Plot
Victor studies these fields at the University of Ingolstadt before creating the creature.
What are natural philosophy and chemistry?
She is Victor’s adopted cousin and later his intended wife.
Who is Elizabeth Lavenza?
This is the central duty Victor abandons after the creature awakens.
What is caring for and guiding the being he created?
Victor’s pursuit of knowledge without considering its consequences develops this warning.
What is a warning against unchecked ambition?
Geneva, Victor’s childhood home, is in this country.
What is Switzerland?
After the creature awakens, Victor abandons it and becomes ill, revealing that he has failed to consider this.
What is his responsibility for the being he created?
This family member is described as devoted to nurturing and caring for those around her.
Who is Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein?
The creature asks Victor to create this so he will not have to live alone.
What is a companion like himself?
The creature’s experiences show that people often connect this with social acceptance.
What is physical appearance?
This university is where Victor pursues the scientific studies that lead to his creation of the creature.
What is the University of Ingolstadt?
The creature learns language and human customs by doing these things while observing the De Lacey family.
What are watching the family and listening to their conversations?
The creature’s early longing for companionship and response to rejection challenge this view of him.
What is Victor’s description of him as inherently monstrous?
Victor believes Justine is innocent but remains silent, creating this struggle within himself.
What is an internal conflict between telling the truth and fearing disbelief?
The creature’s isolation and repeated rejection show how this can shape a person’s identity and choices.
What is loneliness?
The dramatic landscapes Victor encounters during his travels often reflect or intensify this.
What is his emotional state?
William is killed in this way, and Justine is accused; Victor suspects the creature but does not reveal what he knows.
How is William strangled?
The creature’s study of Paradise Lost, Plutarch’s Lives, and The Sorrows of Young Werter develops his knowledge of human history, emotion, and this.
What are virtue and social relationships?
The De Lacey family’s rejection confirms the creature’s fear that people will judge him because of this.
What is his appearance?
Victor’s silence during Justine’s conviction contributes to injustice and highlights the consequences of evading this.
What is moral responsibility?
The creature’s journeys through forests, villages, and exposed spaces emphasize his lack of this.
What is a secure home and a sense of belonging?
The creature’s account complicates Victor’s narrative by revealing his early desire for connection and these experiences.
What are rejection and isolation?
Victor emphasizes horror and guilt, while the creature emphasizes vulnerability and rejection; their contrasting accounts shape readers’ judgments of this.
What are responsibility and sympathy?
By Chapter 16, Victor and the creature’s conflict is shaped by abandonment, rejection, revenge, and this.
What is responsibility?
The creature’s early kindness and later destructive choices lead readers to question whether people are born evil or shaped by this.
What are their experiences?
The contrast between the families’ homes and the creature’s exposed surroundings highlights this opposition.
What are belonging and isolation?