Pierre Dénys de Montfort1) What did Montfort think he had discovered when he found the eight metre squid tentacle?
2) Why would have all of Montfort's works been falsified if his accusation of the 'army of krakens' attacking British ships was incorrect? 3) What was the Kraken doing in Source 2.1? What did it intend to do with the ship? |
Alfred Tennyson's The Kraken
1) Examine Source 2.2. What does this tell you about the Kraken's habitat?
2) What does the source tell you about the Kraken's behavior? 3) What was Alfred Tennyson trying to depict the Kraken as? |
2.2 Below the thunders of the upper deep;
Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea, His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee About his shadowy sides (Alfred Tennyson, The Kraken) |
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea1) Look at the image to the right (Source 2.3). What is the man with the moustache trying to do and why?
2) Why was the Kraken hated by the people in this image? Was this meant to be a reflection of the terrors that the Kraken caused to Nordic people? 3) If the kraken appeared to kill the crew of the Nautilus as it is doing in the image, what emotion could the Kraken be a manifestation of? |