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\nPupil outcome: I can explain how Mary Shelley presents Frankenstein as a hubristic character by looking at selected extracts from the novel ‘Frankenstein’. Key learning points: - Victor Frankenstein is portrayed as a highly hubristic and...\nPupil outcome: I can explain how Mary Shelley presents Frankenstein as a hubristic character by looking at selected extracts from the novel ‘Frankenstein’. Key learning points: - Victor Frankenstein is portrayed as a highly hubristic and arrogant character who plays God. - Victor relentlessly pursues knowledge to its limits, to the detriment of his own sanity, and the lives of others. - Shelley uses hyperbolic language to characterise Frankenstein as hubristic. - Frankenstein regrets his hubris and ambition, acknowledging that it has destroyed him physically and mentally. - Shelley warns us of the corruptive nature of ambition, especially when pursued by those without respect for boundaries.\n
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32:00
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Pre-K - Higher Ed
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Social Studies & History
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2023
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English
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hubris, playing god, hyperbolic language, to corrupt, to pursue, play god, painful labour, wisest men, grown pale, eyes swim, breathless eagerness, robert walton, warning walton, fantastic discussions, feel free, andy pads, answer selection, secret toil
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