Plot
What happens right before Victor leaves for universtiy
His mother dies
My days were spent in close attention, that I might more speedily master the language; and I may boast that I improved more rapidly than the Arabian, who understood very little and conversed in broken accents, whilst I comprehended and could imitate almost every word that was spoken.
Who said this? Explain the scene?
The creature is learning and observing from the DeLacey family. This is after Saphie arrived.
How did Henry Clerval help Victor at the beginning of the book?
He came brought letters from family in Geneva and helped Victor try to come back from his illness and sadness.
What is another book that the theme of death in Frankenstein can be connected to?
The Road
The two main characters in the story.
Victor Frankenstein and The Creature
What was Victor´s goal at Ingolstadt
To give life to a being/creature
Had I right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations? I had before been moved by the sophisms of the being I had created; I had been struck senseless by his fiendish threats;
Who said this?
Frankenstein
William
How do Victor and the creature portray the theme of secrecy in the book differently?
Victor keeps secrecy out of fear, shame, and guilt. The creature keeps secrecy because of his appearance and for his own safety.
The wife/cousin and adopted family member
Elizabeth
What did Justine do that ultimately led to her conviction and death?
She pleaded guilty
Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed?
Who is speaking?
The creature
Where did Victor go to creature the female creature?
Scotland, Orkney Islands
How is friendship a theme in the book?
Friends try to bring back Victor when he is ill and it also highlights the lack of friendship the Victor has.
Creature really wants friendship and acceptance from society.
Killed Victor´s family and then mourned over his dead body
Creature
Who was Henry Clerval?
Victor´s closest friend who was killed by the creature.
I saw—with shut eyes, but acute mental vision—I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion.
What does this quote depict?
Where did the creature and Victor meet when in Geneva?
Alps, Mountains
How are letters a theme/symbol?
The big part of the book is told through letters which show different perspectives of the characters
The professor that Victor liked more and encouraged him to study old science and modern science
Waldman
Who´s boat did Victor die on?
Walton
I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on.
Who´s words?
These were the creature's words when he was talking to Walton over Victor´s dead body. He is expressing how he feels.
What did Victor admit to his father after the deaths of his loved ones?
He said he felt guilty for the deaths of his family
What does light represent?
It represents knowledge, experimentation, and enlightenment.
Who beat the creature in the cottage
Felix