What I Learned This Week

The most interesting thing that I learned this week was the different types of literary criticism.  I had not previously known that there were so many different ways to look at and think critically about the same work of literature.  I thought it was very interesting to learn about all of these and how they can be applied to Frankenstein.  I also enjoyed reading the article about biographical criticism and hearing about what everyone else read.  I was very interested to learn that there were so many different viewpoints and how they could be used to expand upon what we have learned in class. 

I also enjoyed watching Young Frankenstein in class this week.  I thought it was very interesting to see how both Frankenstein and the creature are portrayed in film and pop culture and how these differ from their characteristics in the book.  I think it is interesting how the creature is portrayed as slow and unintelligent in movies when he is actually very fast and intelligent in the book.  Frankenstein also treated the creature very differently in this movie.  He did not run away when the creature was brought to life and instead stayed with him and tried to help him stand and walk.