. OVERVIEW: Unlike other police procedural dramas, the television show Criminal Minds focuses on the criminal through the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). With a partner, your job is to create a “profile”
of Frankenstein’s creature by analyzing the crimes it has committed so far. This profile is based on
chapters to , and must include justifications from the novel with page references where you
gained your profiling data.
Considerations for a profile:
1. What does this character look like? How does he/she carry himself? How does he/she dress?
2. How does this character speak? Does he/she have any identifiable speech patterns?
3. Where was this character born? How was he/she raised?
4. Describe the time period in which this character lives. How do the times affect this character’s thinking and actions?
5. What is this character’s main motivation? Why?
6. Describe any redeeming qualities this character may have.
7. Analyze the character’s personality flaws. From what do they stem? How do they affect the choices he/she makes?
8. Choose an object this character holds or would hold dear. Explain the connection.
9. Does this character have any secrets? If so, explain.
10. Who would be this character’s contemporary counterpart? Explain your choice.