Characters
An intelligent scientist, interested in "playing god."
Victor Frankenstein
What's the first mistake the Creature made upon discovering fire?
He got too close and burned himself.
What is wrong with the father?
He is blind.
How does the monster sustain himself?
He forages and steals food.
Where does Victor go to distance himself from his grief of William's death?
The Valley of Chamounix.
An amalgamation of body parts that is trying to follow humanity.
The Creature
What did the Creature learn the cause of the family's distress was?
They were in poverty.
Who is writing the letters in the beginning if the book, and who was he writing to?
Robet Walton is writing to his sister.
What did he learn from Plutarch's lives?
High thoughts.
How does Victor feel about the creature asking for a mate?
He is hesitant.
"No one did at first; but several circumstances came out that have almost forced conviction upon us; and her own behavior has been so confused as to add to the evidence of facts."
Justine Moritz
How did the Creature learn the names of objects and to speak them?
He learned by observing the family speaking.
What did the children do when they saw Victor on their father?
Agatha fainted, Safie ran out, and Felix beat Victor with a stick.
How did the monster learn to speak?
He listened to the DeLacey family as they taught Safie their language.
What does Victor think about the creature's survival and its story?
Victor feels overwhelming shame and disgust.
A man with a passion for exploring; "Then I fancy we have seen him, for the day before we picked you up, we saw some dogs drawing a sledge with a man in it, across the ice."
Robert Walton
While the Creature improved in speech, he also improved in the science of ______?
The science of letters
Why doesn't Victor tell anyone the truth about the creature to save Justine?
He was afraid that if he tells his story, he will be considered mad and that no one will believe him, leaving him unable to stop the monster.
Which book did the monster sympathize with, and "found himself similar?"
Sorrows of Werter
Why did Victor decide not to drown himself?
He did not want to abandon Elizabeth and his family.
"Good god! In what dessert land have you lived, where no one was kind enough to inform you that these fancies which you have so greedily imbibed are a thousand years old and as musty as they are ancient?"
Master Krempe
What was the name of the book Felix taught Safie about and the creature learned human history and language from?
Ruins of Empires.
What happens when the creature tries to revel himself to the De Lacet family?
The family becomes terrified of his appearance, and beats him, causing the creature to renounce humanity.
Why did the monster avoid going out at night?
He was scared of the DeLacey family seeing him.
How does Victor's guilt influence his decisions in Volume two?
He tries negotiating with the creature instead of destroying it.