Exercise B

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Exercise B

It is easy to commit plagiarism unintentionally, especially in working with Internet sources that do not have page numbers. For this exercise, assume you are working on a paper about film adaptations of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. The following passage contrasts the familiar Karloff version with the way Robert De Niro plays the creature in Kenneth Branagh's Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994):

Rather than the towering, grunting figure Boris Karloff played in James Whale's 1931 film, Branagh and De Niro followed the book, making the creature a figure of power, but also one who is articulate and malignantly intelligent. He is also portrayed as a medical horror, a stitched-together figure whose seams are not only visible but raw-looking." Marshall Fine, "Branagh: Playing It Big and Wide in 'Frankenstein'" <http:// www.branaghcompendium.com/artic-gns2-94.htm>.

The sentences that follow borrow from this source. Look at each and determine whether it makes proper acknowledgment of the borrowed ideas and words. You may want to review pages 100–02 in Chapter 5 as well.

This activity contains 5 questions.

According to Marshall Fine, Robert De Niro's portrayal of the monster is like Shelley's original because he is both articulate and malignantly intelligent.

Does not properly acknowledge source.Properly acknowledges source.

As played by Robert De Niro, the creature assembled by Victor Frankenstein is a "medical horror, a stitched-together figure with visible, raw-looking seams" (Fine).

Does not properly acknowledge source.Properly acknowledges source.

As played by Robert De Niro, the creature assembled by Victor Frankenstein is a "medical horror, a stitched-together figure whose seams are [. . .] raw-looking" (Fine).

Does not properly acknowledge source.Properly acknowledges source.

Marshall Fine contrasts the "towering, grunting figure" of Boris Karloff's monster with the powerful but "articulate and malignantly intelligent" creature represented by De Niro.

Properly acknowledges source.Does not properly acknowledge source.

In the 1994 film, Branagh and De Niro come closer to Shelley's monster than James Whale did in his famous 1931 version. Instead of the "towering, grunting figure" portrayed by Boris Karloff, De Niro's creature is "articulate and malignantly intelligent" as well as powerful.

Does not properly acknowledge source.Properly acknowledges source.

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