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This thing of darkness: Caliban and the Creature from Frankenstein
The Tempest at His Majesty's Theatre, Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Caliban. Charles A. Buchel. Tatler, 1904. Folger Shakespeare Library.
Shakespeare and Beyond

This thing of darkness: Caliban and the Creature from Frankenstein

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Austin Tichenor

As Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein” marks its 200th anniversary (and with Halloween on its way), Austin Tichenor explores the parallels between the Creature from “Frankenstein” and Caliban from “The Tempest” and their fictional creators: Frankenstein and Prospero–as well as what…

Words, Words, Words: Teaching Frankenstein with My Shakespeare Experience in Mind
Teaching Shakespeare

Words, Words, Words: Teaching Frankenstein with My Shakespeare Experience in Mind

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The longer I teach English, the more interested I become in etymology. I find that learning and then teaching the roots of English words has a way of illuminating texts both for myself, as a lifelong learner, and for the…