Ch. 1-6
What city is Victor's family from?
Geneva
What does Victor's father reveal in his letter?
Victor's youngest brother, William, has been murdered.
How does the creature learn to speak and read in French?
Upon destroying the lady creature, what does Victor do to dispose of the body parts?
Victor sails into the middle of the ocean where he then dumbs the body parts into.
True/False:
Mary Shelley suffered the deaths of 3 of her children.
True - it is said that these events influences much of the gothic elements in Frankenstein.
How does Elizabeth join the Frankenstein household?
She is taken in after Victor's mother, Caroline Beaufort, sees her living with an impoverished Italian family.
Justine murdered William because she was in love with his father.
FALSE. Justine did not murder William, she was framed!
What is the creature's reaction to when he sees himself for the first time in the water's reflection?
The creature is disgusted by himself and understands why people are afraid of him.
What were the concerns that Victor had about a lady creature that prevented him from finishing his work?
Victor was afraid that she wouldn't like the creature and reject him. He also thought that she might not want to live in isolation in South America forever. Additionally, he feared that they would reproduce and destroy mankind.
Idealized women
Strong connections with nature & its beauty
Valued sensitivity & feelings over intellectualism
Romanticism
What was Victor's dying mother's wish?
What is Victor's reaction to Justine's false imprisonment?
Victor is full of remorse and guilt that he knows who the true murderer is but does not have the strength to say anything - resulting in Justine's death.
Why does the creature decide to approach the father, DeLacey, before approaching his children?
The father is blind and will not judge the creature based on his appearance.
Why do the citizens of Ireland reject Victor's presence upon his arrival?
The citizens believe that he is the murderer of the victim found on the shore.
Dark, mysterious, evil tones
Developed an atmosphere of gloom, mystery, or suspense
Emphasized the darker sides of nature
Supernatural or paranormal entities or occurrences
Blood, pain, death, cruelty
Gothic Literature
What does Victor spend day and night working on at Ingolstadt?
The creature
When Victor meets the creature and tells him to go away and the creature refuses, what does the creature ask of Victor?
What does the creature promise to do if Victor makes the lady creature he has requested for.
The creature promises to leave for South America and never make contact with another human again.
Victor falls sick upon realizing that the victim's body belonged to Henry Clerval, his best friend.
“The very stars themselves being witness and testimonies of my triumph.”
Personification
What is Victor's first reaction when he sees the creature alive for the first time?
He is frightened by the creature and runs away.
Why do the DeLacey family reference the creature as "good spirit?"
The creature helps the family out by picking up wood for their fire and shoveling up snow.
Where does Victor head out to in order to make the lady creature?
Victor first heads out to England and then ends up in a remote island in Scotland.
As an ultimate act of revenge toward Victor, what does the creature do? Why?
The creature decides to murder Elizabeth, so that Victor can feel the pain of living without a companion just like himself.
“And it presented to me then as exquisite and divine as a retreat as Pandaemonium appeared to the daemons of hell after their sufferings in the lake of fire.”
Allusion