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This scientist creates a living being from dead body parts.
Victor Frankenstein
Victor Frankenstein studies this subject obsessively, leading to his creation.
What is natural philosophy / science?
The danger of unchecked scientific ambition is an example of this theme.
What is hubris or ambition?
The story begins with letters sent from this Arctic explorer.
Who is Robert Walton?
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in this century.
What is the 19th century?
The creature’s first friend and teacher, who meets a tragic fate.
William Frankenstein
Victor creates the creature in this type of location.
What is a laboratory?
The creature struggles with being judged based on his appearance, highlighting this theme.
What is prejudice or social rejection?
Victor is originally from this Swiss city.
What is Geneva?
She was inspired to write the novel after a challenge to write a story during this event.
What is a summer in Switzerland during a storm / the ghost story challenge at Lake Geneva?
Victor’s devoted cousin and later fiancée.
Elizabeth Lavenza
After the creature is brought to life, Victor does this, leaving the creature alone.
What is abandoning it?
The novel explores whether people are shaped by nature or this.
What is nurture / environment?
Victor studies at this famous European university.
What is Ingolstadt?
Shelley’s husband was this famous poet.
Who is Percy Bysshe Shelley?
The loyal family servant, often providing guidance and support.
Henry Clerval
The creature confronts Victor on this icy continent near the novel’s end.
What is the Arctic?
Victor’s obsession causes suffering to those around him, reflecting this theme.
What is responsibility or the consequences of obsession?
Much of the creature’s self-education occurs in this rural environment.
What is the woods / countryside?
The novel is considered a cornerstone of this literary genre.
What is Gothic literature / science fiction?
The person the creature demands Victor create as a companion.
Who is the female creature?
The creature vows to do this after Victor refuses his request.
What is to take revenge / kill Victor’s loved ones?
The story questions humanity and what it truly means to be this.
What is human / human nature?
The climactic chase leads Victor to this frozen wasteland.
What is the North Pole / Arctic?
Mary Shelley was only this old when she began writing Frankenstein.
What is 18 years old?