Frankenstein Study Guide
What does Frankenstein urge Walton not to allow?
not to let his ambitions/exploration go too far
What does the creature vow about Victor's wedding night?
"'be with [Victor] on [his] wedding night.'" He kills Elizabeth
How many people live in the DeLacey cottage?
4
Frankenstein's fascination with science was first roused by _____.
Alchemy / Natural Philosophy. tree got struck by lighting and only stump stayed.avidly reads all of Agrippa's works, as well as those of his contemporaries, Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus. Victor shares their desire to penetrate the secrets of nature, to search for the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life. The quest for the latter becomes his obsession. Though he acknowledges that such a discovery would bring one great wealth, what Victor really longs for is glory. preoccupied with the question of how one might communicate with or even raise the dead
Who is the captain seeking expedition to the North Pole?
Captain Robert Walton
After the villagers' reaction to the creature, where does he temporarily reside?
He stayed in a lean-to attached to a cottage.
After the creature is given life, Victor dreams of this character___________
Elizabeth Lavenza, he kisses her and she dies.
Who is Safie engaged to?
Felix de Lacey
The crew of the expedition finds Frankenstein _____.
Floating on a piece of ice in the ocean
The Frankenstein family is native to what country?
Geneva Switzerland
Which characters,suffer an untimely demise due to the creature?
He directly kills Henry Clerval, William Frankenstein, and Elizabeth Lavenza. He indirectly kills Justine Moritz and Alphonse & Victor Frankenstein.
Frankenstein fears if the monster's request is fulfilled that _____.
He fears that the monster will return to society, seek its kindness, be rejected, and with his new partner create even more destruction.
In order to gain knowledge for the project, Victor and _____ travel to England.
Henry
Who visits Frankenstein at the University of Ingolstadt?
Henry Clerval
Whose slain body is found in Ireland?
Henry Clerval
Victor receives a letter from ____, which is shared with Clerval, detailing the events in Geneva that William had been murdered.
His father, alphonse
Who is framed for the murder of William?
Justine Moritz
Who encouraged Victor to learn all aspects of science especially chemistry and mathematics?
M. Krempe tells him he has learned the wrong things and that he needed to start over. M. Waldman encouraged him that in addition to studying chemistry he also needed every branch of philosophy including mathematics
What is the name of the captain's sister?
Margaret Walton Saville
Who wrote Frankenstein?
Mary Shelley
"I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather thy fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed."
Monster
"I shall relate events that impressed me with feelings which, from what I had been, have made me what I am."
Monster
"What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?"
Robert Walton
The narration and introduction to Frankenstein begins with Letter 1, which is written by _____.
Robert Walton to his sister, Margaret Saville.
The idea of the novel originated from _____
Shelley woke up to bright light and got the idea after being told to write ghost stories.
he creature learns about emotions by reading a book by Goethe called__________________.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Who visits Frankenstein aboard the ship?
The monster
"My more than sister, since till death she was to be mine only."
Victor Frankenstein
"Remember, I am not recording the vision of a madman."
Victor Frankenstein
While Frankenstein is out of the room on his wedding night, the creature _____.
kills elizabeth
At the age of seventeen, Victor is sent to school in Ingolstadt because his father wants him to learn _____.
he might become worldlier.Victors father believes Victor should study in another country.
How does Frankenstein discover what happened to the creature after it was infused with life and left his lab?
he went to find victor and tell him his story
What is an epistolary novel?
a novel written as a series of documents
The setting of the novel is _____.
begins narrating the story, the setting moves back to the mountains around Ingolstadt, then to Switzerland. France, England, Scotland and then across the Alps to Russia and back to the North Pole. The novel takes place in the late 1700's.
The novel concludes with an ____________ written by the creature.
creator tells about his life
With regards to the creature's mate, what does Frankenstein do?
destroys the body and throws it into the sea
While in pursuit of the creature, both Victor and the creature travel are traveling by what mode of transportation?
dog pull sled
Upon Frankenstein's return from Ireland, he marries ______________.
elizabeth
What happens to Frankenstein after he finishes telling his story to the captain?
he dies
On his wedding night, Why isn't Frankenstein in his room with Elizabeth ?
he is standing guard with a gun because he thinks the monster is coming to kill him
What does the creature learn by reading Milton's Paradise Lost?
the creature comes to have feelings regarding his parallel to Adam.
How does the creature intend to die?
the creature declares that he will kill himself soon and jumps off the ship. jumps from window to iceberg
The explorer and captain of the ship is searching for _____.
the north pole, Find a passage between the Atlantic in the Pacific
Why are the locals of Ireland hostile toward Frankenstein?
there was a dead body found in the village
What does the monster request of Frankenstein?
to make him an ugly women
What are the papers that the creature "discovers" in his pocket?
victor's journal
Frankenstein first began obsessing over life and death due to ____.
wanting to find eternal life