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He is the young scientist obsessed with uncovering the secrets of life.
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
This figure appears in Victor’s childhood as the symbol of domestic happiness and future marriage.
Who is Elizabeth Lavenza?
This is the city where Victor grows up surrounded by a loving family.
What is Geneva?
To punish Victor for destroying the female companion, the Creature vows to be with him at this event.
What is his wedding?
This is the author of Frankenstein.
Who is Mary Shelley?
This Arctic explorer frames the novel through a series of letters to his sister.
Who is Robert Walton?
The murder of this close friend leads Victor to be imprisoned and nearly die in jail.
Who is Henry Clerval?
This is the country in which Victor constructs and destroys the second creature.
What is Scotland?
Victor ultimately decides to pursue this branch of science.
What is chemistry?
Frankenstein is considered the first novel in this genre.
What is Science-Fiction?
This is the first person the Creature kills, Victor’s youngest brother.
Who is William Frankenstein?
Felix assists this foreign visitor, whose story teaches the Creature about global politics and injustice.
Who is Safie?
Victor meets Robert Walton while he is on an expedition to this final destination.
What is the North Pole?
Victor’s mother dies from this illness after caring for Elizabeth.
What is scarlet fever?
Frankenstein was written as part of a competition to write the best story of this kind.
What is a ghost story?
She is wrongfully executed for William’s murder.
Who is Justine Moritz?
This professor reignites Victor’s enthusiasm for science.
Who is Professor Waldman?
The Creature plans to leave human society altogether and live here with his intended companion.
Where is South America / the wilds of South America?
The Creature frames Justine by placing this item on her person.
What is a picture of Frankenstein's mother?
This writing form, used by Walton, in which a story is told through letters or written accounts, frames the entire narrative.
What is epistolary form?
The Creature learns language and human society by secretly observing this rural family.
Who are the De Laceys?
This magistrate helps prove Frankenstein's innocence in the case of Henry's murder.
Who is Mr. Kirwin?
Victor creates the Creature while studying at this German university.
What is the University of Ingolstadt?
Name any one of the three alchemists that Frankenstein cites as being his inspiration.
Who is Albertus Magnus, Paracelsus, or Cornelius Agrippa?
This book, about the fall of Satan and the Garden of Eden, fuels his reflections on good, evil, and despair; it was also a major influence on the author of Frankenstein.
What is Paradise Lost?