Characters
narrator at the beginning and end of the story
Who is Robert Walton
Mary Godwin committed what scandalous act when she was 15?
What is running away with Percy Shelley who was married
What does Victor ask Walton to do if he ever meets the creature?
What is destroy him?
Margaret Saville
Who is Walton's sister?
What book influences the creature the most?
What is Paradise Lost?
beautiful adopted cousin of Victor
Who is Elizabeth
An atmosphere of mystery and suspense
Omens, visions
Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events
What is Gothic literature?
This occurance which makes Victor interested in life after death.
What is lightening striking a tree?
The method of travel in the Artic for Victor and the Creature
What is dogsled?
In whom does the creature place his faith and why (chapter 8)
Who is the old, blind cottager; because he cannot see to judge the creature by its appearance.
Person accused of William's murder
Who is Justine
Emphasized the importance of the individual, subjectivity, imagination, and expression of emotions
Encouraged the journey to find one’s self through nature, isolation, and meditation
What is romanticism?
Victor is excessively proud or self-confident; what is the term for this?
What is hubristic?
How does Walton feel about Victor?
What is He likes him and considers him his friend?
The Creature requests this from Victor.
What is a companion?
Victor's best friend; he later gets accused of murdering him.
Who is Henry Clerval
The passion caused by the great; in nature is astonishment [...] suspended with some degree of horror.
What is the sublime?
What does Victor's mother, Caroline, wish for before she dies?
What is she hopes that Victor will marry his adoptive sister, Elizabeth Lavenza.
Victor gives this as the main reason why he is telling Walton his tale...
What is a warning not to be too ambitious?
The Creature says this after Victor goes back on his agreement?
What is, "I'll be with you on your wedding night."
Son of the blind man
Who is Felix DeLacey
Why is Frankenstein subtitled "The Modern Prometheus"
What is Prometheus gave fire to man and angered his god, Zeus. Victor created man and angered God. Both were punished.
Who does Victor truly believe is responsible for the deaths of William and Justine?
What is himself.
Walton hopes to make this discovery on his voyage...
What is a passage to the North Pole?
What happens to the Creature at the end of the story?
What s he jumps out the window and floats off on a piece of ice?