Read this summary of the story of Frankenstein. Frankenstein is a story about a man, Victor Frankenstein, who is so driven by his desire to uncover the secret of life that he uses his scientific knowledge to bring to life a monstrous being. Despite pouring all of his hope and energy into the effort, Victor is horrified by the creature he has created and abandons it. The creature, though hideous, still has human feelings and behaviors and acts out its feelings of rejection. In the events that follow, the creature turns against Victor and directly or indirectly causes harm to many of the most important people in Victor’s life. Victor’s life is forever changed as he is consumed by guilt for creating the monster and by the desire to stop the creature from inflicting more violence. Finally, exhausted by his mental and physical battle against the monster and all it represents, Victor dies. The story of Frankenstein is an allegory that conveys the idea that those who intentionally defy divine or natural law bring serious consequences upon themselves and others.

Based on this summary of Frankenstein, which theme is most developed in the story through the use of allegory?

Pride is essential to success in one’s life.

Ambition can lead to one’s downfall.

Failure happens despite one’s best intentions.

Humility is the source of one’s strength.

Frankenstein is among the most influential novels as far as the English literature is concerned. Dubbed as the "Modern Prometheus", the novel was written by the prominent English writer Mary Shelley wherein she incorporated principles of allegory as such themes include "Ambition can lead to one’s downfall."

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)