Plot Details
Character Motivations
Gothic and Romantic Elements
Quotes and Significance
Foreshadowing and Themes
100

The person Walton encounters on the ice at the start of the novel.

Who is Victor Frankenstein?

100

Pookie's request of Victor.

What is making a him a mate?

100

The natural event that sparked Victor’s fascination with electricity and galvanism.

What is a lightning strike that destroyed a tree?

100

The speaker of, "What may not be expected in a country of eternal light?"

Who is Walton, reflecting his ambition and fascination with discovery?

100

The event that foreshadows Elizabeth’s death.

What is Pookie’s warning to Victor about his wedding night? OR What is Victor's dream about Elizabeth turning into his dead mother?

200

Victor’s reaction to his mother’s death (not just emotional, but what he did next).

What is fleeing to Ingolstadt?

200

This drives Pookie to reveal himself to old man DeLacey.

What is his desire to be accepted and loved despite how he looks?

200

The theme of Mutability and its connection to Victor.

What is the inevitability of change, reflecting his loss and suffering?

200

The speaker and recipient of, "Unhappy man! Do you share my madness?"

Who is Victor, saying this to Walton as a warning against ambition?

200

The connection between Tintern Abbey and Frankenstein.

What is Romantic themes of nature’s restorative power, contrasting with Victor’s neglect of nature?

300

The reason Justine is accused of William’s murder.

What is being found with a locket that belonged to William?

300

Walton's main ambition.

What is find a passage through the North Pole and understand Earth's magnetism?

300

How Paradise Lost influences Pookie.

What is identifying with both Adam and Satan, feeling abandoned and envious?

300

The speaker of, "The fangs of remorse tore my bosom..." and the subject of guilt.

Who is Victor, referring to his guilt over Justine’s death?

300

This often reflects Victor's feelings and happens before something bad in the story.

What is weather and a storm?

400

This is Victor's dying wish to Walton.

What is killing Pookie?
400

Victor’s reaction when he sees Pookie for the first time.

What is being horrified and fleeing, abandoning his creation?

400

This inspired Mary Shelley to write the novel.

What is a dream? OR What is a scary story writting contest? 

400

The speaker of, "Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition," and the context.

Who is Victor warning Walton not to follow in his footsteps. 

400

This happens to Victor after something bad or unfortunate thing happens in his life.

What is he gets really sick?

500
This form of novel is written in letters. 

What is an epistolary novel? What is a frame novel?

500

Victor’s reasoning for destroying the female companion for Pookie.

What is fearing they might reproduce, leading to a new race of creatures?

500

Victor’s similarity to Prometheus in Greek mythology.

What is defying natural limits by bringing forbidden knowledge to humanity, leading to severe consequences?

500

The speaker of, "I, the miserable and abandoned, am an abortion..." and its significance.

Who is Pookie, emphasizing his rejection and alienation from all of humanity?

500

Poem that is referenced by Walton at the beginning that serves to parallel the events and warnings throughout the story.

 What is Rime of the Ancient Mariner?