Victor Frankenstein
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
The scientist who was obsessed with science and created a monster out of dead body parts.
Describe what the monster looked like.
Black and shiny long hair, white perfect teeth, yellow skin, yellow eyes, straight black lips.
Who is the author of Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
Who did the monster kill on their wedding night? Why?
Elizabeth. He wouldn't allow Victor be happy when he was so miserable.
What was Victor's mission after his father died? Was he successful?
Hunt the monster and kill him. He was not successful because the monster still lives.
What did Victor do to create his monster?
Rob graves, steal and cut up dead body parts, work obsessively without seeing friends and not sleeping or eating making himself sick.
Who did the monster kill first and who did he frame for the death?
William and framed Justine (his nanny)
What is the setting of Frankenstein?
1700s various European countries
How did the Monster kill William and how did he frame Justine?
strangled and he took a pin off of William and put in in Justine's pocket.
Why was it so difficult for Victor to find and kill the monster?
He is very strong and fast. Almost indestructible.
Who is Victor's best friend and what happened to him?
Henry and he died at the hands of the monster to torture Victor.
What did the monster learn all by himself living in the woods?
He learned about fire and not to touch it. He learned his looks were so ugly he scared people. He learned to find food.
Name 2 conflicts in Frankenstein.
Various answers
What happened to Victor after Henry's death?
He went mad and was in jail. His father set things right and he wasn't charged with the murder but went back to Paris so doctors could help him.
Who is Walton and why is he important to the plot?
He starts the book with letters that describe the beginning of the end of the novel and he picks up Victor on the ice and listens to his whole story about the monster.
What did Victor do after his monster came to life? WHat did the monster do after that?
Ran from him and was horrified. Made the monster have to live and learn on his own in the woods.
What did he learn from the DeLacys and how did he do this?
He slept in the shack that was near the DeLacy'a cottage, He could look through a crack and see them. He learned about music, to speak, read and write.
Who's point of view is the story written?
Walton, Victor, and the monster's
Who dies after Elizabeth? How?
Victor's father from a broken heart.
How are Walton and Frankenstein similar? How does Frankenstein convince him to give up his dream?
Both are obsessed with their dreams and discoveries. Walton learned from Frankenstein's mistakes.
Name 3 reasons why Victor destroyed the creature's wife.
1. He feared the new creature might not want to be kind and choose to be evil. 2. Maybe she wouldn't agree to go into the woods away from people. 3. She might hate the monster and then there would be two angry monsters loose. 4. What if they had children and created a new race of monsters?
Name 3 times the monster was rejected and treated terribly by people.
Victor abandoned him. DeLacys ran him out of the cottage and moved away. After saving the girl from drowning he got shot by a man. When he walked in town people threw rocks and sticks at him and screamed and ran away from him.
What is a lesson or a theme this book teaches us?
Think about the consequences of scientific advances. Don't become so obsessed with your dreams and aspirations that you make yourself sick and forget your family and the things that are important in life.
Who dies at the end of the novel? How does the monster react?
Victor. The monster cries.
Who is more of a monster? Victor or the monster? Give 3 reasons.
answers vary