Discussion Questions
1. Who appears to have written the text on page 2? According to this passage, what kind of person is Werther and how are we supposed to feel about Werther? Based upon this passage, what might be some of the themes that will be developed in this novella, i.e. a short novel?
2. Who wrote these letters? To whom is this first letter addressed? Based upon this first letter, what do we know or can infer about the author of this letter?(Use the text to support your answer, e.g., Where is he? Why is he there? Where did he come from?)
3. Based upon the romantic texts we have read so far, identify several themes that are introduced in this first letter. Speculate as to what the author of this novella might have to say about each theme based upon what you have read so far? Discuss any new theme that is being introduced.
4. Compare Werther to Childe Harold (Canto I --see Byron Packet)
5. Compare Werther to Victor Frankenstein.
1. Who appears to have written the text on page 2? According to this passage, what kind of person is Werther and how are we supposed to feel about Werther? Based upon this passage, what might be some of the themes that will be developed in this novella, i.e. a short novel?
2. Who wrote these letters? To whom is this first letter addressed? Based upon this first letter, what do we know or can infer about the author of this letter?(Use the text to support your answer, e.g., Where is he? Why is he there? Where did he come from?)
3. Based upon the romantic texts we have read so far, identify several themes that are introduced in this first letter. Speculate as to what the author of this novella might have to say about each theme based upon what you have read so far? Discuss any new theme that is being introduced.
4. Compare Werther to Childe Harold (Canto I --see Byron Packet)
5. Compare Werther to Victor Frankenstein.