Vocabulary
Characters
Literary Techniques
Settiings & Things
Events
100
fiend
What is a devil or demon?
100
Victor's adopted sister who he marries, and the monster kills in the end.
Who is Elizabeth?
100
Shelly uses this technique of telling a story within a story within a story.
What is frame narration?
100
Ingolstadt
What is the place where Victor went to study?
100
The language, about human relationships, to read and write
What are the things the creature learns from watching the cottagers (the DeLacey family)?
200
melancholy
What is a state of sadness/depression.
200
The man on the boat heading to the North Pole, who rescues Victor from the ice and listens to his story.
Who is Robert Walton?
200
The Protagonist
What is Victor Frankenstein?
200
The home of the DeLacey family where the creature watches them.
What is the cottage in Germany?
200
The end result of this interaction is that the creature gets shot and becomes more enraged at humans.
What is when the creature rescues the girl drowning in the woods?
300
countenance
What is face/facial expression?
300
He is Victor's best friend who takes care of him when he first goes crazy after the monster comes to life.
Who is Henry Clerval?
300
The Protagonist
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
300
This is where Victor again meets up with the monster.
What is Mont Blanc/the Alps?
300
To listen to his story, and to create a mate for him
What are the two requests the creature asks of Victor when they meet in the Alps?
400
omnipotent
What is all powerful/all-knowing?
400
She was rescued from her dying father's bedside by Victor's dad (Alphonse).
Who is Caroline/Victor's mom?
400
When Elizabeth is murdered, Victor says it is the acme of his tale -- this is another word for this literary term.
What is the Climax?
400
The item that makes Justine look guilty of William's murder.
What is the locket?
400
This is how Victor feels about his creation once it comes to life, and therefore, he abandons him.
What is disgusted and horrified?
500
benevolent
What is kind/generous?
500
The girl who is convicted unjustly of William's murder.
Who is Justine?
500
An example of this technique is when Victor is on the lake with Elizabeth when everything is beautiful -- this hints to the reader that bad times may be coming to mess up the calm.
What is foreshadowing?
500
The natural phenomenon that inspire Victor's thoughts about creating life.
What is lightening?
500
He cries at Victor's bedside after Victor dies.
Who is the creature?
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