Vocab
exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra
What is superfluous?
When Frankenstein abandons his creation, the creature suffers from loneliness and becomes angrier and more hostile.
What are the effects of isolation?
This character relates himself to both Adam and Lucifer in Milton's Paradise Lost.
Who is the Creature?
Expressing a picture with words
What is imagery?
The Creature compares himself to this figure from Paradise Lost.
Who is Satan OR Adam?
having or occurring in great variety; diverse.
What is Multifarious?
Victor's pursuit to make life leads him to commit horrible atrocities in the name of science.
What is the danger of knowledge?
With his love for adventure and positivity and excitement about the world, this character serves as a literary foil to Victor Frankenstein.
Who is Henry Clerval?
The audience knows something that the one or more characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
This specific emotion drives the Creature to strangle William Frankenstein.
What is revenge?
arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance; hateful.
What is odious?
Frankenstein's perversion of life and creation demonstrate his rejection of this theme.
What is the natural law/role of nature?
This character's rejection and beating of the creature leads it to burn the cottage down in a symbolic turn from humanity.
Who is Felix?
Giving a hint that something will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
The Creature vows to return on this ominous future occasion.
What is the Wedding?
bloodthirsty or bloody
What is Sanguinary?
What is rejection?
This character's wrongful execution causes the Frankenstein family to retreat to their summer home outside the city of Geneva.
Who is Justine [Moritz]?
A character whose purpose is to highlight certain aspects of another character's personality or qualities by contrasting them. (i.e. Victor and Henry)
What is a foil?
Victor fears that this may happen if he completes the female creation.
What is reproduction?
lively or excited movements of body parts
What are gesticulations?
This characteristic of Victor Frankenstein ultimately leads to his downfall.
What is pride/arrogance?
The death of this character leads Victor to an obsession with death and creating life.
Who is Caroline Frankenstein?
A reference to a person, place, event, or other work used in a story that the reader may be familiar with.
What is allusion?
The Creature tells Walton he will end his life using this method (or metaphor?).
What is fire?