Ch 10
Victor calls himself this because he believes he caused the deaths.
What is a murderer?
The creature first experiences this sense when he comes to life.
What is confusion?
The creature says Victor owes him this basic action.
What is to listen?
Victor travels to this glacier where he finally meets the creature.
What is Montanvert (or the Mer de Glace)?
He learns quickly that this element can both help and harm him.
What is fire?
The creature says misery turned him into this.
What is a fiend?
Victor avoids his family and seeks relief in this activity.
What is traveling (or going into nature)?
The creature initially survives by eating these natural foods.
What are berries and nuts?
What role does nature play in Victor’s emotional state?
Nature temporarily calms and comforts Victor, especially in the Alps. While nature can soothe him, it cannot fully resolve his guilt and inner turmoil.
“I ought to be thy Adam…” refers to Victor as this figure.
Who is a creator (or God)?
He feels this emotion when villagers react to him.
What is Fear?
How does the creature challenge Victor’s view of him as a “monster”
The creature speaks intelligently and asks Victor to listen to his story. He argues that he was originally good and became violent only because of rejection and suffering, which complicates the idea that he is purely evil.
Victor believes he alone is responsible for which events.
What is the death of William and Justine?
The creature describes his early state as similar to this stage of human development.
What detail about the creature’s movement in Chapter 10 makes Victor realize his creation has abilities beyond normal humans?
What is his superhuman speed (moving rapidly across the glacier)?