Characters
The boy who was strangled to death.
Who is William?
this term stands for or represents something beyond the literal meaning. Ex. Light and darkness in the novel
What is symbolism?
What he desires from Victor the FIRST time we see them together (ch. 10).
What is Victor listening to his story?
The emotion he feels throughout Justine's murder trial.
What is guilt?
The person to whom Walton is writing the letters.
Who is Margaret Saville / his sister?
The person who dies on his/her wedding night.
Who is Elizabeth?
Victor's best friend (first AND last name)
Who is Henry Clerval?
a term that hints of future events.
What is foreshadowing?
What he desires from Victor the SECOND time we see them together. (ch. 16-17)
What is making a female creature for him?
The event that inspires him to get serious about studying science and electricity.
What is seeing lighting strike the oak tree?
Victor accumulates his materials for his creation from________.
What is the cemetery / graveyards / slaughter houses?
Physical description of the Creature.
What is watery eyes, yellow skin, white teeth, and black lips?
She was adopted at a young age and promised to marry Victor.
Who is Elizabeth?
a term used to structure a series of stories within a story
What is a frame story?
This is how the Creature learns how to read and write.
What is from watching the De Lacey family.
Victor's final request after he tells his story to Robert Walton (right before he dies.)
What is to destroy the Creature?
After Henry has nursed Victor back to health, he receives a letter from his father. This is the information the letter contains.
What is his brother has been murdered?
The Frankenstein family is from this country.
What is Switzerland?
(Geneva, Switzerland)
She was accused and found guilty of murdering Victor's young brother.
Who is Justine?
Known as the period of time from 1790-1850, influenced by nature and feelings, turning away from est. rules.
What is the Romantic Period/Age
The reason he murders William.
What is to get revenge on Frankenstein / get his attention?
The setting where we FIRST see him.
What is on a large fragment of ice with a dog sledge?
The reaction Victor has when he sees the Creature on the mountain.
What is filled with rage and ready to fight?
What is the first and last name of the author AND how did he/she come up with the idea for the book?
Who is Mary Shelley? What is a dream / Lord Byron's challenge?
He writes the letters at the beginning and end of the novel and Victor tells his story to him.
Who is (Robert) Walton?
a device that's used to help us understand a char. by providing a comparison/contrast with another char.. it reveals motivations, traits, or values.
Ex.Justine was selfless whereas Victor was selfish
What is foil?
The reason he wants to kill himself and burn his body in the end.
What is so there is no trace of him / no one can recreate him or treat him like a curiosity?
The reaction Victor has after he makes the creature and after he finds out that Henry was murdered.
What is he becomes very ill?
The reaction the rest of the De Lacey family has when they see the Creature in their house.
What is they are horrified and throw things at him / beat him?
The Creature asks this of Victor but it's too late.
What is to be pardoned.
Name two characters the Creature watches and from whom he learns.
Agatha De Lacey,
Felix De Lacey,
Old man / father De Lacey
Safie
a term, also known as "double goer" implying that each living creature has an exact copy, a twin.
Ex. The monster is in a sense Victor's double
What is doppelgänger?
The Creature yearns for this above all other things.
What is a companion/mate?
The reason he decides not to make a female creature.
What is he is afraid she might do more evil, leave the monster, thirst after children?
The event that happens directly BEFORE the Creature sees and kills the young boy.
What is he is shot at after saving a girl from drowning?
The total number of deaths that occur in the novel.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
Name them all.
What is 10?
Caroline, Justine's siblings, Justine's mother, Justine, William, Henry Clerval, Elizabeth, Alphonse, Victor & the Creature