CONTEXT
Who wrote Frankenstein and when??
Mary Shelley, in 1818
Who was the first person the Creature killed after learning the truth?
William, Victor's brother
What inspired Victor to look into using galvanism/electricity in his experiments?
Watching lightning hitting and destroying a tree on his estate.
Who's called Frankenstein?
The creator/scientist, Victor FRANKENSTEIN.
Who's death inspired the relationship between Victor Frankenstein and the Creature?
Mary Shelley's mother
What's the name of the family that rejected and hunted the creature?
The De Lacy family.
What was the author that originally inspired Victor to try to recreate life?
Cornelius Agrippa
How many of Mary Shelley's children died/miscarried?
3 out of 4 of her children
When Mary Shelley first published Frankenstein anonymously, who did people think wrote the book?
Percy Bysshe Shelley
What were the two books that shaped the Creature's understanding of how the world worked and his place in it compared to humanity's?
Paradise Lost and Plutarch's Lives
What was the last straw for Victor before he swore to hunt and end the Creature?
Elizabeth's death
What was the original feminist book that Mary Shelley's mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, wrote?
Vindication of The Rights of Woman.
What part of the Industrial Revolution inspired the Creature's attitude towards Victor?
The workers who protested the harsh conditions, job losses, severe under-payment, and extreme hours that were forced upon them by the rich business owners/aristocrats.
The Creature said he would seek revenge and kill all of Victor's loved ones if not given what?
A female version of himself ('An Eve' to his Adam) so he would not be alone
What was Victor's petty act of revenge against the Creature?
What is Galvanism?
To reanimate body parts using electricity, supposedly in the 1800s they thought it could bring dead beings back to life
How does Victor creating his own race/Creation reflect the relationship between God and man?
Victor intended to create the Creature in order to have his own race of beings that would worship and love him, as well as further his academic validation. Just as God supposedly did with man.
Who was the character that the Creature related himself to because they were both viewed as lesser, inhumane beings?
Lucifer/Satan
What was the reasoning behind Victor telling Walton his story?
So that Walton didn't grow to become corrupt through his hubris and ambition, like Victor did. As they were going down the same path of academic validation and pursuit of power.
What was the main action that corrupted the Creature so heavily throughout the book?
The anger and disgust humans acted upon towards him due to his ugly, inhumane and terrifying looks/demeanor.