We had a great lecture and presentation this morning by Professor John Steiner on the human brain and whether or not it was possible for Dr. Victor Frankenstein to transplant a human brain into the "monster." I taped the lecture and will see how I can create an audio file so you can listen to it. We also asked him about Jurassic Park and if the dinosaur cloning was possible. His answer was "not yet."
We had a couple of visitors from other classes (English 1A).
Before the lecture we watched the film: Race to Execution. See pbs.org/independentlens for information about the film, director and producer. If race is a determining factor in who is sentenced to execution here (US), what factor (s) determine Justine's (Frankenstein) conviction and sentencing for the murder of William?
Respond here in a short essay. Use evidence from the film and from the book. Due by April 8 midnight.
We will finish Frankenstein the week of April 9-12. By Monday, April 9 students need to have completed Chapter 17 in Frankenstein.
The trial will commence the following week: Tuesday-Thursday, April 17-19. Think about the role you might want to take on: prosecutor, member of the jury, judge, defense attorney, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, the monster.
We had a couple of visitors from other classes (English 1A).
Before the lecture we watched the film: Race to Execution. See pbs.org/independentlens for information about the film, director and producer. If race is a determining factor in who is sentenced to execution here (US), what factor (s) determine Justine's (Frankenstein) conviction and sentencing for the murder of William?
Respond here in a short essay. Use evidence from the film and from the book. Due by April 8 midnight.
We will finish Frankenstein the week of April 9-12. By Monday, April 9 students need to have completed Chapter 17 in Frankenstein.
The trial will commence the following week: Tuesday-Thursday, April 17-19. Think about the role you might want to take on: prosecutor, member of the jury, judge, defense attorney, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, the monster.
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In the United States race plays a big role in who is sentenced to Capital Punishment. As we saw in the movie "Race to Execution" people of color tend to be executed more often just because of their ethnic background. Trials are almost never fair and the jury seems to not always be made up by "your peers". We saw how not all the evidence is taken into consideration and a few eye witnesses can be your downfall. In the age of Frankenstein this also appears to be the case. Justine is sentenced to death in a trial that seems hardly fair as it is based completely on eye witnesses and circumstantial evidence, which points at the possibility that the jury looked at other factors that were not in the trial.
Justine was the servant girl for Victor Frankenstein's family. She was the daughter of a friend of Dr. Frankenstein's mother. They took her in because her mother hated her. She was a very nice person and intelligent also. Unfortunatly she is accused of the murder of a member of the family she lives with. The trial is completely based on her being close to the location of the murder.Even though people testify that she is a person who would never do this, including Elizabeth who was family to William (the boy murdered), she is still found guilty. Justine was poor so this affected how the jury viewed her, especially because the cause of the murder is believed to be a robbery. People who were poor in this age were at a disadvantage when it came to justice. If you couldn't afforded it was not for you.
In the end it doesn't really come down to who committed a crime, but who can be blamed for it. Back in the 1800's race and class mattered just like they do today. They came into play more openly than today though. Nowadays, injustice is hidden in the ability to keep facts from the knowledge of the jury. It is in the jury's interest to find someone to pay for a crime committed, and someone who doesn't belong to their "group of peers" can make a good candidate. Especially if forty percent of the evidence can prove them guilty. Justice unfortunatly is not equal for everybody and has never been. Maybe one day this will change and justice can finally be equal for everyone.
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