Characters
Characters
Plot Points
Plot Points
Miscellany
100
creator of the creature (full name)
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
100
Frankenstein's best friend
Who is Henry Clerval?
100
True or False--The creature strangled Victor.
False
100
what happened to Frankenstein's mother
She died of scarlet fever, nursing Elizabeth back to health.
100
similarities between Walton and Frankenstein
prideful, lonely, expressed wonder toward nature
200
rescued Frankenstein from Arctic ice
Who is Robert Walton?
200
died of grief in his son's arms
Who is Alphonse Frankenstein?
200
the threat the creature made when Victor backed out of his agreement
"I will be with you on your wedding night."
200
the number of biological siblings Victor has
two--William and Ernest
200
a reason Frankenstein refused to keep his agreement with the creature
-It may be more evil than the first. -She might reject the first, unleashing two of them on the world. -The two might procreate. -She might refuse to live in isolation.
300
unknowingly taught the creature to read and write
Who is Felix De Lacey?
300
lived with Frankenstein family, married Victor
Who is Elizabeth Lavenza?
300
the way the creature learned to speak and read
by observing and listening to the cottagers
300
how Frankenstein creates a spark of life that animates the creature
via lightning bolt
300
Contrast the desires of the creature and Victor regarding companionship.
Victor can have human companionship, but doesn’t want it. The creature longs for companionship, and is forever denied it.
400
creature's first victim
Who is William Frankenstein?
400
wrongly executed for murder
Who is Justine Moritz?
400
two major events that happened to Victor when he was seventeen (chapter 3)
His mother died, and he went to the university at Ingolstadt to study
400
True or False--The creature is described as having yellow skin, black lips, and black lustrous hair.
True
400
What is the flaw that leads to Victor's downfall.
pride/hubris
500
Frankenstein family matriarch
Who is Caroline Beaufort?
500
recipient of a series of letters from her brother
Who is Margaret Saville?
500
What happened to the creature at the end of the novel
He floated away into the darkness on an ice raft.
500
True or False--The De Lacey family was quite happy in spite of their situation.
False
500
How does the end of the novel justify the levels of narration introduced at the beginning?
Victor, the first-person character narrator, cannot narrate his own death. Therefore Shelley needs to invent a means of including this event in her narrative – hence Captain Walton and his letters to his sister.
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