Characters
Describe how Victor's parents met and came to be a family.
What is Victor's father (Alphose) looked after Victor's mother (Caroline) once she became an orphan and after a few years they got married?
A novel in which supernatural horrors and atmosphere of unknown terror pervades the action
What is a gothic novel?
—Stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals. As a result, he was punished by being bolted to a rock and had his liver eaten daily by an eagle.
Who is Prometheus?
Both the character Margaret Saville (Robert Walton's sister) and author Mary Shelley are from this country.
What is England (Great Britain)?
Dies after contracting Scarlet Fever. Victor took this death as an omen to the start of a miserable life.
Who is Caroline Frankenstein (Victor's mother)
When she was adopted by the Frankenstein family, how was Elizabeth presented to Victor?
What is a "gift" or property?
—Fantastic, dramatic events, such as ghosts appearing, giants walking, or inanimate objects coming to life are an example of this characteristic:
What is the supernatural or inexplicable?
Mary Shelley's husband and friends participated in this game/activity during one rainy summer in Switzerland. As a result, this game launched her story.
What is a ghost story contest?
What is Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus?
An ambitious explorer seeking to find "the other side of the world." He regards Victor as a "brother".
Who is Robert Walton?
This is the purpose for Victor telling his story to Robert Walton.
What is to warn about the dangers of knowledge?
In Romanticism, the concepts of _____ and _____ were valued over intellectualism or wisdom.
What are feelings and sensitivity?
The process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. This process began in Britain in the 18th century and from there spread to other parts of the world.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
A narrative structure that provides a setting and exposition for the main narrative in the novel. A story within a story.
What is a frame story?
Victor's best friend, who reappears in Chapter 5 and has a passion for story-telling.
Who is Henry Clerval?
During the years at the university, this was Victor's goal and only purpose.
What is "to discover the secrets of heaven and earth" and give life to lifeless beings?
In Romanticism, people were valued for being this:
What is unique or unconventional?
Mary Shelley was inspired to write the novel after this event happened one night.
What is she had a dream about the process of creating the creature?
Victor Frankenstein's hometown.
What is Geneva in Switzerland?
Doctor, author, theologian, and astrologer who influenced Victor to pursue his interest in natural philosophy. Lived in the 1500s, two hundred years previous to Victor.
Who Cornelius Agrippa?
This was the creature's reaction on the night that he was created.
What is watched Victor in his sleep and tried to get close to him?
Gothic novels typically have women in this type of situation:
What is in distress or danger?
This recurring topic is seen throughout the story as well as other stories of Shelley. She had an apprehension or fear of this because she experienced this throughout her life.
What is fear of giving birth?
Why were Mary Shelley and Percy Shelley able to marry after two years of having eloped (run away)?
What is Percy's wife drowned herself?