Letters 1-4
Who is the author of Letters 1-4 in the beginning?
Robert Walton to his sister.
How did Victor describe his childhood?
Happy and loving.
Describe Victor during the time he was working on his creature.
Obsessive, sleepless, isolated, fixated, let his health deteriorate.
Who was murdered
Victor's young brother, William.
Describe how people treated the creature when they saw him?
Scared, screamed, ran away, physically attacked him.
Who was the person found in the Artic?
Victor Frankenstein chasing his creature.
How does Victor describe Elizabeth?
As more than his sister and his only.
What did Victor immediately do when his creature came to life?
Ran away.
Who was executed for William's murder?
Justine, a close family friend.
Where does the creature find shelter and spend many months?
In a hovel connected to a cottage where he could watch the inhabitants.
What is the reason Victor tells Robert his story.
To warn him as a cautionary tale.
Who is Henry Clerval?
Victor's childhood best friend.
Who helped nurse Victor back to health?
Henry Clerval.
What evidence was there surrounding William's murder?
His necklace in Justine's pocket and Justine missing during the hours of his death.
What skills did the creature work on in order to win the approval of the cottagers?
Speech and reading; language
What is the narrative technique used to transition from Letter 4 to Chapter 1?
Frame Narrative - a story within a story.
What is one major event in Victor's childhood that affected him?
The death of his mother, seeing the lightning destroy a tree, finding Cornelius Agrippa, his father telling him Agrippa was trash
Who did Elizabeth's letter to Victor describe, thus foreshadowing the tragedy to come?
Justine and William.
What did Victor do after Justine's execution?
Go into nature to find peace and quiet.
What are the names of the cottagers?
Felix, Agatha, Mr. De Lacey, and eventually Safie.
Who is the narrator in Chapter 1?
Victor Frankenstein.
Which professor encouraged Victor's studies?
M. Waldman
Who did Victor encounter in Chapter 10?
His creature.
Summarize why the cottagers are in their predicament.
Felix helped Safie's father escape prison who then betrayed Felix. The whole family was in prison, banished from France, and lost everything. Safie eventually found them since she really loved Felix.