frankenstein study guide
Victor becomes engaged to
Elizabeth Lavenza
Victor attends the university of
Ingolstadt
The monster succeeds in having good conversation with:
captain
Before Victor finishes building a second monster, he
destroys the new monster
Elizabeth Lavenza
(M) An orphan, four to five years younger than Victor, whom the Frankensteins adopt. In the 1818 edition of the novel, Elizabeth is Victor's cousin, the child of Alphonse Frankenstein's sister. In the 1831 edition, Victor's mother rescues Elizabeth from a destitute peasant cottage in Italy. Elizabeth embodies the novel's motif of passive women, as she waits patiently for Victor's attention.
Henry Clerval
(M) Victor's boyhood friend, who nurses Victor back to health in Ingolstadt. After working unhappily for his father, Henry begins to follow in Victor's footsteps as a scientist. His cheerfulness counters Victor's moroseness.
William Frankenstein
(M) Victor's youngest brother and the darling of the Frankenstein family. The monster strangles William in the woods outside Geneva in order to hurt Victor for abandoning him. William's death deeply saddens Victor and burdens him with tremendous guilt about having created the monster.
What is missing from William's possession
A picture of his mother
The monster demands that Victor
Create a mate for him
Frankenstein first lived in
Geneva
Justine Moritz
Hand maiden blamed for William's death and executed
What does the monster steal from Justine
Her life
Felix De Lacey
He unknowingly taught the creature to read and write, is the son of the blind M. De Lacey, and is the brother of Agatha.
The monster makes which of the following threats?
He will take his happiness
On an island between Scotland and Ireland, Victor is accused of killing
Henry Clerval
Who visits Victor at the University?
Henry Clerval
Who is originally accused of William's death
Justine
The De Lacey home is
Located in the Forrest
Victor is born in the city
Naples
Margaret Saville
Robert Walton's sister and the recipient of his letters, which frame the novel.
After creating the monster, Victor
Suffers a breakdown from exhaustion
Robert Walton
The Arctic seafarer whose letters open and close Frankenstein. Walton picks the bedraggled Victor Frankenstein up off the ice, helps nurse him back to health, and hears Victor's story. He records the incredible tale in a series of letters addressed to his sister, Margaret Saville, in England.
The monster spends several months observing:
The De Lacey family
Victor Frankenstein
The doomed protagonist and narrator of the main portion of the story. Studying in Ingolstadt, Victor discovers the secret of life and creates an intelligent but grotesque monster, from whom he recoils in horror. Victor keeps his creation of the monster a secret, feeling increasingly guilty and ashamed as he realizes how helpless he is to prevent the monster from ruining his life and the lives of others.
Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus
The professors who originally influenced Victor's interest in science and in nature.
Alphonse Frankenstein
Victor's father
Caroline Frankenstein
Victor's mother; died of scarlet fever when he was 17
Victor learns of his brothers death
letter from his dad
A drowning girl is saved by
monster