Guess Who
Stitched together like a ragdoll.
Who is the Creature?
What type of figurative language is this quote:
"For a young man you take life far too seriously" (7)
Dramatic Irony
Who visits Victor at the end of Act 1, and what is the request made?
The Creature. He asks for help
How does Henry feel about the Creature?
With fascination and admiration.
Married, proud, and romantic
Elizabeth
Define pompous
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The subtitle
"The Modern Prometheus"
is an example of what type of figurative language?
Allusion
Why does Ernest visit Frankenstein's chateau?
To bring news of who was involved with William's death.
What does the Creature ask Victor to do?
To destroy him
Impressed by the Creature, a confidant to Victor, family friend
Henry
Define melancholia
deep sorrow/sadness where one can't sleep or eat
What type of figurative language is this?
"...my brain was on fire..."
Metaphor
What does Victor mean by “cosmic cruelty” (pg 8)?
Karma
Why does Victor start laughing?
The irony of his dark mood and fresh strawberries.
searching for the murderer of William Frankenstein.
Ernst
Define perfunctory
insincere; mechanical; going through the motions
What type of figurative language is this?
"Stitched together like a rag doll..."
Simile
Why is Victor upset by this news?
Ernst tells them about a man that was "stitched together like a rag doll" gave the cross to Justine, the gypsy girl. The man was his Creature.
What does the Creature overhear?
Depressed, suffering from melancholia, recently married.
Victor
Define vivisectionist
someone who dissects animals
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What type of figurative language is this?
"The excitement in your voice betrays you."
Personification
What is wrong with Victor?
He is depressed and is experiencing melancholia.
Why is Sophie wanting to clean the lab a form of dramatic irony?
The Creature is hiding there, so Victor does not want anyone to enter the lab.