Ambition and Isolation
Why is Walton’s ambition considered dangerous?
He risks everything, including lives, for discovery.
This quick task, often done before heading to class, can improve your focus and make your room feel instantly tidier.
What is making your bed?
How does Victor’s act of creating life show existential themes?
He takes godlike responsibility for meaning-making.
Who is compared to Adam from Paradise Lost?
Victor’s creation.
This college-recommended item helps you transport toiletries to communal bathrooms.
What is a shower caddy?
How does Victor’s ambition separate him from family and friends?
He isolates himself to focus solely on creating life.
Usually scheduled once a week, this routine keeps dust and crumbs from piling up in high-traffic surfaces like desks and floors.
What is weekly maintenance? (e.g., vacuuming and wiping surfaces)
In existentialism, isolation results from which human reality?
Freedom to choose without guidance.
Who is compared to Satan?
Victor himself.
This item is prohibited in dorms due to fire safety concerns.
What is a space heater?
How does Victor feel once he achieves his goal of creating life?
He is horrified and repulsed.
How often should you change your bed sheets?
once a week.
What does Victor’s retreat into science suggest about existential despair?
A desperate attempt to assert control over chaos.
How does Victor mirror Adam’s mistake?
Overreaching in pursuit of forbidden knowledge.
Colleges advise students to bring this type of clothing to prepare for varying weather conditions.
What are clothes for winter and spring weather?
What repeated theme links Walton and Victor’s journeys?
The destructive nature of unchecked ambition.
How many hours of sleep should you get nightly?
What is 7-9?
How might Victor’s loneliness mirror Sartre’s ideas of existential isolation?
Without an authentic connection, life becomes absurd.
How does Victor mirror Satan’s rebellion?
Pride leads to downfall.
This item is essential for keeping your dorm room organized and is recommended.
What are storage containers?
How does Shelley use isolation to criticize Enlightenment ideals?
She shows that intellectual isolation leads to madness.
How often can you keep food in the fridge before you must throw it out?
3-4 days
What early warning does Shelley give about trying to create one’s own destiny?
It can destroy the creator.
In Frankenstein, creation without love leads to what?
Alienation and destruction.
Colleges suggest this type of adhesive for decorating your dorm room without causing damage.
What is a non-damaging, temporary adhesive?