Frankenstein Chapters & Letters 1-4
Why does the stranger say he has journeyed so far on ice?
"To seek someone who fled from me"
Walton tells his sister of the preparations leading up to his departure and of the desire burning in his accomplish ___________
"some great purpose"
What are the different elements of foreshadowing in Walton's letters?
* Dedicated to his great enterprise * His great purpose * Mathematics * Medicine * science
What does Victor believe now that he has an idea?
* Victor believes that creating life is now within his grasp * Victor believes that this knowledge has made him happier
In what century does Frankenstein take place?
1700s
how old is Walton
28
How much time passes between the 1st and 2nd letters
3 months
How much time passes between letters 2 and 3
4 months
What is there a theme of throughout the 2nd letter?
A desire for community
What occurrence took place when Victor was about five years old?
Adopted Elizabeth Lavenza
Victor's father is ______
Alphonse
What is Victor's particular desire?
Banish diseases
Why is Elizabeth's portrayal interesting?
Because Mary Shelley's mother was a women's rights activist
Why is the amount of time Victor took to gather the parts not logical?
Because if it really took months than the bodies would start to decay
What does the wanderer warn Robert against
Becoming obsessed with one goal
major writers of the enlightenment
Ben Franklin, John Locke, Francis Bacon, Thomas Pain
What great power does Victor discover?
Bistow animation on lifeless matter
How does Walton describe the stranger?
Brother, "noble creature, destroyed by misery"
How is Walton traveling?
By boat
How does Victor's mother die?
Calmly
Victor's mother is _______
Caroline
Who had Frankensteins father married?
Caroline Beaufort
Who had Frankenstein's father married?
Caroline Beaufort.
Whose works does Victor pursue in his reading and studies?
Cornelius Agrippa; he believes that it is a trash and a waste of time considering he doesn't like science
What does he decide to do with his power?
Create a massive human
What does Victor think he is doing by creating life?
Creating a new species
What does Mr. Krempe do?
Criticizes Victor's beliefs in the old scientists
What happens to Victors health?
Declines.
Frozen, emaciated, fatigue, suffering
Describe the man's condition
Cold, snowy, windy, and icy
Describe the weather conditions Robert is about to experience.
What is Victor doing in order to study death?
Digging up dead bodies and observing them as they decay
What are his specific plans for his voyage
Discover a northern passage to the pacific, revealing the source of the Earth's magnetism, or setting foot on undiscovered territory
No
Does Victor follow his father's advice?
Frankenstein described how ________ entered his family.
Elizabeth
What is the name of the orphan Frankenstein's mother helps?
Elizabeth
What does Walton say he would sacrifice to further his knowledge in the workings of the natural world?
Everything
What effect does a thunderstorm have on Victor when he was 15?
He think's it's worth being studied, and starts to take an interest in galvanism
What does Victor think will happen to him if he creates life?
He will be praised
What does Frankenstein's mother do later in life?
Helps another orphan
Two
How many sons does the Frankenstein's now have?
What are the names of the two teachers Victor has in school?
Mr. Krempe and Mr. Waldman
What is Walton's sisters name?
Mrs. Saville
Is Walton a reliable narrator?
Possibly. Waton may not want his friend to be seen badly
What happens to Victors mother?
Scarlet fever
What does Walton say about the Master of the Ship?
That he loved someone who loved someone else
What does Victor think about Elizabeth? (not her personality)
That she is his possession and that he is "his"
What does Victor's father think about the books?
That they are old-fashioned
What does Victor believe himself to be?
The Creator
What is his destination
The north pole
at the end of his letter what does walton suggest is a possibility
that he might die soon
Elizabeth Lavenza
what is the pretty present given to robert by this mother
What are some archetypes of orphans?
*Don't expect much from others * Abandonment and trust issues * Always looking for others * Often worried about others
gothic
-writers seek to evoke an atmosphere of terror -a character's sense of encountering a double of him or herself
How much time passes between letters 3 and 4
1 month
What does he hope to discover on this adventure to the North Pole? (2 things)
1) a magnetism of the North Pole 2) Shorter route to the Pacific
What does Victor think he will be to the new species?
A father
What does Robert feel has finally found
A friend
What does the stranger provide Walton with?
A friend
What does Walton see at the beginning of the 4th Letter?
A man on a sledge guided by dogs
What did Walton's men see last Monday (July 31st) while they were trapped by ice?
A sled being pulled by dogs with a gigantic man figure guiding them
Who does Walton meet upon his arrival?
A stranger
What natural event occurs that fascinates Victor?
A tree is struck by lightning and destroyed
Who did Frankenstein's father marry?
A young orphaned woman.
What in particular does he decide to study?
Anatomy
How is Elizabeth presented to Victor?
As a gift from his mother
Brotherhood; noble
As the stranger's health gradually improves, what sort of relationship develops between Walton and him?
What subject in school interests Victor?
Chemistry
What is the relationship between Victor and Elizabeth?
Close friends
What does Walton desire now?
Companionship / friend: Someone to share his joy or disappointment with
Why does the stranger despise himself?
For his great passion for knowledge
What is Walton's sister's premonition a sign of?
Foreshadowing
Victor's mother die?
From scarlet fever
What idea does Victor become interested in?
Galvanism
What native country did Victor's parents return to raise their child
Geneva
What is the setting?
Geneve Switerland
How does the man respond to Walton's project?
Grief overcame him.
What does Victor think of Krempes subject?
Hates it
major writers of romanticism
Hawthorne, Poe, Mary Shelly
What does Victor do to Elizabeth because of her view of the world?
He dismisses her as an intellectual equal
How does Victor cope with his mother's death?
He doesn't go to college right away
What realization comes over Victor as soon as he leaves his home?
He doesn't like the company of strangers but always gains new knowledge so to him it was worth it.
What does Walton say the new friendship does for him?
He feels like he has been brought back to life
What is the one want he has not been able to satisfy
He has no firends9
What is the allusion at the end of Letter 2?
He is in the land of mist and snow, and he will kill no albatross
What news does he give in letter 3
He is safe
Whose relationship is the stranger When he says " he strove to shelter her as a fair very exotic is sheltered by the gardener..."?
He is talking about his parents
What is Victors attitude toward Elizabeth?
He loves her
What is Victor's attitude toward Elizabeth?
He loves her.
What must Victor do first in order to examine the causes of life?
He must examine death
He was 15 what did Victor see that so intrigued him and made him doubt that's the ancient philosophers who had followed could ever provide real knowledge
He saw lightning strike a tree and it made him think if electricity
Describe the "strange incident" of letter 4
He see's a very large man on a sled, and the next day he sees another man on a sled with all but one dog dead. he is weak and starving, he boards the ship and is cared for
What is another allusion to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Letter 3?
He talks about the sheets of ice that surround the ship
Who is Victor's friend?
Henry Clerval
Who was Victors greatest friend?
Henry Clerval
Who was Victor's close boyhood friend
Henry clerval
Why did Frankenstein's father marry the woman he did?
Her father had died and she was an orphan
What has Walton managed to do and what does he desire?
Hire sailors and vessel. A friend
What does Victor refer to Elizabeth as?
His "more than sister"
What emotions does the stranger bring about from Walton?
His admiration and pity
How does Walton react to the news of Victor's discovery?
His discovery caused his misery
Why doesn't Clerval accompany Victor to Ingolstadt?
His father's business is low.
Despite the optimistic tone of these letters what is never far from reach?
His lonliness
What is Victor's first encounter with death?
His mother dies
What is happening to Victor whilst he is creating life?
His own health is failing him
How does Victor describe his parents?
His parents are doting and always give their children the attention that they desire
Who are Walton's letters to?
His sister
What do Victor's parents give him as a gift?
His sister, Elizabeth
He read book in his uncle Thomas' library
How did he become interested in this expedition?
Laid the foundation for modern knowledge
How does Waldman consider the teachings of Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus?
The stranger excited Walton's admiration and pity for him. He grieves him as he is a noble creature destroyed by misery. Yet, he is very gentle, wise, and educated.
How does Walton feel about the stranger?
Wisely
How does Walton promise to act regarding his voyage north?
28
How old is Walton?
What does Victor think is important about things?
How they work
What is Walton questioning about his journey?
If he is being too ambitious
Victor attends a university in ___________
Ingolstadt
Where does Victor go to school?
Ingolstadt
What effect does Waldmans teaching have upon Victor?
Inspirational
No because father didn't believe in liberal education
Is Clerval allowed to accompany Frankenstein? Why?
No, knowledge
Is Walton embarking on this journey to reap money?
Yes
Is he worried about never seeing his native land again?
Why is Victor interested in the tree being struck by lightning?
It is mother nature destroying something with electricty
"Although I possess the capacity of bestowing animation yet to prepare a frame for the reception of it all still remain a work of inconceivable difficulty and labor" what is victor saying and in what tone of voice do you imagine him saying it
It will be really hard but he can do it and high-pitched
Elizabeth, discovered by Caroline on a trip to _______
Italy
What does Victor's "light" represent?
Knowledge
Where does Victor secure his materials?
Labs and graves
How does Waldman consider the teachings of Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus?
Laid foundation for modern knowledge
Who told Victor he was happy to have gained a disciple
M waldman
At the university, Victor sets up a meeting with a professor of natural philosophy
M. Krempe
Victor attends a lecture in chemistry by a professor named ______
M. Waldman
Who is Victors other teacher?
M. Waldman
What is a major theme in the first 4 chapters?
Man's desire for ultimate knowledge and the disasters that can happen because of those desires
Robert Walton's sister is _____________
Margaret Saville
What is Victor's interest in learning?
Metaphysical
Who are the letters addressed to?
Mrs. Saville
Where was Victor born?
Naples, Italy
What does Frankenstein study in the 2 years when he paid no visit to Geneva?
Natural science and Chemistry
PreDiction will Victor's father learn what his son is up to you at school
Never ne is sly
Does Walton know what he is doing?
No
Has Walton ever had a friend?
No
Is Clerval allowed to accompany Frankenstein? Why?
No, Father says no
What does Walton see both the Lieutenant and the Master of the Ship as?
Noble savages
What does M. Krempe, professor of natural philosophy, think of Victors studies?
Nonsense
What does Walton consider to be the "most severe evil"?
Not having any friends
What does Victor pick up whilst with his father?
Old style science books (alchemy)
What are the books Victor reads about?
People who are trying to find out the meaning of life and how life is created
Where is the narrator when he writes letter one? Why is he there?
Petersburg. Going to North Pole
What is Victor doing by creating life?
Playing God
Which professor is Victor's favorite? Why?
Professor M. Waldman because he encourages Victor's interest in philosophy
Where does the idea of Frankenstein being the Modern Prometheus come from?
Prometheus made man (a species) and Victor is making a species
Letters are from explorer ___________
Robert Walton
Who wrote the letters? What is the relationship between writer and recipient?
Robert Walton, brother and sister
Who is writing letter 1 and every other letter and to whom is he writing? What is their relationship?
Robert Walton. Margaret. Siblings
What type of person is Henry Clerval?
Romantic
How is the setting of the fourth letter typically Romantic?
Romantic stories often took place in wild and untamed settings
How do Walton's life and travels adhere to the ideals of Romanticism?
Romanticism dealt with the themes of adventures and travel to educate one's self
What country is Walton in when writing the first letter?
Russia
What is the major theme of Frankenstein?
Seeking knowledge
Why did the peasants family raise Elizabeth and why did they give her up
She lived in poverty on the streets
What last request does Victors mother make?
She wants Victor and Elizabeth to marry.
This letter is signed "R. Walton" for Robert Walton. What is his relation to the woman he is writing to in England, Mrs. Saville?
Siblings
What did Walton's sister have a premonition about?
Something bad happening to the ship Walton is on
Where is Robert when he writes the first letter
St. Petersburg Russia
From what city is Walton writing from?
St. Petersburgh
Of what country are the Frankenstein family citizens?
Switzerland
What does Mr. Waldman do?
Teaches chemistry
What does Walton believe about himself?
That he has a greater purpose
What does the stranger say he has done?
That he has lost everything and cannot start life again
What does Walton think about the Lieutenant on the ship?
That he is noble
Walton is captain of a ship that is headed to _______
The North Pole
What does Walton allude to at the end of the 2nd Letter?
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
What does Elizabeth think is important about things?
The beauty of things
What does he say influenced him to want to travel the ocean
The books he read in his uncles library
What does Henry like about things?
The moral relations of things and how they work together
What discovery does Victor make while at the university?
The structure of the human frame
What did Victor study in order to examine death?
The structure of the human frame and the decay it endured
What does Waldman promise Frankenstein?
The use of a lab and books
Gothic novel, isolation, science
Themes of Letters:
How are Walton and the stranger parallels?
They are both ambitious
What are Noble Savages?
They are good people but are not well educated
How many children do Victor's mother and father have? (including him; not including Elizabeth)
Three
Why does the man picked up by the ship say he is there?What shape is he in?
To find the one who fled him. He's old and frail
Why do you think Shelly waited until Chapter 1 to reveal the stranger's name?
To get Walton's perspective on the character before the story began.
What is the purpose of this first letter?
To inform Mrs. Saville he has arrived in Russia safely.
Why does the man agree to tell his story?
To prevent Walton from doing the same thing he did
Mathematics
To what studies does Frankenstein now turn his attention?
What kind of childhood has Victor experienced?
Very happy
How did the strangers parents treat him when he was a child?
Very kindly and wanted to learn from him
The stranger, ____________ , begins his story.
Victor Frankenstein
Who is the stranger?
Victor Frankenstein
Who tells the story to whom?
Victor Frankenstein to captain Robert Walton
What is different about Victor compared to Henry?
Victor is more violent and wants to discover the origins of things
What warning does Victor give Walton about his discovery?
Victor wants to prevent his new friend from making the same mistakes he did.
How do Elizabeth and Victor differ as children?
Victor was loud and was always searching for knowledge. Elizabeth was more calm and did normal childhood activities
Who is Henry Clerval? Describe his character.
Victor's best friend; he has a noble spirit, and is extremely kind and generous
The cycle of seasons mirror what?
Victor's own transformation
friend
Walton writes to his sister and says he has hired a vessel, sailors, and ready to embark on his journey; but he is missing one thing. What is it?
Why does the wanderer want to tell his story to robert
Wants to be understood/wants his story to serve as a lesson
Man on the sledge
What "accident" is explained in letter four?
Study all branches of natural philosophy
What advice does Waldman give Frankenstein?
Walton complains that he doesn't have a friend and desperately wants one to accompany him on this long and hard journey.
What complaints does he have?
They both desire knowledge
What do the strange man and Walton have in common?
Natural science and chemistry
What does Frankenstein study in the two years when he paid no visit to Geneva?
Nonsense, wasting time
What does M. Krempe, professor of natural philosophy, think of Victor's studies?
He hates it
What does Victor think of Krempe's subject?
The use of his lab and a book list
What does Waldman promise Frankenstein?
Create a massively large human being
What does he decide to do with this power?
Where he's going
What does the man ask the captain before boarding his ship?
Not to take same path by telling about himself
What does the strange man tell Walton?
The stranger demands Walton to tell him where his ship is bound.
What does the stranger demand?
Inspiration
What effect does Waldman's teaching have upon Victor?
Undiscovered territory
What for?
How to bestow animation on lifeless matter
What great power does Victor discover?
Becomes very nervous and feverish
What happens to Victor's health?
She dies of scarlet fever
What happens to Victor's mother?
Anatomy
What in particular does he decide to study?
Walton had been interested in books illustrating all the voyages made for purpose of discovery since he was a child. He desired to embark on a seafaring life, but his uncle forbade it. He then tried to become a poet, but he failed miserably. After inheriting the fortune of his cousin, he decided to try and achieve his dreams of seafaring.
What inspired him to go? What had he done before this?
Metaphysical science - secrets of the world
What is Victor's interest in learning?
Banish disease from the earth and make man invulnerable
What is Victor's particular desire?
Story that connects (Frankenstein)
What is a frame story?
Very close and compatible
What is the relationship between Victor and Elizabeth?
He starts his search for the philosophers stone, Elixir of life
What is the result of Frankenstein's reading of these books?
Extremely happy
What kind of childhood has Victor experienced?
Victor finds a book written by Cornilius Agrippa
What leads to Victor's learning interests?
He hired a vessel and is occupied in collecting his sailors
What major thing has Walton accomplished since his first letter?
July
What month does Walton write to his sister and tell her he is "well advanced on my journey"?
June
What month does he intend to sail?
Writing home
What obligation does he fail to perform?
The ship was surrounded by ice, closing the ship in on all sides and they were encompassed by a thick fog.
What problem does the crew run into?
"Where does life begin?"
What question does Frankenstein often ask himself?
The crew spots a carriage, fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs, being guided by a man.
What strange sight does the crew see?
Romantic, adventurous
What type of person is Henry Clerval?
Books by Albertus Magnus and Paracelsus
What writings does Victor read and study when he returns home?
Talking to someone in the ocean in the middle of somewhere
When Walton awakens, what does he see the crew doing on deck?
To seek one who fled from me
When asked, why the man was on the ice so far out, what was the man's response?
He doesn't know
When will he return?
Ingolstadt
Where does Victor go to school?
Graves, charnel homes
Where does Victor secure his materials?
What question does Frankenstein often ask himself?
Where does life begin?
North pole
Where is he traveling?
Walton is going to the North Pole. He is going to find a passage near the pole to counties on the other side of the world and discover the origin of the earth's magnetism.
Where is the narrator going and why is he going there?
Margaret Saville (Robert Walton's sister)
Who are the letters to?
M. Waldman
Who is Victor's other teacher?
Robert Walton is writing to his sister Margaret Saville
Who is writing the letters and to whom?
His father
Who opposed of Robert's seafaring life?
Captain Walton
Who records the stranger's tale?
Henry Clerval
Who was Victor's greatest friend?
The letters from his sister lift him up when he's depressed, and he can share his joy
Why do the letters from his sister mean so much to Walton?
To make Captain Walton doesn't make same mistake
Why do you think he tells him his story?
The stranger feels compelled to tell his story because he recognizes Walton is following the same path and exposing himself to the same dangers as he did. He hopes Walton will deduce a moral from his tale, which will direct him if he succeeds in his undertaking or console him in case of failure.
Why does the stranger feel compelled to share his story?
He witnessed the power of electricity
Why is the thunderstorm so disturbing to Victor?
What is Victor youngest brother's name?
William
What obligation does he fail to perform?
Writing home
Does Walton believe that his goals can be reached?
Yes
Is it possible that Walton is changing the story to make his friend seem better?
Yes
What does Walton call his friend?
a "brother of my heart"
Enlightenment
a celebration of ideas about what the human mind is capable of and what could be achieved through deliberate action and scientific methodology
what strange sight do the men see from the deck of the ship
a sledge with a monstrous creature on it
Walton tells his sister that his ship has set sail and that he has full confidence that he will __________
achieve his goals
Begins to study how the human body is built
anatomy & death and decay
romanticism
appeals to imagination, willing suspension of disbelief
Walton's story ends and the stranger's story ________
begins
Elizabeth and Victor grow up together as _______
best friends
rationalism/enlightenment/age of reason
criterion of the truth and is not sensory, bur intellectual and deductive
what does Walton hope to accomplish from the trip
discover earths magnetism, and learn the secrets of the world
After several years of work he masters all that his professors have taught him: he goes a step further
discovering secrets of life and death
What is Galvanism?
electricity produced by chemical action
What mixture of three interests of Victor's result in bad things?
electricity, chemistry, and desire to create life
hubris
excessive pride or self confidence
at the end of his August 13th letter, Walton thinks he may have found a _____________
friend
what is a desire Walton has not yet satisfied on his journey
friend
As time passes, Walton and the stranger become ______
friends
Walton and his men spot a sledge guided by a _______ half a mile away
gigantic creature
what seems to excite the ill stranger
going north
what quality does the stranger have that "elevates him so immeasurably" in Walton's esteem
good intuition and judgement, the communication between the two
how is his friendless condition affecting his determination and resolutions
he is becoming depressed and almost wants to give up
What is Walton referencing when he says "Country of Eternal Light"?
he is referring to the amount of time it is daytime in Russia
when will he leave and how long will he be away
he leaves in june, he does not know how long he will be away
who does Walton greatly admire
his Lieutenant
in what dangerous physical condition does the boat find itself
it is surrounded by ice
He witnesses the destructive power of nature: during a raging storm, ____________ destroys a tree near his house.
lightning
How does Walton feel after meeting the stranger?
like he no longer has to deal with isolation and loneliness
Walton feels ________ and isolated
lonely
Discovering a passage to the Pacific, revealing the source of Earth's __________
magnetism
to whom is this letter written
margret Saville
On her deathbed, she begs Elizabeth and Victor to______
marry
Victor's mother decides at the moment of the adoption that Elizabeth and Victor should someday ______
marry
major writers of gothic
mary shelly, poe
to what or whom does Walton attribute most of his romantic fascination with the ocean
modern poets
How long does Victor spend preparing the body parts?
months
Victor becomes interested in ________
natural philosophy
Interested in ________________
natural philosophy and chemistry
As a teenager, Victor becomes fascinated by the mysteries of _______
natural world
What does Walton have a love of?
nature
Victor moves from being very human to being what?
nervous, unable to relax, pale, and hollow
is the sledge they encounter the same one carrying the man of "gigantic stature" that they had seen earlier
no
what is Walton's destination
north pole
What type of tone is set in Walton's letters?
optimistic
What are Walton and the stranger?
parallels
What is Faustian legend?
pursuing knowledge at all costs in the hope of concurring death
What is the allusion in letter #2? Explain
rime of the ancient mariner; he says he wont shoot and albatross
Just before Victor departs, his mother catches _________ from Elizabeth.
scarlet fever
Victor's mother has been nursing Elizabeth back to health and, but then Victor's mother _________
she died
what is the relationship between the author of the letters and the person to whom it is addressed
sister
What does Walton consider a friend?
someone who is an intellectual equal
The stranger spends two days recovering before he could _______
speak
What advice does Waldman give Frankenstein?
study all branches of natural philosophy
What does the stranger hope about Walton's dream?
that if Walton's wish is granted that they: "are not like a serpent who stings, as a stranger wishes granted had been
what specific story about his lieutenant makes Walton admire him
the Russian lady and poor man the lieutenant's mistress was in love with a poor man but her dad did not let her marry him because he was poor so the Lieutenant gave the poor man a farm and livestock
what does walton say prompts the stranger to begin telling his cautionary tale
to share his knowledge, warn Walton that the persuit of knowledge can backfire
daemon
what is the thing of gigantic stature called
a friend
what is walton's greatest desire
What is Pathetic Fallacy?
when nature mirrors what happens with the characters or the story
The next morning they encounter another sledge stranded on ice. The man on the sledge is weak and starving and refuses to board the ship until Walton tells him __________
where they are going
surprisingly, before getting on the vessel, the stranger wants to know what
where they are headed
Robert Walton
who are the letters written by
Mrs. Margaret Saville
who are the letters written for
what does the stranger look like
wild eyes, very sick
what does Walton intend to do upon hearing the stranger's tale
write it down
does Walton seem confident in achieving his aim
yes
does he have positive feelings about traveling to the location
yes
