Quotations
At the beginning of Volume Two, he says, “On you it rests, whether I quit forever the neighbourhood of man and lead a harmless life, or become the scourge of your fellow creatures, and the author of your own speedy ruin”
Who is the monster?
In what month does Victor bring the “demoniacal corpse” to life?
What is November?
The monster describes the murder of this person by saying, “I gazed on my victim, and my heart swelled with exultation and hellish triumph; clapping my hands, I exclaimed ‘I too can create desolation; my enemy is not invulnerable; this death will carry despair to him, and a thousand other miseries shall torment and destroy him”
Who is William Frankenstein?
He says about Elizabeth, “She was the living spirit of love to soften and attract: I might have become sullen in my study, rough through the ardour of my nature, but that she was there to subdue me to a semblance of her own gentleness.”
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
During the summer of 1816, who initiated a ghost story competition.
Who is Lord Byron?
This character says, “My life might have been passed in ease and luxury; but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path.”
Who is Robert Walton?
This character attempts to dissuade Victor from going north on his own, but Victor is resolute.
Who is Henry?
The monster says, “Increase of knowledge only discovered to me more clearly what a wretched outcast I was . . . no Eve soothed my sorrows nor shared my thoughts; I was _____________.”
What is "alone"?
She dies because she was infected by Scarlet Fever when she Elizabeth recover from the disease.
Who is Caroline?
Frankenstein is much more than a scary story about a monster and a mad scientist; Mary Shelley’s narrative examines the ________ and _________ consequences of scientific advancement.
What are emotional and spiritual?
Volume One ends with this quotation, "Thus spoke my prophetic soul, as, torn by remorse, horror, and despair, I beheld those I loved spend vain sorrow upon the graves of __________ and __________, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts."
Who are William and Justine?
This person made it her dying wish that Victor and Elizabeth marry.
Who is Caroline?
The monster says to this character, “You are my creator, but I am your master—obey!” and “I shall be with you on your wedding-night."
Who is Victor Frankenstein?
A good friend of Victor's, his "gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of frankness and good nature, that banished every idea of pedantry." As with Elizabeth, Victor misses an opportunity to develop an enduring relationship with this person.
Who is Waldman?
He is a proud, admirable, and honest merchant who retreats in exile to the town of Lucerne when his business ventures fall into ruin.
Who is M. Beaufort?
Victor says of this person, “If you were in an ill humour, one glance from [her] could dissipate it.” This person later dies on the scaffold, and Victor proclaims that the person is a "saintly sufferer."
Who is Justine Moritz?
Victor believes that his “cup of life was ________ forever”
What is poisoned?
The monster finds himself attracted to the ________ of the cottagers, but he is distressed when he sees his reflection in a pool of water for the first time.
What are "perfect forms"?
Victor is in this city and on his honeymoon with Elizabeth when he says, “A fiend had snatched from me every hope of future happiness: no creature had ever been so miserable as I was; so frightful an event is single in the history of man”
What is Evian?
Hours after Victor destroys the monster’s mate, this person dies in Ireland at the vengeful hands of the monster.
Who is Henry Clerval?
The monster says of her, “I beheld a countenance of angelic beauty and expression. Her hair of shining raven black, and curiously braided; her eyes were dark, but gentle, although animated; her features of a regular proportion, and her complexion wondrously fair, each cheek tinged with a lovely pink”
Who is Safie, Felix’s fiancée?
Mary Shelley imagines that Victor is most closely associated with this mythical character.
Who is Prometheus?
Which legendary stories become reference points for the monster’s tormented journey toward self-discovery.
What are Satan’s fall and Adam’s plight?
Victor fails to be a good husband to Elizabeth because he focuses all of his energy into understanding the biological, chemical, and electrical mechanics of life, only to neglect generating ________ and meaning in his own life.
What is love?
He testifies against Victor at the trial in Ireland. He believes that he saw Victor in a boat trying to escape the crime scene after the murder of Henry Clerval.
Who is Daniel Nugent?