Characters
The scientist who discovers the secret of life and creates the monster.
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
The Creature asks Victor to create this for him so he won't be lonely.
What is a female companion (or a mate/wife)?
The novel is set in this century (1700s, 1800s, or 1900s).
What is the 18th Century (1700s)?
"I will be with you on your wedding-night."
Who is The Creature?
The author of Frankenstein.
Who is Mary Shelley?
Victor’s best friend, who is eventually murdered by the creature in Scotland.
Who is Henry Clerval?
This is how the Creature learns to read and speak.
What is by watching the old blind man and his family?
This character is the Creature's very first victim.
Who is William Frankenstein?
"Learn from me... how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge."
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
The author was this age when she wrote the novel (accept within 2 years).
What is 18 (accept 17-19)?
The arctic explorer whose letters open and close the novel.
Who is Robert Walton?
The Creature compares himself to this biblical figure (the first man).
Who is Adam?
Victor and his friend Henry do this after Victor's mental breakdown.
What is go on a two year vacation?
"I am malicious because I am miserable."
Who is The Creature?
The full title of the novel is Frankenstein; or, The Modern _____.
What is Prometheus?
This young girl was adopted by the Frankenstein family and later becomes Victor's wife.
Who is Elizabeth Lavenza?
When the Creature saves a girl from drowning in a river, this is what happens to him.
What is he gets shot?
The evidence found in Justine’s pocket that convinced the court she was guilty.
What is the locket (or picture of Caroline/Victor's mother)?
"Get well, and return to us. You will find a happy, cheerful home and friends who love you dearly."
Who is Elizabeth Lavenza (in her letter to Victor)?
The novel was written as part of a contest to write the best one of these stories.
What is a Ghost Story?
This servant was wrongly executed for the murder of William Frankenstein.
Who is Justine Moritz?
The Creature finds a satchel containing three books; name one of them.
What is "Paradise Lost," "Plutarch's Lives," or "The Sorrows of Young Werther"?
On his wedding night, Victor assumes the monster is coming to kill him, but the monster actually kills this person.
Who is Elizabeth?
"So strange an accident has happened to us that I cannot forbear recording it." (Spoken in a letter to his sister).
Who is Robert Walton?
This famous poet was Mary Shelley's husband and edited her work.
Who is Percy Bysshe Shelley?