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Who is the outer frame narrator of the novel?
Robert Walton.
Who tells most of the main story?
Victor Frankenstein.
Where does Victor study natural philosophy?
Ingolstadt
What is the creature’s physical appearance described as?
Large and grotesque.
Is the creature given a personal name?
No.
Which family does the creature secretly observe?
The De Lacey family.
What book shapes the creature’s moral thinking most strongly?
Paradise Lost.
Who is murdered by the creature first?
William Frankenstein.
Who is wrongly executed for William’s murder?
Justine Moritz.
Where does the creature first confront Victor?
On Mont Blanc.
Where does Victor destroy the female creature?
The Orkney Islands.
Who is killed shortly after the female creature is destroyed?
Henry Clerval.
What natural setting frames the beginning and ending of the novel?
The Arctic
What theme is highlighted by Victor’s abandonment of the creature?
Responsibility.
Which emotion dominates the creature’s experience?
Loneliness.
Who is murdered on Victor’s wedding night?
Elizabeth Lavenza.
Which character symbolizes unchecked scientific ambition?
Victor Frankenstein.
Who rescues Victor in the Arctic?
Robert Walton.
What does the creature plan to do at the end of the novel?
Destroy himself.
Which literary movement strongly influences the novel?
Romanticism
Which other two books does the creature read?
Plutarch’s Lives and The Sorrows of Young Werther.
What demand does the creature make of Victor?
To create a female companion.
How does Victor die?
From illness and exhaustion.
Which scientific idea is most associated with Victor’s experiment?
Reanimation of dead matter.
What major warning does the novel present?
The danger of uncontrolled scientific ambition.