Frankly, It's Alive!
This friend accompanies Victor on his journey to England but does not know the real purpose of the trip.
Who is Henry Clerval?
In Frankenstein, Victor describes “the rippling of the waves.” This word identifies the movement and sound of the water.
What is “rippling”?
Blake uses this word for anger in the poem's first stanza.
What is “wrath”?
Victor delays his marriage to Elizabeth because he believes he must complete this task first.
What is creating the female creature?
Blake's speaker hides his anger behind smiles, while Victor hides his scientific experiments from his loved ones. Both characters practice this behavior.
What is secrecy?
Victor begins creating the female creature on an island off the coast of this country.
What is Scotland?
When the creature describes experiencing light, darkness, sounds, and scents all at once, Shelley emphasizes the development of these five physical abilities.
What are the senses?
In the second stanza, the speaker says he nurtures his anger “Night & morning” with these.
What are his tears?
Victor worries that the female creature may refuse to leave human society because she never made this agreement herself.
What is the promise to live in isolation?
The speaker in “A Poison Tree” tells his own story using “I.” Victor also narrates much of Frankenstein from this point of view.
What is first-person point of view?
After Victor destroys the second creature, the monster calls him this word, meaning someone who has betrayed another person's trust.
What is “traitor”?
Victor describes lightning illuminating a lake until it resembles a “vast sheet of fire.” This specific word introduces the comparison.
What is “like”?
The speaker uses “soft deceitful wiles” to conceal his anger. The word “wiles” refers to these dishonest methods.
What are tricks or schemes?
Victor destroys the unfinished creature while the original creature watches through this part of his laboratory.
What is the window?
In “A Poison Tree,” the reader sees the consequences of the speaker's anger. In Frankenstein, the creature directly threatens Victor. Both situations build this feeling of uncertainty about coming danger.
What is suspense?
After disposing of the remains of his second creation, Victor falls asleep in his boat and awakens to discover that this natural force has carried him far from shore.
What is the wind?
When Shelley describes a storm using words such as “terrific,” “crash,” and “dazzled,” she creates this threatening or uneasy emotional atmosphere.
What is an ominous mood?
In the final stanza, Blake uses this word to describe how the enemy enters the speaker's garden without permission.
What is “stole”?
Victor tears the female creature apart with this type of emotion immediately after considering the dangers she might pose.
What is rage or anger?
The speaker's smiles conceal hatred, while Victor's promise to create a companion conceals his growing reluctance. This contrast between outward behavior and private feelings is an example of this literary concept.
What is appearance versus reality?
At the end of Chapter 20, Victor is arrested after arriving in Ireland because he is suspected of committing this crime.
What is murder?
In Chapter 11, the creature describes how “innumerable sounds rang in my ears.” The word “innumerable” means this.
What is too many to count?
The final stanza begins and ends with references to this time of day, emphasizing the speaker's discovery of his enemy's fate.
What is morning?
When Victor destroys the second creature, he breaks the agreement he made with the original creature in this chapter.
What is Chapter 17?
Blake's speaker uses a metaphorical tree to communicate his anger, while Shelley uses the creature's words and actions to reveal his personality. These are two different methods of developing this element of a literary work.
What is characterization?