Frankenstein Final Book Review

"My dear Frankenstein, how glad I am to see you! How fortunate that you should be here at the very moment of my alighting!"

Henry Clerval

Who had been the creature's most recent victim (chapter 21-24)?

Henry Clerval

Who took care of Frankenstein during his illness?

Henry Clerval

Who was Frankenstein's closest friend?

Henry Clerval

Felix De Lacey

unknowingly taught the creature to read and write

Caroline Beaufort

Frankenstein family matriarch

"Excessive sorrow prevents improvement or enjoyment, or even the discharge of daily usefulness, without such no man is fit for society."

Alphonse Frankenstein

What was the reaction of the rest of the De Lacey family when they saw the creature?

Agatha fainted, Safie fled, and Felix hit him with a stick until he left the cottage.

"But is it not a duty to the survivors, that we should refrain from augmenting their unhappiness by an appearance of immoderate grief?"

Alphonse Frankenstein

How did Elizabeth come to live with the Frankensteins?

Caroline Frankenstein saw her with a peasant family, and offered to raise her in better circumstances.

William Frankenstein

Creature's first victim

"... and if I see but one smile on your lips when we meet, occasioned by this or any other exertion of mine, I shall need no other happiness."

Elizabeth

"Get well, and return to us. You will find a happy, cheerful home and friends who love you dearly."

Elizabeth

"I confess to you, my friend, that I love you, and that in my airy dreams of futurity you have been my constant friend and companion."

Elizabeth

"None of those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. In other studies you go as far as others have gone before you, and there is nothing more to know; but in a scientific pursuit there is continual food for discovery and wonder."

Elizabeth

T/F: At the trial, Frankenstein was found innocent by reason of insanity.

False

T/F: Frankenstein and Clerval spent the next few months preparing a new experiment.

False

T/F: Frankenstein received news that his brother Ernest..

False

T/F: Frankenstein told the judges the true story, but they didn't believe him.

False

T/F: Frankenstein wanted to try to create life in a test tube.

False

T/F: Frankenstein was delighted to finally meet the creature.

False

T/F: Frankenstein was one of the sailors.

False

T/F: Frankenstein's father went insane with grief and had to be institutionalized.

False

T/F: The creature asked Frankenstein to teach him how to create another life.

False

T/F: The creature strangled Victor Frankenstein.

False

T/F: The villagers the creature encountered were awed and worshiped the creature as a god.

False

T/F: When the creature found that he De Lacey's had moved out of the cottage, he moved in.

False

Where did Frankenstein see the creature (ch. 6-9)?

Frankenstein saw him just outside the gates of Geneva as he was returning home.

Henry Clerval

Frankenstein's best friend.

How did he meet Victor Frankenstein?

He and the crew found Frankenstein stuck on a large piece of ice. They rescued him and brought him aboard their vessel.

What request did Frankenstein make of Robert Walton?

He asked Walton to destroy the creature if he ever had the opportunity.

What happened to Frankenstein the day after he completed his creation?

He became ill with a fever and delirium for several months.

What happened to the creature?

He came into the cabin and saw the dead Frankenstein. He told Walton that he was going to travel in the far north and kill himself. We last see the creature as he floats away into the darkness on an ice raft.

How did the creature learn to speak and to read?

He observed and listened to the cottagers.

What did Frankenstein do after he left the magistrate?

He decided to pursue the creature and kill him.

Why did the creature put the locket in Justine's pocket?

He intended that she should take the blame for the murder.

How did Robert feel about his guest?

He liked Frankenstein, and hoped they would become friends.

What threat did the creature make when Frankenstein backed out on their agreement?

He said, "I will be with you on your wedding night."

Who did the creature save?

He saved a girl from drowning.

Where did the creature take shelter?

He stayed in a lean-to attached to a cottage.

What did the creature do to the boy?

He strangled him

Where did Frankenstein go to seek relief?

He traveled to the Apine valley and the village of Chamounix.

What did the creature want of Frankenstein?

He wanted Frankenstein to listen to the account of his life so far.

What goal did Frankenstein decide to pursue?

He wanted to try to renew life in a corpse, to "bestow animation upon lifeless matter."

What happened to Frankenstein when he landed his boat?

He was accused of murder.

What was Frankenstein's state of mind after the trial and its conclusion?

He was filled with remorse for all he had done.

How did Frankenstein feel when his experiment succeeded, and the creature came to life?

He was horrified and disgusted.

Where was the writer, and why was he there?

He was in the Arctic, exploring unknown regions.

Why was Frankenstein in the Arctic?

He was pursuing the creature.

What natural phenomena influenced Frankenstein?

He watched a tree being hit by lightning during a storm. He became interested in the theories of electricity and galvanism.

"I had rather be with you in your solitary rambles, than with these Scotch people whom I do not know; hasten then, my dear friend, to return, that I may again feel myself somewhat at home, which I cannot do in your absence."

Henry Clerval

What two major events happened to Frankenstein when he was seventeen?

His mother died and he went to the university at Ingolstadt to study.

What is the structure, or form, of the novel?

It is an epistolary novel. This means it is written as a series of letters.

From whom was the letter that Clerval gave Frankenstein when he had recovered?

It was from Elizabeth

Who was accused of committing the murder?

Justine, who lived with the family, was accused of committing the murder

"So strange an accident has happened to us, that I cannot forbear recording it, although it is very probable that you will see me before these papers can come into your possession. "

Robert Walton

"Wretch!" I said, "It is well that you come here to whine over the desolation that you have made. You throw a torch into a pile of buildings, and when they are consumed, you sit among the ruins, and lament the fall. Hypocritical fiend!"

Robert Walton

In the preface, what does the author say she is trying to preserve?

She is trying to "preserve the truth of the elementary principles of human nature."

What discussions influence the development of her idea?

She was listening to her husband, Shelley, and Lord Byron talk about the nature of life, and the possibility of creating a creature.

Why did Mary Shelley write Frankenstein?

She wrote it as a response to a challenge by Lord Byron to think of a ghost story.

What happened to the accused person?

The accused person confessed under pressure, and was convicted and hanged.

What was one of the themes of the writers who influenced Frankenstein?

The authors he liked wrote about raising ghosts or devils. He tried to mimic them.

"Blasted as thou were, my agony was still superior to thine, for the bitter sting of remorse will not cease to rankle in my wounds until death shall close them forever."

The creature

"I am malicious because I am miserable. Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind?"

The creature

"I swear by the sun, and by the blue sky of Heaven, and by the fire of love that burns my heart, that if you grant my prayer, while the exist you shall never behold me again."

The creature

"I was like a wild beast that had broken the toils; destroying the objects that obstructed me and ranging through the wood with a stag-like swiftness."

The creature

"It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being; all the events of that period appear confused and indistinct. A strange multiplicity of sensations seized me, and I saw, felt, heard, and smelt, at the same time."

The creature

What happened on Frankenstein and Elizabeth's wedding night?

The creature broke into the room and killed Elizabeth

Where did Frankenstein meet his creature?

They met at the summit of Montanvert

Which of the following was not an observation made by the creature about the De Lacey's?

They were often hungry.

Who was writing the letters?

They were written by Robert Walton.

To whom were the letters written?

They were written to Walton's sister, Mrs. Margaret Saville, in England.

T/F: At first Frankenstein refused, but as the creature continued his argument, Frankenstein felt compassion for him, and finally agreed to the creature's request.

True

T/F: At first, the creature felt confused because of all of the new sensations of life.

True

T/F: Frankenstein was torn between wanting to save the accused and not wanting reveal his horrible secret to anyone.

True

T/F: The creature was delighted that he was able to create despair for his creator.

True

T/F: The elder De Lacey was blind, and therefore could not see how hideous the creature look. He invited the creature in and agreed to listen to his story.

True

T/F: The magistrate believed Frankenstein's story, but said that he didn't think he and his men would be successful in catching the creature.

True

"Before I come on board your vessel, will you have the kindness to inform me whither you are bound?"

Victor Frankenstein

"I had desired it with an ardent fervor that far exceeded moderation; but not that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. "

Victor Frankenstein

"I have described myself as always having been imbued with a fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature."

Victor Frankenstein

Who told this part (chapters 1-5) of the story?

Victor Frankenstein told his story to Robert Walton.

Victor Frankenstein

creator of the creature

Who was the small boy seized by the creature?

William Frankenstein

Alphonse Frankenstein

died of grief in his son's arms

Elizabeth Lavenza

lived with Frankenstein family; married Victor

Margaret Saville

recipient of a series of letters from her brother

Robert Walton

rescued Frankenstein from Arctic ice

Justine Mortiz

wrongly executed for murder