Characters
This is the narrator throughout most of the story.
What is Victor Frankenstein?
This is Victor’s emotional reaction the first time the monster reaches toward him.
What is disgust or fear?
This is one of the many themes of the novel.
-rejection/alienation of individuals
-importance of friendship
-taking responsibility
-seeking knowledge for glory
-obsession/revenge
-nature
-depression
-positive and negative consequences
“if I see but one smile on your lips when we meet, occasioned by this or any other exertion of mine, I shall need no other happiness.”
What is Elizabeth?
This is the monster's greatest need throughout the novel.
What is friendship and understanding?
This is the first person in the story to mention the motif of “the need for a friend in life".
The first time the creature reaches out to touch Victor, we may infer that the creature acts out of this emotion.
This is the mythological figure that the author compares Frankenstein to in her title.
What is "Prometheus"?
"I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on."
What is the monster?
The monster makes great progress in learning the written and spoken language as he observes this family teaching language to Safie.
What is "Felix's family"?
This is the objective of Victor’s early study.
What is banish illness and disease from mankind?
This character murders William.
The monster
These are characteristics of the Romantic personality seen in this novel.
What is "beauty and power of nature" and "intuition and subjectiveness"?
“The companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.” –
What is Victor?
This is the request to which the creature says Frankenstein must comply or suffer the consequence.
What is "Make me a female partner"?
Robert Walton sailed to the far North because he is seeking this.
What is fame and glory?
After Justine is executed, Victor falls into a depression for this reason.
To tell her story, the author uses these devices.
What is "a story within a story/frame narrative" and "letters"?
“God knows,” she said, “how entirely I am innocent. But I do not pretend that my protestations should acquit me"
Both Victor Frankenstein and the creature are obsessed with getting this on each other.
What is "revenge"?
Although he does not say so directly, we can infer from his comments that Victor is motivated by this.
What is pride?
This is the reason why Felix’s family is imprisoned.
What is "they helped the Turk escape prison"?
The subplot with Felix and Safie allows the author to accomplish three major goals.
A. introduce characters from an exotic place.
B. comment on the dependent role of women in Eastern societies.
C. develop the theme of friendship and rejection.
"This is what it is to live, how I enjoy existence!"
What is Henry?
This is the one person who is kind to the creature.
What is "Felix's dad"?