Charcters
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
He is the ambitious scientist who creates the Creature.
What is the University of Ingolstadt?
Victor creates the Creature while studying at this university.
What is the danger of playing God?
This theme warns about the dangers of uncontrolled scientific ambition.
Who are the De Laceys?
The Creature learns language by observing this family.
Who is Robert Walton?
The novel is told through letters written by this character.
Who is Robert Walton?
This Arctic explorer listens to Victor’s story through letters.
What is the Arctic?
The novel begins and ends in this icy region.
What is isolation?
The Creature suffers greatly from this feeling of being rejected by society.
Who is William Frankenstein?
The first person the Creature kills is Victor’s younger brother.
What is a frame narrative?
This storytelling method is used when stories are told inside other stories.
Who is Elizabeth Lavenza?
She is Victor’s adopted sister and later his wife.
What is Switzerland?
Victor grows up in this European country.
What is his creation?
Victor refuses to take responsibility for this.
What is bringing the Creature to life?
Victor becomes ill after completing this major action.
What is Paradise Lost?
The Creature reads this epic poem by John Milton.
Who is Henry Clerval?
This loyal friend is murdered and framed by the Creature.
Who are the De Lacey family?
The Creature hides near this family and secretly learns to read.
What is a companion (female creature)?
The Creature wants this from Victor to end his loneliness.
What is being shot?
The Creature saves a girl from drowning but is rewarded with this.
What is being a “creator” or “father”?
Victor’s last name is ironic because it suggests this quality.
Who is Justine Moritz?
This character is wrongly executed for William’s murder.
What are the Orkney Islands?
Victor destroys the female creature on this isolated group of islands.
What is the sublime?
This Romantic idea emphasizes the power and beauty of nature throughout the novel.
What is to end his own life?
At the end of the novel, the Creature promises to do this.
What is knowledge (and both creation and destruction)?
Fire symbolizes this for the Creature.