Narrator
The two narrators in these chapters
who are Victor Frankenstein and Roger Walton
How did Elizabeth die?
The monster strangles and throws her across the room.
Victor speaking "I was answered through the stillness of night by a loud and fiendish laugh. It rung on my ears long and heavily; the mountains reechoed it, and I felt as if all hell surrounded me with mockery and laughter." (190)
Who is the one laughing in this moment?
The monster is the one laughing.
Who is the major conflict in chapter 23, after Elizabeth is killed, between?
The monster and Victor
Why does Victor journey all the way to the arctic?
He is following the monster in order to get revenge for the death that he has caused.
a narration technique in which a one narrator starts the story and ends it, while other characters narrate the middle? (a story within a story)
What is a framed narrative
How did the monster respond to Victors death?
He weeps over Victors dead body and says that he deeply regrets having become an instrument of evil and that, with his creator dead, he is ready to die.
"I shall die. I shall no longer feel the agonies which now consume me, or be the prey of feelings unsatisfied, yet unquenched. He is dead who called me into being; and when I shall beno more the very remembrance of us both will speedily vanish...I should have wept to die; now it is my only consolation. Polluted by crimes, and torn by the bitterest remorse, where I can find rest but in death?" (209-210)
Whose grave does Victor visit when he sees the monster in chapter 24?
Elizabeth, William, and his father.
How does Victor's story help Robert Walton decide if he should continue his discovery? What kind of conflict is this?
Victor's story helps Robert to keep from getting too obsessed with his discovery that he loses sight of what is ethically right. Victor's story shows an example of what results in obsession. Robert untimately decided to discontinue his journey and to return in order to keep his men safe.
Man vs. self
Where does the monster kill Elizabeth?
At Villa Lavenza, a cottage on the shore of Lake Como.
why is it important that Victor shares "the monster's" narration to Walton?
Victor could have kept this from Walton and characterized him as the monster he is claimed to be, but instead takes responsibility for the actions of the monster.
Why did Victor send his wife back to bed when he knew he monster was going to attack?
He believed the monster only wanted him not Elizabeth.
What does Victor use to cross the Mediterranean sea into northern Russia over the frozen ice?
A sled dog team.
What internal conflict is Victor going through in regards to having Robert kill the monster in chapter 23?
He wants the monster to be killed but he realizes that it is dangerous to become obsessed with killing him. He has learned before that obsession can be dangerous and he does to want to do this to Robert.
How does the setting of a ship surrounded by ice reflect the perspective of Frankenstein's Monster?
The ship represents the isolation that the monster feels from society as he laments over Victor's body.
the importance of "the monster" not being a narrator
what is we don't know where he is or what his motives are, so it creates some suspense and may be frightening?
Did Walton continue his journey? Why or why not?
No. He is discouraged by Victors death and deemed it selfish to continue.
"Alas! yes; I cannot withstand with their demands. I cannot lead them unwillingly to danger, and I must return." (203)
Victor speaking "_______ observed my agitation for some time in timid and fearful silence; but there was something in my glance which communicated terror to her, and trembling she asked, "What is it that agitates you, my dear Victor? What is it you fear?" (182)
Who is Victor speaking with in this part of the text?
He is speaking with his wife Elizabeth.
Visitor talking- "I created a rational creature, and was bound towards him, to assure, as far as was in my power, his happiness and well being. this was my duty; but there was another still paramount to that. My duties towards the beings of my own species had greater claims to my attention, because they included a greater proportion of hapiness or misery." (204)
What realization does Victor have in this part of the novel?
The realization that Victor is dealing with is that it was his duty to "parent" the monster. He was responsible for the monsters happiness. His actions, or lack there of, caused conflict for the rest of his family because the monster took vengance out on Victor's loved ones by killing them.
How does the setting of Walton's ship reflect the events of Victor creating the monster?
The ship reflects the ambition that Frankenstein had when he first sought to create life. Walton realizes this and decides to turn his ship back to England.
The importance of a framed narrative in the Frankenstein story
What is it allows us to see how Victor's narration affects how Walton handles the final events of the story.
Why did the monster leave Victor clues on the way to the Artic?
To prolong the torture of seeking out revenge and taunt him.
Victor speaking "I myself was about to sink under the accumulation of distress when I saw your vessel riding at anchor, and holding orth to me hopes of succour and life. I had no conception that vessels ever came so far north, and was astound at the sight. I quickly destroyed part of my sledge to construct oars; and by these means was enabled, with infinite fatigue, to move my ice craft in the direction of your ship." (195)
Whose ship is Victor referring to in the quote?
He is referring to Robert Walton's ship.
"But it is even so; the fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone." (208)
What does this reveal about human nature?
What kind of conflict does this reveal?
Isolation and people who are "different" than normal are after times molded by their experiences. People are the way they are because of their upbringing/ experiences. The monster was always left out and rejected by society causing him to become this killing, evil monster.
Man vs. Society
How does the setting of the Arctic reflect the state of Victor's life at the end of the book.
Victor has assumed the very inhumanity of which he accuses the monster. Just as the monster earlier haunts Victor, Victor now has an obsessive need to get revenge on the monster for murdering his loved ones. Like the monster, he finds himself utterly alone in the world, with nothing but hatred of his nemesis to sustain him.