📚 Part 1: Understanding Empathy

1. What does empathy mean? Circle the best answer.

Understanding how someone else feels by imagining yourself in their situation

Feeling sorry for someone when they are sad

Agreeing with everything someone says

Being kind to everyone you meet

2. Which of these are examples of showing empathy? Tick all that apply.

Comforting a friend who is upset

Trying to understand why a character in a book feels angry

Ignoring someone when they tell you their problems

Imagining how you would feel in someone else's situation

3. Complete this sentence: "Putting yourself in someone else's shoes" means ________________.

🧟 Part 2: Characters in Frankenstein

4. From the extract we read, how do you think the Creature feels? Circle one main emotion.

Happy and excited

Lonely and confused

Angry and violent

Proud and confident

5. What evidence from the text makes you think this? Write one example.

6. How do you think Victor Frankenstein feels about creating the Creature?

7. If you were the Creature, waking up in a strange world, what would your first thoughts be?

8. Think of a time when you felt lonely or confused. How did it make you feel?

9. Why is empathy important when reading stories like Frankenstein?

10. What question would you like to ask the Creature if you could meet him?