

FRANKENSTEIN

• NOW THAT YOU’VE READ THE POEM, REEVALUATE WHY MARY SHELLEY CHOSE THAT PARTICULAR QUOTE FOR CHAPTER FIVE

• HOW ARE THE MARINER AND VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN SIMILAR? • BASED ON HOW THE MARINER’S STORY ENDS, HOW DO YOU THINK

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN’S STORY MIGHT END?

PROMETHEUS

• WHAT’S THE STORY OF PROMETHEUS?

• HOW MIGHT HIS STORY CONNECT TO THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER? HOW MIGHT IT CONNECT TO FRANKENSTEIN?

CLOSURE• SUMMARIZE THE STORY OF THE POEM IN A COUPLE OF SENTENCES.