Frankenstien

What revenge does the creation vow to wage upon Victor?

"I'll see you on your wedding night" goes on to kill all his loved ones

What does the creation do to the de Lacey's cabin

Burns it down

Why does Victor earn an early release from jail?

Comes to his senses and talks about his misery and creation

How much time has passed since the creation's birth?

Couple months

How does Victor find solace?

He stays with family and he goes into nature with his father

Describe the creation's murder of William. How does he know that William is Victor's relative?

He tries to get a boy who won't judge him. The boy said to let go of him and threatens that his dad will beat him. The boy says Frankenstien is his dad. The creature kills him in rage

Why does Victor want to create life?

He wants to understand what divides life and death

As he learns, what does the creation realize about himself?

He's hideous

How does Victor recover?

Henry arrives in Ingolsat and nurses him back to health

Why must he go to this place?

To complete the promise he made to the creature

How does the Turk trick the de Lacey family?

To free him and he'll give them his daughter

What does Walton decide to do in terms of his own aspirations

Turn the ship around and heads home

How is Victor an outsider?

He is committed to his work, he isolates himself

What happens when the creation appears?

He is in grief of Victors death

How does the creation frame Justine for the murder?

He puts the locket of William in her pocket while she's asleep

Why does Victor first regard the creation with pity and then with loathing?

He realizes how everyone is treating him. He then realizes if he creates the companion there'll be more danger

How does the creation describe his first memories?

He says it all came to him at once. Smell, cold, warmth, hunger, thirst

What does the creation do to Elizabeth?

Kills her

Describe Robert Walton

Man on expedition, interested in nature

. To whom does Walton write?

Margaret Saville, his sister

When he wakes up in the boat, where does Victor land?

Middle of the water on a boat, lands in Ireland

Describe Victor's mood as he and Elizabeth marry.

Most happiness he has experienced in a long time

. In what village does Victor find himself at the end of the chapter?

Mount Blanc

Where will the creation go when Victor fulfills his request?

Move to south Africa and won't harm anyone

Who assists Victor in gaining his freedom

Mr. Kirwin

Where does Victor chase the creation

Northern parts of Russia

Describe the bet/challenge

everyone tells a scary story, best story gets published

Why does time elapse between the third and fourth letter?

Ship was stuck in frozen sea

What does Victor take to help him recuperate

Small quantity of laudanum every night

. Where is Walton when he writes the first letter?

St. Petersberg, Russia

What does Victor realize about his process at the beginning of the chapter?

Starts to think that the creation and companion could mate causing terror

What did the group of romantics do when they were locked in their summer home, Villa Diodati?

tell scary stories

When he returns to Geneva, whom does Victor see scaling the side of a mountain?

the monster

. Who is Safie?

turk's daughter; she is in love with Felix

How is the creature/creation described

yellow skin, black limbs, horrible looking

What was the "year without summer"?

1. April 1815, Mount tamboria erupted, causing smoke to move to atmosphere and drop temp

What does the creation learn along with Safie?

? He learns how to speak English

What does the creation request of Victor?

A companion

Where do they go for their honeymoon

A lake right next to Villa lavenza

Where does Victor decide he must go once they reach Scotland?

A remote spot on the Orkneys

Describe Agatha and Felix

Agatha is kind while Felix is harsh and sad

Why do the French authorities exile the de Lacey family?

Because he helped the turk escape jail

. Why does the creation not reveal himself to the family?

Because he knows they will freak out

. Why does a man shoot the creation when he nears Geneva?

Because he thinks that the creation tried to drown a girl when he's trying to save the girl

Why does Justine confess?

Because she didn't want people to disgrace her for doing it

Describe the family that the creation observes

Delacy family: Old man, Felix, Agatha, Safie, Turk

What happens to Alphonse?

Dies after hearing Elizabeth is death (Heartbroken)

List five words that Victor uses to describe his creation.

Disgusting, horrid, yellowed, monster, breathless

Describe the man whom the sailors pick up

Distraught, weak

How does the man respond to Walton's plans

Does not want Walton to make the same mistakes he made

What does Victor do with his unfinished work?

Dumps it in the water on a boat

Who arranges for Clerval to accompany Victor on his trip?

Elizabeth

. Where must Victor go to study?

England

1. What are some important themes in the novel?

Fate v free will prejudice revenge isolation

What are Walton's plans?

Find the north pole

. Describe the creation's language.

French/English, well educated

What does Walton do when he meets the creation?

Gives stern about all of the monsters wrong doing. Monster says he'll burn himself on an island.

Describe the narrator and his childhood

Good childhood, wealthy family, very interested in science

Why does Victor tell the magistrate his story?

Hopes they'll start an investigation

Describe the setting of this chapter.

Icy wind, nature rich mountains

Describe the creation's conversation with de Lacey before the rest of the family returns to the house.

It goes fine because he cannot see.

What does the creation realize about language

Its complex, can be read, and used to show emotion

How does the creation describe himself?

Powerful but humans are scared of him

What is the significance of the subtitle "The Modern Prometheus

Promethius wanted the fire of life, in Frankenstien, Victor sufferes the consiquences of playing "God"

Who is Frankenstein?

Scientist who creates the monster

Why does Victor refuse to visit his family in Geneva?

Severe condition, winter kept him in Ingolstat

What is the judgment in the case against Justine?

She is found with the necklace of William with a picture of Caroline =

Describe Elizabeth Lavenza. How does she become part of the family

She is kind, caring, and patient. She was adopted by victors parents. Caroline, Victor's mom, dies and wishes for Elizabeth and victor to fall in love and to marry

What does Elizabeth tell Victor in her letter?

She wants him home and she tells a hard life story of a nurse back home

In his plea to the judge, what detail does Victor leave out

The monster

Why does Victor go to jail?

The villagers suspect him of murder on henry

How does the family treat the creation once they see him?

They beat him with sticks till he runs away

Describe Professor Krempe's opinion of Victor and his studies.

Thinks there is no point in what victor is studying

Which two characters agree to marry

Victor and elizabeth

What does Elizabeth fear

Victor is having an affair

Who is Henry Clerval?

Victor's best friend

. Why does the man agree to tell his story

Walton and Victor become friends, Victor also wants his goal to be carried out

Why does Victor study Cornelius Agrippa? Why does his father disapprove of his study?

Wants to learn of certain sciences, his father disapproves because Victor will be addicted in his study

In his letter to Victor, what shocking news does Alphonse report?

William is dead

Describe the seasons as Victor sees them

Winter is hard but Spring brings new beginning

. What does Victor do when he gets to this place

Works on companion for monster

Where did Mary Shelley get her influences to write Frankenstein

a dream

Galvanism

belief to give life to an animate object

What happens to Victor's mother?

dies of scarlet fever

how is the novel structured

framed narrative

What happens to Victor's health

he become ill again

Describe the incident involving the oak tree. What effect does the incident have on Victor?

he had the chance to see the beauty and distruction and beauty of lightening: Nature

How does Victor react upon seeing his creation?

horrified and runs away