English 2 - Frankenstein Notes
The burnt cat shuns the fire Is applied to...
Childhood
The Modern Prometheus is a metaphor for
Frankenstein
The full title of the book we are reading
Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus
Identify the motif: "No creature could have more tender parents than mine"
Gratitude
Identify the motif: Alphonse Frankenstein looking after his friend Beaufort who was hiding in shame because of his poverty
Gratitude
What is the major theme in Frankenstein?
Gratitude
Victor Frankenstein's desire to have complete ____________, to know the secret of __________ creation, is associated to the ___________ bargain.
knowledge; human; Faustian
Victor wants to steal a secret - a secret of...
life
Robert Walton and Victor Frankenstein are _______ ____________. They see similarities in each other.
mirror characters
Henry _________ the creature the moment he took a glance of him
nurses
What is Frankenstein to the audience?
parable
Another word for foreboding
portent
punish something by punishment
retribution
Elizabeth had caught the ______ _____
scarlet fever
inherits money/power
scion
Describe the creature's countenance
straight black lip, lustrous, black flowing hair; dull yellow eye; teeth of a pearly whiteness
Moral of Frankenstein
take care of your child, they didn't ask to be born
"Early in the morning before she had risen, he cleared away the snow that obstructed her path to the milk-house, drew water from the well, and brought the wood from the out-house, where, to his perpetual astonishment, he found his store always replenished by an invisible hand." Who is the invisible hand?
the creature
Identify the speaker: "I now hasten to the more moving part of my story. I shall relate events that impressed me with feelings which, from what I was, have made me what I am."
the creature
Identify the speaker: Food, however, became scarce; and I often spent the whole day searching in vain for a few acorns to assuage the pangs of hunger.
the creature
Who is the speaker: I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with blood of your remaining friends.
the creature
Who is the speaker: This was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it
the creature
Who is the speaker: This was then the reward my benevolence!
the creature
William was murdered by who?
the creature
After the murder of Clerval, I returned to Switzerland, heart-broken and overcome.
the creature (speaking to robert)
Alas! He is cold, he cannot answer me
the creature (talking to robert)
Victor Frankenstein is a perfect example of a ________ _______
Byronic hero
Name the motif: Pig-stye
Allusion
Who is the speaker: My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this, it is sad thrash.
Alphonse/Victor's father
is what gods eat to stay immortal
Ambrosia
Another word for Byronic hero is...
Anti-hero
What is Henry Clerval's reading interest?
Arts (poetry, literature)
learn on his own (ex. the creature)
Autodidact
The creature is ________________
Autodidactic
Foreshadows electricity to create Victor
Blasted stump
Why does he know this? "Such was the history of my beloved cottagers."
Crack in the wall
How is the creature going to learn language?
Crevice
Frankenstein is _______________
Didactic
intended to teach
Didactic
to teach
Didactic
literature meant to teach a lesson
Didactic literature
Orphan/cousin/love-interest
Elizabeth
The quote below the title: "Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay/To mould me?/Did I solicit thee/From darkness to promote me?"
Epigraph
a quotation set at the beginning of a literary work or one of its divisions to suggest its theme
Epigraph
The novel belongs to __________ genre
Epistolary
Plant of immortality from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Exiler
__________ made a deal with the devil to exchange his soul for complete power and knowledge.
Faust
the belief that flowers have power
Flower power
Another word for opposite
Foil
What is the connection between Victor Frankenstein and Henry Clerval?
Foil characters
Who is the speaker: You will repay me entirely if you do not discompose yourself, but get well fast as you can;
Henry
Victor's best friend
Henry Clerval
Who is the secondary character?
Henry Clerval
A hut, shelter
Hovel
Describes the place where the family lives
Hovel
Natural, native (ex. you were born in Texas therefore you're a native of the land)
Innate
"Human beings are born good, but something grows wrong as they grow up"
Innate goodness
charged with the "blackest ingratitude"
Justine Moritz
Mary Shell is a...
Liberal
believes that poverty is a terrible thing
Liberal
Do Victor and the creature ever get a chance to talk things out?
No
How many members of the family are there in Henry's in comparison to Victor?
Not alot
Famous book Mary Shell quoted on the title of the book
Paradise Lost
The creature's source which is his favorite book
Paradise Lost
the quality in art and literature that stimulates (evokes) pity, tenderness, or sorrow
Pathos
"I lay on my straw, but I could not sleep."
Pig-stye
"They were not entirely happy." Why weren't they entirely happy?
Poverty
The reference to the Bible: Pig-stye
Prodigal son
The professor who doesn't like Victor
Professor K
Who is the speaker: I am happy to have gained a disciple
Professor W
What does the role of the narrative compare to?
Ring
believed in the sublime power of nature to heal
Romantics
What is Victor's reading interest?
Science/Sci-fi
Why is Justine charged with the "blackest ingratitude"?
She is accused of killing William Frankenstein
What is the creature not born with?
Silver spoon
Where is the universality in this quote? "My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash"
Someone's treasure may be another man's trash (parents and children do not agree on what they do)
The events that happened during the time Mary Shell (1960s)?
The Vietnam War, Civil rights movement
Who actually killed William Frankenstein?
The creature
Who is Walton talking about? "He sprung from the cabin-window, as he said this, upon the ice-raft which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves, and lost in darkness and distance."
The creature
Who is the speaker? "I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly and exult in the agony of the torturing flames"
The creature
Identify the speaker: "No creature could have more tender parents than mine"
Victor
Who is born with a silver spoon?
Victor
Who is the primary character?
Victor
The opposite of what you would expect (ex. You tell someone to watch their step but then you fall immediately after. How _____!)
ironic
I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited, and may tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man.
Walton
Identify the speaker: "He sprung from the cabin-window, as he said this, upon the ice-raft which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves, and lost in darkness and distance."
Walton
Who is the speaker: But I have one want which I have never yet been able to satisfy; and the absence of the object of which I now feel as a most severe evil
Walton
Who is the speaker: My education was neglected, yet I was passionate about reading.
Walton
Who is the speaker: You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.
Walton
..but I shall kill no albatross, therefore do not be alarmed for my safety.
Walton (to his sister, Margret)
Over him hung a form which I cannot find words to describe
Walton (to his sister, Margret)
the baby of Frankenstein's family
William
Victor _________ the creature the moment he took a glance of him
abandons
make something less
assuage
Key line: Here then I retreated, and lay down, happy to have found a shelter, however miserable, from the inclemency of the season, and still more from the barbarity of man.
barbarity of man
The old man is ______ therefore the creature wants to talk to him
blind
Second theme in Frankenstein
creature's suffering
The creature does/doesn't express gratitude
doesn't
Henry's huge sacrifice to the creature
drop out of school
Another word for foreshadows
evil
Robert Walton and Victor Frankenstein are both _________ seeking _____________, breaking boundaries.
explorers; knowledge
Take extreme joy
exult
against war, believe nature can heal, believed to live in a community (materialistic, free souls)
hippies
Does not express gratitude
ingrate
Elizabeth demonstrates
ingrate
Who is the speaker: I shall be forever grateful;and your present humanity assures me of success with those friends whom I am on the point of meeting
the creature (telling the blind man)
Prevent someone's success
to foil
defining by what something is not
via negativa