1. What does Mary Shelley particularly notice about the lake scene in Geneva? Is this passage comparable to any other natural scene we have looked at so far? Make the comparison.
2. In her letter to presumably Fanny Imlay, what does she particularly notice about the town? How does she seem to feel about the French Revolution and the person celebrated in town?
3. In P. B. Shelley’s entry for July 25th 1817, how does the scenery strike Shelley? What is he describing? What might be considered a bit peculiar at first glance of his description of the scenery? What kind of emotions is his passage invoke or represent? How do we know?
EXERCISE: Compare and Contrast Mary's Letter to Fanny Imlay to either the beginning of the novel or to the beginning of Goethe's novella, The Sorrows of Young Werther.