Ch.1-4
What happened to Victor's mother?
She died.
What does Victor do when he first meets his creation?
He runs away/abandons it.
What is the creature's response when he views himself in a transparent pool?
"But how was I terrified...At first I started back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror; and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification" (Shelley 80).
Who is the new stranger that arrives at the cottage in Ch.13?
Safie, the beautiful Arabian fiancee of Felix.
- Worthless matter; waste.
- Dross
Who is Victor's best friend?
Henry Clerval
Who nurses Victor back to health during his illness?
Henry Clerval
Describe the family in the cottage. Who are they, and what are their names?
The De Lacey Family: Father, Felix, & Agatha
What new things does the creature learn from the new stranger in the cottage?
Music, world history through Ruins of the Empires, societal structures, speech (French), relationships...
- The quality of being very harmful and dangerous.
- To predict or foretell what will happen in the future based on present signs, clues, or evidence.
- Malignity
- Prognosticate
What is Victor's ambition?
"So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein,--more, far more, will I achieve: treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation" (Shelley 28).
Who is first murdered?
William Frankenstein
Which character says, "Wandering spirits, if indeed ye wander, and do not rest in your narrow beds, allow me this faint happiness, or take me, as your companion, away from the joys of life" (Shelley 67).
Victor Frankenstein
Which character says, "But I learned that there was but one means to overcome the sensation of pain, and that was death" (Shelley 85).?
- The quality of being kind, gentle, or gracious.
- Capable of being touched or felt, or so intense and obvious that it seems as if it can be physically felt.
- Mental or physical tiredness, sluggishness, or lack of energy.
- Benignity
- Palpable
- Languor
Victor has four relatives that live with him. Their names are...
1. Alphonse Frankenstein (father)
2. Elizabeth Lavenza (adopted sister, "cousin")
3. Ernest Frankenstein (younger brother)
4. William Frankenstein (youngest brother)
Who visits Justine Moritz in prison?
What poet does Mary Shelley quote when she writes, "We rest; a dream has power to poison sleep. / We rise; one wand'ring thought pollutes the day. / We feel; conceive, or reason; laugh or weep, / Embrace fond woe, or cast our cares away; / It is the same: for, be it joy or sorrow, / The path of its departure still is free. / Man's yesterday may ne'er be like his morrow; / Nought may endure but mutability!" ?
Last lines of Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Mutability."
Which character does the creature relate to in John Milton's Paradise Lost?
"Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition; for often, like him, when I viewed the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gall of envy rose within me" (Shelley 92).
- Showing or having an insensitive, cruel, and emotionally hardened disregard for the feelings or suffering of others.
- Quiet, gentle, and easily managed, controlled, or taught.
- Extremely distressing, terrifying, or painfully upsetting.
- Continuing without any possibility of being stopped, changed, or persuaded.
- Callous
- Docile
- Harrowing
- Inexorable
When Victor is 17 years old, he leaves home to attend the university of ______________.
Ingolstadt
Who does Victor blame as the true murderer?
"But I, the true murderer, felt the never-dying worm alive in my bosom, which allowed of no hope or consolation" (Shelley 59).
Victor travels to the Alpine valleys to a place he had visited frequently in his boyhood: The valley/village of _______________.
Chamounix
Explain the history of the cottagers.
The family once lived in Paris as wealthy, highly respected members of French high society. A Turkish merchant was wrongfully accused, condemned to death, and imprisoned by the French government. Felix plotted to help the Turkish merchant escape from prison. During this time, he met the merchant’s daughter, Safie, and fell in love with her. When Felix learned of his family's imprisonment, he returned to Paris and turned himself in to secure their release. The French government stripped the family of all their wealth and exiled them from France.
- A planned meeting at a specific time and place, or the meeting place itself.
- Showing great energy, persistence, and tireless effort without ever wanting to give up.
- Giving excessive attention to small details, wanting everything to be completely accurate and neat, or being very hard to please.
- Acting with or showing careful good judgment, wisdom, and foresight to avoid unnecessary risks.
- A set of tools, equipment, or a complex machine designed for a particular use or task.
- Rendezvous
- Indefatigable
- Fastidious
- Prudent
- Apparatus