Hello and welcome to today's lesson.

My name is Miss Halladay, and I'll be your teacher for today guiding you through the learning.

As you all know by now, I'm a massive fan of gothic literature, and therefore I can't wait to dive into today's lesson and explore "Frankenstein" in more depth with you, listening to all your incredible ideas and suggestions along the way.

Let's get started.

So today's lesson is called Frankenstein's regret, and by the end of today's lesson you will be able to explain how Frankenstein's attitude towards his creature fluctuates or changes throughout the text.

So let's get started.

Here are some keywords that you will need for today's learning.

We've got malignity, abhorrent, negligent, irresponsible, and gravity.

Let's have a look at the definitions of these keywords.

If you think you might need to write some of them down, then please do feel free to pause the video, and do so in your own time.

So first of all, malignity is the desire to see other people experience pain or suffering.

If something is abhorrent, it's disgusting and loathsome.

Being negligent, is failing to take proper care of something that you have responsibility for.

If you're being irresponsible, you're not behaving in a sensible or a responsible manner.

And finally, the gravity of something is its seriousness.

Here's today's lesson outline.

We're going to begin by reading an extract from Chapter 10 of "Frankenstein," before moving on to discussing Frankenstein's regret in a bit more detail.

But let's start first by reading the extract from Chapter 10.

So we're gonna begin the lesson with a quick discussion.

First of all, I'd like you to think, well, why does Victor regret making his creation when he first sees it? So I'm going to invite you now to pause the video while you discuss that question with the people around you and before we share some ideas together.

Off you go.

Fantastic discussions, and what a way to start the lesson.

I'm really impressed by all of your suggestions there.

Now, one suggestion that I heard that I really liked was this idea that actually, Victor regrets making his creation immediately, because he finds it really hideous to look at, and a lot of Victor's hatred towards his creature is directed at the way it looks unfortunately.

And Victor is really disappointed, as Izzy points out, with the fact that the accomplishment of his toils is so repulsive.

So he's disappointed that he worked so hard to create something that he really doesn't actually like.

So, well done, if you got those ideas in your discussions.

Great work and let's move on.

So as I mentioned previously, in today's lesson, we are going to be reading an extract from Chapter 10.

Now in this chapter we see Victor trying to heal from his despair at the murder of his younger brother and execution of his friend, Justine, who was actually blamed for the murder of Victor's brother, William.

Now Victor has gone to Mont Blanc in search of natural beauty, and he's arrived at Montanvert, which is an area in the Alps.

So here's our extract.

As I'm reading, you need to be following along.

I'm going to ask you some questions about this extract in a moment, so make sure that you are paying close attention to what we are reading.

I'll read and you follow along.

Let's go.

"As I said this I suddenly beheld the figure of a man, at some distance, advancing towards me with superhuman speed.

He bounded over the crevices in the ice, among which I had walked with caution; his stature, also, as he approached, seemed to exceed that of man.

I was troubled; a mist came over my eyes, and I felt a faintness seize me, but I was quickly restored by the cold gale of the mountains.

I perceived, as the shape came nearer, sight tremendous and abhorred, that it was the wretch whom I had created." I'd like you to consider, first of all.

Well, we know who this figure is before Victor does.

How does Shelley show us who this figure is before Victor realises that it is in fact his creature? And secondly, how does Victor feel when he sees his creation again? So I'm going to invite you now to pause the video while you answer those questions, either with the people around you, or independently if you're working alone.

Off you go.

Fantastic work and some great comprehension demonstrated there.

Now in terms of how we know who this figure is, well, I think it's the fact that he's described as having superhuman speed and bounding over the crevices that Victor says that he had to walk over with great caution.

We're also told that this figure's stature exceeded that of man, and we already know that Victor made the creature eight foot tall, and therefore we make the assumption that this is in fact the creature who is bounding towards Victor at great speed, because we know that Victor bestowed him with these supernatural capabilities, like excessive speed and strength, and also height.

And therefore, we realise that this is the creature before Victor does, and we watch his horror unfold as the same realisation dawns upon him.

Now in terms of how Victor feels when he sees his creation again, we can tell that he's not very pleased to see him.

Okay, he's actually disgusted and appalled, and he says that the sight was tremendous, so it was shocking to him and it was abhorred, it was awful, it was disgusting, it was repulsive for him to see the creature again.

Let's carry on reading now.

"I trembled with rage and horror, resolving to wait his approach and then close with him in mortal combat.

He approached; his countenance bespoke bitter anguish, combined with disdain and malignity, while its unearthly ugliness rendered it almost too horrible for human eyes.

But I scarcely observed this; rage and hatred had at first deprived me of utterance, and I recovered only to overwhelm him with words expressive of furious detestation and contempt.

'Devil,' I exclaimed, 'do you dare approach me? And do you not fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head?'" Some real animosity between Victor and the creature there.

Let's have a look at the questions you'll be answering.

So first of all, a quick reminder that malignancy is one of our keywords of the lesson, and it means this desire to see other people experience pain or suffering.

And the question I'd like you to consider, is why does Victor hate the creature so much at this specific point in the novel? Think about the context that you were given before we started reading this extract, and see if you can work out why he hates him so much.

I'm going invite you now to pause the video while you consider that either independently or with the people around you.

Off you go.

Fantastic work, and a massive well done to many of you who I heard identify that the reason that Victor hates the creature so much here is because actually, he thinks that he has murdered his brother, William, and that he's also indirectly responsible for the execution of his childhood friend, Justine, who was in fact, convicted of William's murder wrongly.

So let's continue.

"'Begone, vile insect! Or rather, stay, that I may trample you to dust! And, oh! That I could, with the extinction of your miserable existence, restore those victims whom you have so diabolically murdered!' 'I expected this reception,' said the demon.

'All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us.

You purpose to kill me.

How dare you sport thus with life? Do your duty towards me, and I will do mine towards you and the rest of mankind.

'" So the questions I'd like you to consider here are, what is it that Victor wants to do to the creature? And what impression here are we given of the creature? So again, I'm going to invite you to pause the video and I'm really looking forward to sharing answers to these questions, because I think the responses might be quite diverse.

So pause the video and discuss with the people around you, or work independently, whatever's easiest and preferable to you.

Off you go.

Again, I'm really seeing that many of you are really understanding this extract and that your comprehension is really good, and that's fantastic to see, because 19th century literature can be really difficult to read.

So you're doing really well with this, well done.

Now in terms of what Victor wants to do to the creature, Victor says, "Oh, that I could, with the extinction of your miserable existence, restore those victims whom you have so diabolically murdered!" So here we see Victor really wanting to end the creature's life, and in doing so he wishes that he was able to bring back the creature's victims, so, Justine and his brother, William.

Now in terms of the impression that we're given of the creature, the creature here is quite different from the last time we saw him.

He's very eloquent, so he is very well-spoken, and that's actually because he's taken the time to educate himself in a part of the book that we haven't actually read together.

But the creature's very articulate here, and he is very eloquent and quite calm, initially.

And he kind of says that he predicted this response from Victor, which perhaps suggests that maybe he murdered Victor's brother out of malice.

And in fact, we go on to learn later in the novel that he did.

His responses are quite calm, but they're also very scathing, and he massively criticises Victor here for his hypocrisy.

And that's quite an intelligent observation for the creature to make.

He says, "You purpose to kill me, so you want to kill me? How dare you give me life then, you hypocrite." Okay, so here we get the impression that the creature's actually very intelligent, and very level-headed, and sensible and rational.

And that's really interesting, because obviously we know that the creature is a murderer.

So we can only assume that the creature knew exactly what he was doing when he murdered Victor's younger brother, William.

So we're also given the impression that the creature is very cold-hearted and quite callous, especially towards Victor here.

So a massive well done if you've got any of those ideas, great reading work.

So let's check for understanding.

What is it that the creature criticises Victor for in this extract? Is it A, wrongfully accusing him of the abhorrent murder of his brother and the execution of Justine? Is it B, being irresponsible enough to make the creature so hideous, or is it C, being negligent in his role as creator and not taking responsibility for him? So I'm gonna invite you now to pause the video, while you make your answer selection.

Off you go.

And a massive well done, if you identified, that C is the correct answer.

The creature says, "You've got to do your duty towards me, and I will do mine towards you and the rest of mankind." And here the creature is saying that Victor's duty is to take care of him properly.

So he's therefore criticising Victor for his negligence and lack of care for the creature.

So, well done if you got C, you're absolutely right.

Let's carry on reading.

So the creature continues: '"If you will comply with my conditions, I will leave them and you at peace; but if you refuse, I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends.

' 'Abhorred monster! Fiend that thou art! The tortures of hell are too mild a vengeance for thy crimes.

Wretched devil! You reproach me with your creation, come on, then, that I may extinguish the spark which I so negligently bestowed.

' My rage was without bounds; I sprang on him, impelled by all the feelings which can arm one being against the existence of another." This exchange is getting very heated, isn't it? So just to clarify a little bit of vocabulary first, when the creature says, "I will glut the maw of death," he's basically saying, "I will feed the mouth of death so I will destroy every single one of your friends.

I will feed death until it can feed no more, until it is satiated with the blood of your remaining friends." So a really horrifying threat there from the creature.

And I'd like you to consider this question: Which word in this part of the extract tells us that Victor regrets making his creation? And I've highlighted the relevant section for you to choose from, in purple, so that's a little bit of help for you.

So pick one word within that purple highlighted section that shows us that Victor really regrets making this creation.

Pause the video, and off you go.

Fantastic work, and I was really impressed to see so many of you identifying this word, negligently, as the one that indicates Victor's regret.

Now negligent is one of our key words of this lesson, and it means when you fail to take proper care of something, or you act irresponsibly.

And Victor here, in saying that he negligently bestowed life upon this creature, is saying that it was a foolish thing for him to have given the creature life, and he massively regrets it, so, here Victor's regret is very, very evident.

And well done if you identify that Shelley's use of the word, negligently, is what shows us that remorse.

Again, let's continue, and this is now the creature speaking.

So the creature says: "'Be calm! I entreat you to hear me before you give vent to your hatred on my devoted head.

Have I not suffered enough, that you seek to increase my misery? Remember, thou hast made me more powerful than thyself; my height is superior to thine, my joints more supple.

But I will not be tempted to set myself in opposition to thee.

I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile to my natural lord and king if thou wilt also perform thy part, the which thou owest me.

Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded.

I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend.

Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.

'" And the questions I'd like you to consider here are, what is it that the creature says has made him, a quote, a "fiend"? What is it that the creature wants from Victor? And how do we feel for the creature here? Now, I can't wait to hear your responses, 'cause I think this is such an important part of the text, and I'm really interested to see how you respond to this part of the text.

So pause the video, and either discuss those questions with the people around you, or consider them independently, if you are working on your own.

Off you go.

Excellent work and some really perceptive responses there.

I can see many of you making really strong and solid inferences using the text.

So, a huge well done.

Now in terms of what the creature says has made him a fiend.

Well, he says, quote, "Misery made me a fiend." So he says, "Being miserable has made me wicked, has made me evil." Now what he wants from Victor is some company, okay? He says, "Everywhere I see bliss from which I alone am irrevocably excluded." He says, "Everywhere I look around me, people are happy, people have company, people have, you know, companionship, and I don't have that, because you have rejected me." And so, what he asks Victor for is a female creature that can be his mate, his companion, his kind of wife, so he won't be lonely.

And so, in terms of how we feel for the creature here, I dunno about you, but I feel really sorry for him, because it's really clear how much of an impact Victor's early rejection of the creature had on his life and the way that he views the world, because it's really turned him against humanity, and it's made him feel really isolated and shunned, and rejected and worthless.

And that is what perhaps has driven him to kind of act out against Victor, because he's so upset about the way that Victor treated him when he was first born.

And in fact, the way that humanity treats him, simply because of the way he looks, okay? People fear him because he looks frightening.

And that must be really difficult, you know, it must be really difficult wherever you go for people to fear you, for people to shun you, for people to reject you.

And here, my heart does break for the creature, because I do think, although, yes, he has murdered Victor's younger brother and caused the death of Justine, I do still feel empathy.

I'm not excusing what he's done, but I feel real empathy for him, because I don't think that the way Victor treated him initially was very fair, and set him out to live the best life possible.

And it also makes me really sad that all he wants is a friend and a companion, and that's what he asks Victor for.

So let's check for understanding before we move on and finish our reading.

What does the creature say will happen to him if Victor makes him happy? Is it A, that he will persecute Victor's family and friends even more? Is it B, that he will become moral and good again, or is it C, that he will leave Victor alone forever? I'm going to invite you now to pause the video while you select the answer that you think is the right one.

Off you go.

And, well done, if you selected B.

He says, "I shall again become virtuous.

I will again become moral and good if you grant my wish of companionship." So, well done, if you got B, you're spot on.

So let's continue reading: "As he said this, he led the way across the ice; I followed.

My heart was full, and I did not answer him, but as I proceeded, I weighed the various arguments that he had used and determined at least to listen to his tale.

I was partly urged by curiosity, and compassion confirmed my resolution.

I had hitherto supposed him to be the murderer of my brother, and I eagerly sought a confirmation or denial of this opinion.

For the first time, also, I felt what the duties of a creator towards his creature were, and that I ought to render him happy before I complained of his wickedness.

And these motives urged me to comply with his demand." An interesting part of the text here.

So I'd like you to consider, well, how does Victor feel here towards his creature? And what is he starting to understand? And here again, you'll notice I have highlighted some relevant sections for you in purple, that will help you to answer these questions if you need it.

So I'm gonna invite you now again, to pause the video while you discuss with the people around you, or answer these questions independently, whatever you think works best for you.

Off you go.

And again, some really insightful and very kind of perceptive answers there, so, well done.

Now in terms of how Victor feels towards his creature, I heard many of you talking about the fact that actually Victor does seem a little bit moved by the creature's story, and he does feel some responsibility for the tragic condition of the creature's emotions, because he says, "I was partly urged by curiosity, but compassion confirmed my resolution." So it was partly curiosity that drove him to agree to the creature's demands, but he says it was also largely compassion, so he did feel sorry for the creature.

He did understand where the creature was coming from.

And in terms of what Victor seems to be starting to understand, that's the responsibility of a caregiver.

He says here, "For the first time, I felt what the duties of a creator towards his creature were." So I understood what I was supposed to be doing, to take responsibility and take care of the thing that I have created, that I am responsible for.

And he says he understands that he ought to have rendered him happy before he complained of his wickedness.

So he says, "It is my responsibility to ensure that this creature is happy before I complain that he is a horrible evil, wicked wretch." So here we see Victor kind of do a bit of a 180, and try to understand his role as creator and parent, in a sense, and that is to look after the creature, and be responsible for the creature's welfare and happiness.

So, well done, if you identified that, great reading work.

So here's our first task of the lesson, and you are going to summarise what you have learned about both Frankenstein and the creature in this chapter using the following questions: What impression of both characters did you get in this chapter and why? So, for example, you might write something like, in this chapter, Victor was presented as.

and you're gonna say what he was presented as, and give me a quotation that supports that.

You are also going to think, how did the characters interact with one another? So again, you might say something like, in the chapter we see, you know, the creature behaving in this way towards Frankenstein, because.

and then explaining why their interaction is the way that it is.

And finally, was there anything that you learned about each character from this chapter that perhaps surprised you or shocked you in some way? I certainly know there were things that surprised me about this chapter the first time I read it.

And to express those opinions, you might use something like, I was surprised to learn something about Victor in this chapter, because.

and then give me an explanation as to why that surprised you or shocked you.

So what I'm gonna do now is invite you to pause the video, while you undertake this writing task, making sure that you are linking each of your ideas back to the text using evidence.

So, pause the video, and have a go at undertaking this task now.

Great writing and some really insightful responses there.

What we're going to do now is share some responses you might have got.

And as we're sharing those responses, I would like you to add anything that you think might be useful for your notes from the answers below.

So, as we're going through these answers, if you see anything you think, "Yep, I really want to have that in my notes," or, "I think that's really interesting," or, "Perhaps I hadn't considered that idea, wouldn't it be great to write it down?" So then you've got that in your notes that you can come back to when we come to writing about Frankenstein later on.

So first of all, in this chapter, Frankenstein was presented as initially really angry with his creation, but then, towards the end of the extract, he becomes quite calm and reasonable, when the creature was making his request.

The creature was presented as very eloquent, so very well-spoken, and very rational in this chapter.

But we did also see those moments of rage and frustration too.

So that's kind of how each of the characters is presented.

Now, in terms of how they interact with each other, well the character's initial interaction was very, very disrespectful.

Victor called the creature a vile insect, which is an absolutely horrible thing to call somebody, and the creature later became aggressive.

However, by the end of the extract, both characters actually were listening to one another's perspectives and trying to find some commonality and understanding of one another.

So both characters by the end of the chapter seemed to be kind of trying to find a little bit of empathy for one another, and that's really important to see.

And in terms of things that might have surprised or shocked you, well, you might have said something like, "I was surprised to learn how articulate and eloquent the creature is." And as I said in the lesson, "In an earlier chapter of the novel, the creature teaches himself to read and becomes educated.

And his intelligence is really evident in this chapter.

It's also interesting to see how much respect he has for Victor, his creator, despite the fact that Victor treated him so cruelly in Chapter 5 when he was first brought to life." You might have also said that "You might have been surprised to see Victor being more reasonable and receptive to the creature's story, because he has previously been very dismissive of his creation." So these are some of the ideas you might have got, and as I said earlier, if there's anything there that you think might be useful to you when we come to write about "Frankenstein," then obviously feel free to pause the video, and jot some of those ideas down.

So let's move on to the second part of our lesson, where we're going to have a look at Frankenstein's regret in more detail.

So here are some really key moments in "Frankenstein." We've got Victor bringing the creature to life, and then regretting it immediately because of its appearance.

We've got Victor learning the death of his younger brother, William, and he suspects that the creature may be responsible.

We see Victor's childhood friend, Justine, tried and executed wrongly for the murder of Victor's brother.

We see Victor agreeing to the creature's demands for a mate.

We see Victor regretting agreeing to the creature's demands and destroying his latest creation.

We then see the creature enraged, murdering Victor's friend, Henry Clerval.

And finally, we see the creature murdering Victor's wife, Elizabeth, on their wedding night.

So some really tragic events there.

And what I'd like you to consider is, well, at which point in the novel do you think that Victor's sense of regret is the strongest? So I'm going to invite you now to pause the video, while you discuss that either with the people around you, or working independently.

Off you go.

Great discussions and a really diverse range of opinions, which is fantastic, because you've all got your unique responses to this fantastic text.

So, a massive well done.

So I'd like you to consider now, well, what do you think that Frankenstein most regrets in this novel? Is it creating the creature, or do you think it's the ambition and the thirst for knowledge that drove him to create the creature in the first place? And why do you think this? So I'm really interested, not only in your opinion, but in your justification for your opinion.

So I'm interested in you using the text to really argue your point of view with the people around you here.

So I'm going to invite you now to pause the video, while you consider that question and share your ideas and your justification with somebody else.

Off you go.

Brilliant, brilliant discussions.

Really, really insightful and perceptive ideas there that were well-evidenced using the text.

We're going to hear from Andeep who's one of our incredible Oak pupils, and see what he has to say.

So, Andeep states: "I think that Victor regrets being so hubristic, so arrogant and pursuing knowledge so ardently because he says to Robert Walton, 'How dangerous is the acquisition of knowledge,' and warns him not to make the same mistakes that he made of being too ambitious." Now, definitely, Victor regrets both of these actions.

He definitely regrets creating the creature, but I think he also, as Andeep points out, massively regrets being that ambitious in the first place, because it was this ruthless ambition that really drove him to transgress against nature by creating this, you know, monster, who was destroying his life.

So I think although Victor probably regrets the ambition more, he arguably, he definitely also regrets creating, the act of creating the creature in the first place, because that is kind of what's catalysed this destructive journey that Victor has found himself on.

So let's check for understanding, true or false? Victor's only regret is creating the creature in the first place.

I'm going to invite you now to pause the video, while you decide whether you think that's true, or whether you think it's false.

Off you go.

And, well done, if you selected false, you're absolutely right.

What I'd like you to do now, is tell me why you think it's false.

So I'm going to invite you to pause the video, while you read both justifications, and decide which you think is the correct one for the statement being false.

Off you go, And, well done, if you correctly selected A.

The reason that statement is false, is because Victor also regrets his relentless pursuit of knowledge and moral transgressions in the name of science too.

So it's not just creating the creature that he regrets, but as we know from his statement to Robert Walton of, "How dangerous is the acquisition of knowledge," he also really regrets that kind of passion and thirst and hunger for more knowledge at the expense of moral conscience.

So, well done, if you got A.

Now again, Andeep wanted to expand on his opinion, and he said, "I bet that Frankenstein hugely regrets destroying his second creation, the creature's mate, as this is what led to the creature murdering his wife." Now, if you remember, Victor, earlier in the lesson, we see him agreeing to create this mate for the creature, because the creature wanted a companion.

And we also know from our plot summary that we studied, that Victor then regrets that decision, and destroys the creature's companion right in front of his eyes.

And this is kind of where Andeep thinks there might be further regret there as well.

And Andeep also wonders, he says, "However, I wonder what regrets Frankenstein might have had if he had allowed the mate to live." So if he had allowed the female creature to live, he might have had more regrets.

And I'd like you to consider this in more detail, and think, well, do you think that Frankenstein made the right decision in destroying the second female creature? And what might have been his regrets if he had allowed her to live? So now we're thinking more about the potential regrets or the hypothetical regrets that Frankenstein might have had, had he not made the decision to destroy the creature's mate.

So, pause the video, and discuss those questions with the people around you, or jot your ideas down if you're working independently.

Off you go.

Amazing discussions, with some really thoughtful answers given there.

Some of you thinking really carefully and weighing up those pros and cons, and trying to predict what the consequences of Frankenstein allowing the creature to live might have been.

So Andeep also answered these questions, and he had this to say: "Frankenstein destroyed the second creature in an attempt to try to control the first.

If he had allowed the female to live, they might have mated and created a whole race of wretches.

And this frightens Victor more than the potential consequences of the creature's rage." So here Andeep touching on this idea that actually, the creature's rage might have been quite an insignificant consequence versus the kind of holistic and humanitarian consequences of allowing this second creature to live.

Because Andeep here is thinking about the consequences of, well, what if those creatures mate and they create this entire race of creatures, who are aggressive, or violent, or malevolent and malignant? Then what? Then what would happen? And I think that's a really important question to consider.

It's kind of that, you know, one creature suffering, versus potentially the whole of humanity suffering.

And I think it's really interesting that Victor makes this decision here, because this was very different from the decision that he made to bring the creature to life in the first place.

So let's have a look at that decision in more detail.

Here's our second task of the lesson, and as I said, we're going to think about Victor's decisions in more detail.

"After Frankenstein has destroyed the second creature, the first visits him.

He is absolutely enraged and grief-stricken, and he threatens Victor.

And in response, Victor states: 'Shall I, in cold blood, set loose upon the Earth, a demon whose delight is in death and wretchedness?'" Now, I would like you to use this quotation to write a response to the question below.

What is it that Frankenstein seems to have finally learned through his regret and remorse? So, what has Frankenstein's regret and remorse at creating the creature finally taught him? Is what I'm asking you.

And I'd like you to use that quotation as evidence for your opinion.

So I'm going to invite you now to pause the video, while you have a go at completing that activity.

Off you go.

Some great written responses there.

Now let's have a look at something you might have written.

And as we're reading it, I'd like you to take vocabulary or phrases from this response to add to your own response or improve it.

I've highlighted some ideas of what you might want to take for you.

So here's what you might have written: "Following his destruction of the second creature, a female with whom the first creature would undoubtedly have mated, the creature berates and threatens Frankenstein.

In response, Frankenstein asks him whether he, in cold blood, can set loose upon the Earth a demon whose delight is in death and wretchedness.

Here, we see that Frankenstein has finally learned that actions have consequences.

He seems to have developed some moral awareness of the gravity of his actions on humanity.

We see here that the irresponsible Frankenstein has finally taken accountability for his mistakes and he is trying to set them right.

He clearly understands the dangers of his scientific endeavours and wants to ensure that he does not repeat the same mistake again.

Regret has taught Frankenstein to be more responsible." Really important ideas there expressed within the paragraph.

And it's very late, but as the paragraph states, Frankenstein has finally learned that you should not be messing with life and death, because it is really irresponsible, and it has very grave consequences for humanity.

So as I said, you are going to now spend a few moments taking ideas from this response to improve your own.

And as I said earlier, I've highlighted some suggestions, you don't have to use them, but if you're not sure what to take, there are some suggestions highlighted for you in green.

So pause the video and improve your response now.

Great work, some excellent reflective practise there, and I can see some really improved responses, so well done.

So to summarise the learning from today: In Chapter 10, we see Frankenstein confront the creature really aggressively.

And the creature responds eloquently, but becomes really frustrated with Victor's lack of accountability.

The creature requests that Victor creates him a mate, so that he doesn't have to be lonely.

Victor, after hearing his argument, agrees, and seems to finally understand his responsibility to the creature as his creator.

Victor subsequently, however, destroys the second creation, fearing the consequences of unleashing another wretch on society.

Arguably, in this moment, Victor has understood the consequences of his actions, and has developed some moral awareness.

And, finally, we see Victor's regret forces him to take responsibility for his actions.

Thank you so much for coming to today's lesson, I've absolutely loved teaching you, and it's been really interesting to hear all of your ideas about the creature's responses to Victor's rejection.

Thank you very much for your contributions, and I look forward to seeing you next time.

See you later.