Quotations
He says, “I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their pest, whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy its own peace at the price, perhaps, of the existence of the whole human race.”
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
Fastidious means this.
What is difficult to please.
Victor’s father: he has a kind demeanor but dies of a broken heart.
Who is Alphonse Frankenstein?
The passionate pursuit of __________ should never lead to isolation of the individual.
What is knowledge?
The theme of Victor’s final speech?
What is avoid ambition?
He says, “I cherished hope, it is true; but it vanished when I beheld my person reflected in water, or my shadow in the moonshine, even as that frail image and that inconstant shade.”
Who is the monster?
Vacillating means this.
What is irregular or inconsistent; subject to swing from one extreme to another?
He is an impulsive young man who drives the monster from his one hope of happiness.
Who is Felix De Lacey?
Human beings must take __________________ for what they do and create in this world.
What is personal responsibility?
Mr. Kirwin's official job.
What is an Irish magistrate?
He says, “I am malicious because I am miserable.”
Who is the monster
Ignominious means this.
What is marked by shame and dishonor?
Victor’s closest friend is the monster’s first target after Victor shreds the female monster.
Who is Henry Clerval?
________________________, a condition of shared benefit in a relationship between two or among many people, is always preferable to individualism, a condition of isolation and single-minded pursuits.
What is Mutualism?
Alphonse Frankenstein responds to the death of his daughter-in-law in this way.
What is he falls into despair and dies?
He says, “If it is in my power to seize the monster, be assured that he shall suffer punishment proportionate to his crimes.”
Who is the Magistrate of Geneva?
Obdurate means this.
What is to be unyielding or inflexible.
Victor’s mother: she sacrifices her life so that Elizabeth might live.
Who is Caroline Frankenstein?
The greatest among us are ____________________ and kind to those who are most in need.
What is charitable?
Victor experiences temporary relief from mental torment by doing what responsible thing.
What is exercising?
He says, "Thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision: I come back ignorant and disappointed. It requires more philosophy than I possess, to bear this injustice with patience.”
Who is Robert Walton?
Ennui means this.
What is full of sorrow and boredom?
Engaged to Felix: she is a beautiful woman from Turkey who runs away from her father.
Who is Safie?
Abject _______________ often strips a person of dignity and goodness.
What is suffering?
FINAL JEOPARDY
The monster finds these three books in the leather portmanteau?
What are
Milton’s Paradise Lost
Plutarch’s Lives
Goethe’s Sorrows of Young Werter