Frankenstein chapters 1-12

What does Frankenstein believe keeps us from discovering new things? 1

1. Cowardice

Why does Victor follow him across the ice?

1. He's curious 2. Compassionate 3. He wants to know if the monster did kill. 4. He feels it's his duty as the creator

How old is Victor when he becomes fascinated with awe of nature?

13 or 15

What does Frankenstein believe keeps us from discovering new things? 2

2. Greed

What does he give Frankenstein?

A letter from ELizabeth

Professor M Kempe

A professor of natural philosophy at Ingolstadt. He dismisses Victor's study of the alchemists as wasted time and encourages him to begin his studies anew.

Nature that is mysterious and ominous

About two o clock the mist cleared away, and we beheld, stretched out one very direction, vast and irregular plains of ice, which seemed to have no end

What phenomena attaacts Frankenstein's attention?

Anatomy- the structure of the human frame.

why is justine suspected to be william's killer?

Because she had his necklace with her

Who was Caroline Beufort, and who does she become?

Beufort's daughter, who become Victor's dad's wife

How does the monster learn to speak?

By listening to the family talk and name certain things.

What purpose does victor have?

Devote himself to a science for which he believed to possess a natural talent

What does Frankenstein warn through: "Learn from me, it is not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement o knowledge, and ow much happierthatman is who believes his native town to be the world, tat he who aspires to become greater than nature will allow

Don't try to play God.

What misfortune occurs that year

Elizabeth gets Scarlet Fever

"bending my steps towards the near Alpine valleys, sought in the magnificence, the eternity of such scenes, to forget myself and my ephemeral, because human, sorrows"

awe of nature

state of mind preyed upon my health

emotions vs rationality

why does Victor reconsider suicide?

he could not just leave his family and friends alone to grieve

Romantic characteristic 1: Awe of nature

he natural world has noticeable effects on Victor's mood: he is moved and cheered in the presence of scenic beauty, and he is disconsolate in its absence. Just as nature can make him joyful, however, so can it remind him of his guilt, shame, and regret: "The rain depressed me; my old feelings recurred, and I was miserable.

What is Frankenstein's reaction to the monster?

horrified: "the beauty of my dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart"

How much younger is Victor's brother?

seven years

What role does Elizabeth play in the relationship between Victor and Henry?

she helps cheer them up whenever they're depressed.

What, according to Frankenstein, the most painful thing to the human mind, after feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events?

the dead calmness of inaction an certainty which follows and drives the soul of both hike and fear; this is righ rafter Justine dies, which also gives him knowledge of pain in addition to pain

Romanticism: supernatural characteristic

"I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open"

Compare and contrast Elizabeth and Victor

Elizabeth is a very passive person who doesn't really know how to make her own decisions. She's considered as a perfect woman: beautiful, weak, passive. Victor is quiet and likes to keep to himself. He becomes very anti social after the Creature is created.

Frankenstein is in a boat on a lake, the only place he can find peace in this miseray, but is not happy.

Exoticism

How does Franeknstein refer to his creation in it's development stage?

Filthy

What happens the day Clerval shows up?

Frankenstein falls ill

Connection to "rime of the ancient mariner"

Frankenstein feels guilt for doing something bad, like the mariner, and the hermit and Victor like dark life. Thematically, the Mariner and Frankenstein are similar in that both portray signs of hubris. Frankenstein puts himself in the position of God by attempting to be the creator of this beautiful creature., while the mariner takes the life of the albatross. This theme of hubris relates to a lesson of respect of the natural stability of things.

"I felt it as it came and blessed the giver of oblivion"

God

What does the monster realize he's doing? How does he fix it?

HE realizes he's stealing from the family, so he resorts toe aging berries and wild food

What happens when Frankenstein is researching how to raise the dead?

He becomes obsessed and isolated, and therefore never visits Geneva and his family

What's the irony of dark vs. light as described by the monster?

He does better in the dark

Why does Victor not want to leave home?

He does not want to leave his family and friends

Describe how Elixabeth is a "gift" to Frankenstein.

He interprest his mother's advice literally, and thinks that Elizabeth is really gus ti protect and own.

What does Frankenstein feel after his creation didn't turn out good

His dreams, which he had obsessed with for so long, now became torture, and misery, at the change so complete.

Why didn't Henry go to school with Victor?

His father won't let him, as he thinks his ambitions and fascinations are not good for the future.

What allusion to "Paradise Lost" does the monster make?

I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel.; he expected himself to be like Adam, as he is the creation, but he feels more like Satan, being banished and rejected.

Why does the monster decide not to reveal himself to the family?

If he knew how to talk, maybe they wouldn't be scared of him

What feelings encourages Frankenstein to begin the creation of a human being?

If his attempts fails, at least it may lay foundations for future success of others.

What request does the monster make?

Listen to his story.

At the end of chapter 12, what does Victor devote his studies to?

MAthematics

What ultimatum does he give?

Make me a friend, or I'll keep on killing.

What does he assume is the problem?

Poverty

What does Victor's guilt do?

Preys upon his health.

What cheers frankenstein up?

Seeing Clerval

As Caroline works to save elizabeth , what does she ask on her own death bed?

She asks Elizabeth to take care of the younger kids

DEcribe Elizabeth's appearance and circumstance when Caroline first sees her.

She is thin, has bright gold hair, blye eyes, and is prettier than the rest of her family. Her mother has died, and she lives with a different family for her own good.

What is his only consolation?

Solitude. Deep, dark, deathlike solitude.

What mud Victor do to examine the cause of life?

Study death

What does Victor's mother want for victor and elizabeth?

TO get married

What do we learn about Victor's dad in the first paragraph?

That we was once a respected syndic who handled public affairs for the country, preventin him from marrying

How does Frankenstein describe William and Justine?

The first victims of his unhallowed arts

Who does Victor meet on the mountains?

The monster.

What's the one object he could distinguish? What purpose did it serve?

The moon, to help him see at night.

Describe the monster's encounter with the old man in the hut

The old man gets scared and runs

Professor Waldman

The professor of chemistry who sparks Victor's interest in science. He dismisses the alchemists' conclusions as unfounded but sympathizes with Victor's interest in a science that can explain the "big questions," such as the origin of life.

"A new species would bless me as it's creator and source"

This is ARROGANCE

why does Victor roam the valley?

To lighten up a bit and retain his spirit

Who was Beaufort?

Victor's dad's best friend, who was once a wealthy merchant, but has now fallen into poverty, and has fallen ill and depressed

What role does Victor's father play in encouraging his son's obsessions

Victor's father tells him that the book that he is reading is trash, but he does not tell him that it is trash due to the fact that its theories have long been proven false. So Victor ignores him and continues to learn and become fascinated with all the false. He decides to find a way to raise the dead.

How does the monster begin to feel emotions?

When the family is happy, he's happy. Whent he family's sad, he's sad.

What question does the monster ponder about the family?

Why is it, that such lovely people were miserable, it was less strange that he was wretched.

Who is Henry Clerval? Compare and contrast him to Victor

the son of a merchant of Geneva. He was a boy of singular talent and fancy, who loves reading. Though Victor says that there can be no happier childhood than his, he confesses that he had a violent temper as a child. His temper was not directed at other people, however: it manifested itself as a passionate desire to learn the secrets of heaven and earth. Clerval, by contrast, was fascinated by questions of morality, heroism, and virtue.

At age 17, Victor's parents send him to school where?

university of Ingolstadt