Quotable Characters
"I am going to unexplored regions, to the land of mist and snow; but I shall kill no albatross..."
Who is Robert Walton?
The purpose of Walton's journey.
What are discover new untouched land or find faster passage to India?
Frankenstein is revolted by these parts of the creature's body.
What are the yellow skin and watery eyes?
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Who is Coleridge?
Literary term for a story within a story
What is frame narrative?
“the fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am quite alone.”
Who is Frankenstein's monster?
the language spoken by most characters in this story.
What is French?
What is Felix?
Paradise Lost
Who is Milton?
Largest frame in Frankenstein
What is Walton's narrative?
“I hope the character I have always borne will incline my judges to a favourable interpretation, where any circumstance appears doubtful or suspicious.”
Who is Justine?
The creature discovers the location of Victor's homeland by these means.
What is reading Victor's journal?
Bob's eating habits would be labeled.
What is vegetarian?
the subject of Cornelius Agrippa's research.
What is alchemy?
Second frame of the story
What is Victor's narrative?
"The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine. Curiosity, earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature ... are among the earliest sensations I can remember."
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
Who is the desire for companionship?
The creature's final threat to Frankenstein.
What is "I will be with you on your wedding night"?
1818 and 1831
What are the publication dates for Frankenstein?
Innermost frame of the story
What is the Monster's narrative?
“The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind.”
Who is Monsieur Waldman?
Frankenstein family survivor of this tale
Who is Ernest?
Bob's final victim.
Who is Victor? (see p.191)
The name of Mary's husband.
What is Percy Bysshe Shelley?
This ends the framing of the story.
What is Safie's letters? (see. 103)