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FRANKENSTEIN Study Guide Homework: Please write your answers on separate paper. Letters 1-4 1.

Who is writing Letter 1 (and all the letters)? Robert Walton 2. To whom is he writing? What is their relationship? Mrs. Saville, his sister 3. Where is Robert Walton when he writes etter 1? Wh! is he there? What are his plans? St. "etersb#rg, R#ssia. $e is hiring a %rew &or his ship. $e intends to sail to the 'orth "ole and dis%over magnetism. (. What does Robert Walton tell #s abo#t himsel&? $e is passionatel! %ommitted to dis%over! and advent#re. $e wishes he had a &riend with the same sensibilities and he sa!s he is sel&)ta#ght. *. Where is Walton now? What do !o# thin+ o& Walton,s -#estion .What %an stop the determined heart and resolved will o& man.? Walton is o#t to sea, sailing north. The -#otation establishes the Romanti% idea o& the power o& emotion over reason. /. $ow m#%h time has elapsed between etter 3 and Letter 4? What .strange a%%ident. has happened to the sailors? 0ne month has lapsed. The a%%ident is the ship is trapped in i%e and &og. 1. Wh! does the man pi%+ed #p b! the ship sa! he is there? What shape is he in? The man sa!s he is 2see+3ing4 one who &led &rom me5 (11) and he as+s whi%h dire%tion the ship is sailing. $e is near death, wea+ and ema%iated. 6. What sort o& person does he seem to be? $ow does Walton respond to this man? The man remains silent and this %reates a sense o& m!ster! aro#nd him. Walton &inds the man elo-#ent, ed#%ated and re&ined.

7. $ow m#%h time has elapsed when Walton begins writing again? What has happened in the meantime? $ow does the man respond to Walton,s pro8e%t? $ow is Walton responding to the man? Walton begins writing the biograph! o& 9i%tor the ver! ne:t da!. 9i%tor has slowl! regained his health. 9i%tor tells Walton that the -#est &or +nowledge and his pro8e%t will #ltimatel! lead to his miser!. Walton is intrig#ed and wants to hear 9i%tor;s stor!. C 1- ! 11. What is the man,s ba%+gro#nd? (<o we +now his name !et?) Where is he &rom? The man was born in =eneva, Swit>erland. $is &ather held a p#bli% o&&i%e and both his parents doted on him and idoli>ed him. $is name is &irst mentioned on p. 21 b! his mother. 12. What is the stor! o& the man,s mother, Caroline "eau#ort? $ow does the man &eel toward his parents, and what responsibilities does he &eel the! had toward him? 9i%tor;s &ather;s best &riend was ?aroline @ea#&ort;s &ather. @ea#&ort &ell into povert! and event#all! died. Aran+enstein Sr. res%#ed the !o#ng ?aroline and married her when she %ame o& age. Their 2d#t! &rom heaven5 was to raise 9i%tor to be good and their g#idan%e is responsible &or all his &#t#re happiness or miser!. 13. Who is $li%abet La&en%a and what is her stor!? What gi&t does the man,s mother give him? <o we +now the man,s name !et? <o we +now his &amil! name? Bli>abeth is the da#ghter o& an Ctalian nobleman and a =erman woman. She was orphaned and ta+en in b! a poor Ctalian &amil!. 9i%tor;s &amil! adopts her and gives her as a present to him. 1(. Who is Henry Cler&al and what is his relation to 'i(tor? $enr! ?lerval is 9i%tor;s %hildhood &riend. 1*. $ow does 9i%tor %hara%teri>e the interests and %hara%ters o& ?lerval, Bli>abeth, and himsel&?

?lerval loves the stories o& medieval +nights and %hivalr!. Bli>abeth en8o!s the emotional aspe%t o& poetr! b#t does not p#rs#e learning. She is n#rt#ring and +ind. 9i%tor is &as%inated with the st#d! o& s%ien%e. 1/. Who is ?orneli#s Dgrippa and how does 9i%tor &ind o#t abo#t him? $ow does 9i%tor,s &ather respond, and how does 9i%tor %omment on that response? 0n a rain! da! while on va%ation, 9i%tor reads boo+s he &inds. Dgrippa is an an%ient s%ientist who st#died al%hem!. $is boo+s are o#tdated and #ns%ienti&i%. 9i%tor;s &ather %riti%i>es 9i%tor &or reading s#%h nonsense. 9i%tor de%ides to read even more on the s#b8e%t a&ter his &ather;s %riti%ism. 11. What sort o& s%ien%e (.'at#ral "hilosoph!.) is 9i%tor learning &rom Dgrippa, "ara%els#s, and Dlbert#s Magn#s? $ow wo#ld a modern s%ientist respond to this sort o& thin+ing? Dl%hem! and the sear%h &or the &o#ntain o& !o#th. Modern s%ientists +now these p#rs#its are &oolish. 16. What happens when 9i%tor sees an oa+ tree destro!ed b! lightning and hears an e:planation? What does 9i%tor then begin to st#d!? 9i%tor de%ides to st#d! ele%tri%it! and galvanism E the pro%ess o& #sing ele%tri%it! to reanimate dead %reat#res. 17. Who or what does he %redit &or this %hange in dire%tion? Who or what does he blame &or his .#tter and terrible destr#%tion5? $e %redits Frempe &or en%o#raging him to st#d! this &ield and he blames Waldman, his %hemistr! pro&essor, &or his destr#%tion. 2G. What happens to Bli>abeth and to 9i%tor,s mother as a res#lt o& Bli>abeth,s s%arlet &ever? $ow does this %ompare with the mother,s earl! histor!? ?aroline %at%hes s%arlet &ever and dies a&ter n#rsing Bli>abeth ba%+ to health. ?aroline;s &ather dies in similar %ir%#mstan%es. 9i%tor e:perien%ed the same with Walton. 21. Wh! does 9i%tor,s &ather send him to the Hniversit! o& Cngolstadt? $ow old is 9i%tor then? (Cngolstadt is in so#thern =erman!, in @avaria, on the <an#be, (3 miles north o& M#ni%h. The #niversit! &o#nded there in 1(12 moved to andsh#t in 16G2 and to M#ni%h in 162/.)

9i%tor;s &ather believes 9i%tor sho#ld st#d! in another %o#ntr!. 9i%tor is 11. 22. What does 9i%tor learn &rom ). *rempe? $ow does 9i%tor respond to him, and on what gro#nds? Cs this a good basis &or ma+ing s#%h a de%ision? Frempe tea%hes nat#ral philosoph!. 9i%tor &inds Frempe #n%o#th, rep#lsive and slovenl!. 9i%tor disli+es his appearan%e and manners. 23. What does 9i%tor learn &rom ). Waldman? $ow does 9i%tor respond to him? $ow does 9i%tor thin+ o& his older s%ien%e as opposed to modern s%ien%e? What does M. Waldman sa! in des%ribing modern %hemistr! that %hanges 9i%tor,s mind? What does 9i%tor sa! he will now do? Waldman tea%hes %hemistr!. 9i%tor admires the man;s sophisti%ated manners. 9i%tor disli+es modern nat#ral philosoph! be%a#se the modern s%ientists are not see+ing 2immortalit! and power5 (32). Waldman tells 9i%tor that these modern s%ientists are loo+ing into the m!steries o& nat#re and a%-#iring almost 2#nlimited power5 (33) 2(. $ow well does 9i%tor progress d#ring the ne:t two !ears? What does he then be%ome interested in, and what #ltimatel! does he dis%over? 9i%tor devotes his st#d! onl! to nat#ral philosoph! and %hemistr!. $e wants to %reate a h#man &rom dead bod! parts. $e %reates li&e and animates a %orpse. 2*. Will he share the +nowledge o& %reating li&e with Walton? Wh!? ('ote the .present. o& the telling brea+ing thro#gh the narration here.) 9i%tor +eeps his e:periments a se%ret &rom ever!one. When 9i%tor interr#pts the narration, he a%+nowledges Walton;s eagerness to +now the se%ret, b#t 9i%tor sa!s he will not reveal this to Walton. 2/. $ow does he go abo#t %reating a h#man being, and what does he e:pe%t as a res#lt o& this %reation? $ow long does the tas+ ta+e? What happens to 9i%tor in the pro%ess? 9i%tor steals bod! parts &rom the %harnel ho#ses, disse%tion rooms and sla#ghterho#ses. $e spends a !ear. $e be%omes obsessed and does not eat or sleep. 2The s#n leaves his %hee+s5 ((()

21. <o !o# re%ogni>e the opening words o& %hapter &ive? Remember that Shelle! gave them as the starting point o& her stor!. 26. =iven all the mad do%tor and monster movies we,ve seen, in%l#ding perhaps versions o& Frankenstein, what is #ne:pe%ted abo#t the des%ription o& the a%t#al %reation o& li&e here? $ow m#%h do we learn o& the a%t#al pro%ed#re? Cn Shelle!;s novel, ver! little detail abo#t 9i%tor;s methods is provided. 27. $ow does 9i%tor respond to the a%t#al %reation o& li&e? What s#rprises him abo#t the wa! the (reature he has bro#ght to li&e loo+s? What does that do to 9i%tor,s response? 9i%tor wanted to %reate a bea#ti&#l man and is horri&ied b! the %reat#re;s water!, !ellow e!es, tight s+in and bla%+ lips. 9i%tor sa!s his dream has vanished and his heart is &illed with 2disg#st and horror5 ((2). 3G. What does 9i%tor dream? $ow does the dream grow o#t o&, %omment on, even e:plain what 9i%tor has done and been thro#gh? $e dreams he is embra%ing Bli>abeth and she t#rns into the rotting %orpse o& his mother. 31. What does the %reat#re do? $ow does 9i%tor respond? The %reat#re rea%hes o#t his arms and smiles at 9i%tor. 9i%tor is horri&ied and r#ns awa! &rom his %reation. 32. Whom does 9i%tor meet arriving in a %oa%h the ne:t morning? $ow does 9i%tor respond? What does 9i%tor dis%over when the! go to 9i%tor,s apartment? $ow does 9i%tor respond? What happens to him and &or how long? Cs there an! more news o& the %reat#re? 9i%tor sees ?lerval. 9i%tor is delighted and &eels 2&or the &irst time d#ring man! months, %alm and serene 8o!5 (((). 9i%tor is nervo#s that the monster is still in his apartment and that ?lerval will see it. When he dis%overs the monster is gone, he %ries o#t 20h, save meI5 then %ollapses. ?lerval sta!s &or man! months to n#rse 9i%tor ba%+ to health. C +-,

33. What is waiting &or 9i%tor when he &inall! re%overs? Who has n#rsed him d#ring his illness? D letter &rom Bli>abeth is waiting &or 9i%tor. ?lerval n#rsed 9i%tor ba%+ to health. 3(. Who is -ustine )orit% and what is her stor!? What %omments does Bli>abeth ma+e abo#t her position in Swiss so%iet!? What religion is J#stine? J#stine lived with an ab#sive mother be&ore the Aran+ensteins too+ her into their ho#se as a servant. D&ter all her brothers and sisters died, her mother &elt g#ilt! and so#ght &orgiveness, and then died. Bli>abeth %ompliments the manners and moralit! o& the Swiss peasants. She sa!s the! have none o& the ignoran%e and la%+ o& dignit! o& the Bnglish and Aren%h peasants. J#stine is a Roman ?atholi%. 3*. Who is William and how old is he? $ave we heard o& him be&ore? William is a &ive)!ear)old bo!. $e has not been mentioned be&ore. 3/. What does 9i%tor do a&ter his re%over!? What is ?lerval,s .plan o& li&e5? 9i%tor visits Frempe and Waldman. ?lerval;s plan o& li&e is to st#d! the 0riental lang#ages. 9i%tor begins to st#d! this as well. 31. When does 9i%tor &inall! plan to ret#rn home? What do he and ?lerval do while waiting &or his &ather,s dire%tions? 9i%tor plans to ret#rn to =eneva in the &all, b#t d#e to a s#dden and harsh winter, he m#st dela! his plans #ntil the spring. $e and ?lerval spend two wee+s hi+ing thro#gh the =erman %o#ntr!side that spring be&ore ret#rning home. 36. What is waiting &or 9i%tor when he ret#rns to his apartment? What news does his &ather have &or him? Dnd what is his &ather,s name? $ow does 9i%tor respond? 9i%tor;s &ather, Dlphonse, wrote a letter with news o& William;s death. William is 9i%tor;s !o#nger brother. 9i%tor de%ides to immediatel! ret#rn to =eneva. 37. $ow long has 9i%tor been awa! &rom home? What happens the night he ret#rns to =eneva? $ow does he respond?

9i%tor has been awa! &or si: !ears. There is a violent, !et bea#ti&#l storm, and 9i%tor sa!s it is nat#re;s wa! o& honoring William;s death. (G. Whom does 9i%tor see that night? When was the last time the! saw ea%h other? $ow long ago was that? 9i%tor sees the o#tline o& the monster %limbing to the top o& Mont Saleve. 9i%tor has not seen the monster in two !ears. (1. What does 9i%tor now believe happened to William? What does 9i%tor ass#me abo#t the nat#re o& the %reat#re? 9i%tor believes the monster +illed William. 9i%tor believes the %reat#re is a 2depraved wret%h5 who delights in 2%arnage and miser!.5 (2. Who has been identi&ied as the m#rderer, and on what eviden%e? $ow does 9i%tor respond to this news? Wh! doesn,t he sa! an!thing abo#t the real m#rderer? J#stine is identi&ied as the m#rderer be%a#se the miniat#re portrait o& ?aroline Aran+enstein was &o#nd in her po%+et. 9i%tor sa!s he +nows who the real m#rderer is and it is not J#stine. $e does not sa! an!thing tho#gh be%a#se he believes ever!one will thin+ he is insane. (3. What happens at J#stine,s trial? $ow does 9i%tor respond? J#stine;s de&ense is she was visiting an a#nt and #pon her ret#rn, heard o& William being missing. She spent ho#rs sear%hing &or him. The %it! gates were lo%+ed so she was &or%ed to sleep in a barn. ?o#ld the m#rderer have le&t the ne%+la%e in her po%+et while she slept? 9i%tor sa!s nothing b#t be%omes &illed with despair and horror over his %reation. ((. The ne:t da!, wh! does J#stine sa! she has %on&essed to the m#rder o& William? $ow does 9i%tor respond to J#stine,s sit#ation and to Bli>abeth,s ang#ish? J#stine %on&esses be%a#se her priest threatened to e:%omm#ni%ate her. Aearing this wo#ld damn her so#l, she %on&esses a lie then &eels even greater ang#ish over this sin. 9i%tor retreated into the %orner o& the prison and does not spea+ o#t in J#stine;s de&ense. C .-1/

(*. $ow does 9i%tor respond in the da!s a&ter J#stine,s death? $ow have Bli>abeth,s views %hanged? Hnable to sleep, 9i%tor retreats into solit#de and sh#ns h#man %ompan!. Bli>abeth sees evil in men. She sa!s she never believed in %apital p#nishment, b#t now she wants the tr#e m#rderer to s#&&er &or his %rimes. (/. What 8o#rne! does 9i%tor #nderta+e, and when? What pla%es does he travel thro#gh? Where does he sta!? 9i%tor 8o#rne!s to the Swiss Dlps. $e leaves in D#g#st and &irst travels thro#gh the Drve 9alle!. $e sta!s in the village o& ?hamo#ni:. (1. Where does 9i%tor go the ne:t da!? Where does he go the &ollowing da!? ". @. Shelle! mentions the gla%ier in a letter written at ?hamo#ni (his spelling) on J#l! 2*, 1611K $e travels thro#gh the valle!. Then, in the rain, on the &ollowing da!, 9i%tor de%ides to %limb Montanvert. (6. $ow does he &eel d#ring this part o& his 8o#rne!? ('oti%e in this %hapter that Aran+enstein, in the late 11GGs, is able to -#ote a poem written b! ".@. Shelle! in 161/. 9i%tor sa!s he was 2&illed L with a s#blime e%stas! that gave wings to the so#l and allowed it to soar &rom the obs%#re world to light and 8o!5 (17). (7. Whom does 9i%tor see? $ow does he respond? 9i%tor sees the %reat#re r#nning with ama>ing speed over the mo#ntains. $e is &illed with horror and rage and read! to engage in 2mortal %ombat.5 *G. Cn this %hapter, we &inall! hear the %reat#re spea+ &or the &irst time. What does he sa!? Cs this what we e:pe%t &rom the %reat#re? The %reat#re sa!s he has s#&&ered &rom loneliness. $e sa!s all men hate the wret%hed and he is h#rt that his %reator detests him. $e sa!s 2do !o#r d#t! towards me, and C will do mine to !o# and the rest o& man+ind5 (61). *1. What does the %reat#re as+ o& 9i%tor? What does the %reat#re sa! to 9i%tor? <oes his lang#age remind !o# o& another literar! wor+? $ow good is 9i%tor at per&orming the role o& %reator &or his %reat#re? The monster sa!s miser! has made him a &iend. 9i%tor despises his %reation. The lang#age resembles Milton;s "aradise ost.

*2. Wh! has the %reat#re %a#sed the deaths o& William and J#stine? Cs he as inherentl! evil and bloodthirst! as 9i%tor has ass#med? The %reat#re sa!s 9i%tor is determined to annihilate himM there&ore, as long as 9i%tor intends to destro! the %reat#re, he will destro! 9i%tor;s happiness in ret#rn. The %reat#re is not 8#st a s%ienti&i% e:perimentM he is emotional, sensitive and intelligent. $e possesses a h#man dignit! and intelle%tI *3. What will %a#se the %reat#re to %hange? Feep in mind his statement .C was benevolent and goodM miser! made me a &iend. Ma+e me happ!, and C shall again be virt#o#s.. What sort o& ps!%hologi%al #nderstanding is Shelle! showing here? ?ompassion and love will %hange the %reat#re. Shelle! seems to sa! that h#manit!;s goodness is a res#lt o& the %ompassion and d#t! towards others. *(. $ow good o& an ironi% sense o& h#mor does the %reat#re have? (See the .hand. bit) Mi%helangelo;s Sistine ?hapel has this &amo#s painting.

**. <oes 9i%tor agree to listen to the %reat#re,s tale? What does 9i%tor begin to &eel? Where do the! go? 9i%tor agrees to listen be%a#se he &eels the d#t! o& the %reator is to 2render him happ!5 (63). The! go to the %reat#re;s h#t.

*/. What does the %reat#re remember o& his earliest da!s? $ow does he seem to be learning things? $ow well %an the %reat#re spea+ at this point o& his e:isten%e? The %reat#re;s &ive senses were not separated and light greatl! bothered him. $e was &illed with pain and miser! at the +nowledge that he was so desolate. *1. $ow does the %reat#re respond to his dis%over! o& the &ire? Wh! does he move? $e dis%overs that &ire provides warmth and light, b#t also pain. $e moves be%a#se he m#st sear%h &or &ood. *6. What happens d#ring his &irst en%o#nters with people? Cs this more li+e what !o# e:pe%t &rom a horror stor!? @#t &rom whose point o& view do we see these en%o#nters? When he en%o#nters people, the! s%ream, r#n awa!, &aint or tr! to harm him. These en%o#nters are told thro#gh the monster;s pov. *7. Where does he &inall! &ind a pla%e to sta!? What does he learn abo#t the people who live in the %ottage? $ow does he &eel toward them? $e &inds a small +ennel ne:t to a %ottage. $e learns o& m#si% &or the &irst time, as well as words and lang#age. $e &eels a mi:t#re o& pain and pleas#re. /G. $ow does the %reat#re %ontin#e to learn abo#t the &amil! he is wat%hing? $ow might a modern anthropologist or so%iologist respond to the %reat#re,s methods? What is the %ondition o& the &amil!? $ow does the %reat#re manage to help them? The %reat#re st#dies their dail! ro#tines. The %reat#re thin+s the! have all the l#:#ries o& li&e, b#t then reali>es the! are ver! poor. The %reat#re %lears the snow &rom their wal+ and leaves s#pplies o& wood &or the &amil!. /1. $ow does the %reat#re learn lang#age? Wh! might he have tro#ble learning words s#%h as .good, dearest, unhappy5? The %reat#re learns the words &or &ood and ob8e%ts. Dbstra%t no#ns and some ad8e%tives are di&&i%#lt to #nderstand be%a#se the! #s#all! re&er to or modi&! a %ondition, not a person, pla%e or thing.

/2. What are the names o& the &amil! members? Who are 01at a and 2eli3? The old man is not named. Dgatha and Aeli: are brother and sister. /3. What things bother the %reat#re when he thin+s o& dis%overing himsel& to the &amil!? $ow does he respond to his own appearan%e when he sees it? $e &ears the &amil! will be horri&ied b! him. $e sees his re&le%tion and noti%es how #gl! he is %ompared to the bea#ti&#l h#mans. /(. The %reat#re is still there when spring %omes. What has been happening to 9i%tor in the meantime? (See ?hapter *.) 9i%tor is si%+ and being n#rsed ba%+ to health b! $enr! ?lerval. /*. $ow does the %reat#re hope to win over the &amil!? $ow does he respond to the %oming o& spring? The %reat#re wants to learn to spea+. Spring &ills him with 8o! and hope. C 14-1! //. Who arrives at the %ottage in the spring? What is Sa#ie,s ba%+gro#nd? $ow does her lang#age problem help the %reat#re? Whi%h o& them learns &aster? Sa&ie is &rom T#r+e!. $er &ather was wrongl! a%%#sed and thrown into prison. Aeli: &alls in love with her and tea%hes her Aren%h. The monster observes the reading lessons and learns &aster than Sa&ie. /1. $ow does the %reat#re learn abo#t reading? What boo+ does Aeli: #se to tea%h Sa&ie? Aeli: tea%hes Sa&ie how to read with 9olne!;s Ruins of Empires. /6. What does the %reat#re learn &rom this boo+? $ow m#%h o& a monster %an someone be who %an sa! .b#t when C heard details o& vi%e and bloodshed, m! wonder %eased, and C t#rned awa! with disg#st and loathing5? The %reat#re learns abo#t the histor! o& %ivili>ation and all the wars man has waged on one another. /7. What happens when the %reat#re begins to thin+ abo#t himsel&? $ow does he %ompare with the h#mans des%ribed in the boo+? What -#estions does he as+ himsel&? $ow does his +nowledge ma+e him &eel?

The %reat#re reali>es he is the onl! one is e:isten%e li+e himsel&, he is monstro#sl! #gl! and he is #tterl! alone. $e as+s 2What am C?5 and 2Who am C?5 $e &eels absol#te miser!. 1G. What does he learn abo#t h#man relationships, and how does this ma+e him &eel? The monster learns abo#t &amilies and their love &or one another. $e longs &or %ompanionship and &eels wret%hed. 11. $ow did the <e a%e! &amil! %ome to be living in the %ottage? The <e a%e! &amil! &led Aran%e a&ter tr!ing to help Sa&ie;s &ather es%ape 12. $ow did Sa&ie %ome to &ind and 8oin them? She &o#nd letters intended &or her &ather that in%l#ded the dire%tions to Aeli:. 13. What does the %reat#re &ind in the woods? Ainds a s#it%ase and some boo+s 1(. What are the three boo+s that the %reat#re reads, and what does he learn &rom ea%h? "l#tar%h;s Lives, =oethe;s Sorrows of Werter, and Milton;s Paradise Lost $e learns o& man;s %r#el histor! o& war, o& man;s melan%holi% nat#re and the noble tho#ghts o& man in Paradise Lost 1*. What else does the %reat#re read and what does he learn &rom it? 9i%tor;s notes and he learns who is %reator is 1/. $ow long has it been sin%e the %reat#re %ame to li&e? What is 9i%tor doing at this point? (See %hapter /.) Two !ears. 9i%tor has been hi+ing and resting in =eneva 11. What does the %reat#re hope will happen when he tal+s to <e a%e!? What a%t#all! happens? $e hopes he will be be&riended. The! are horri&ied instead. C 1+-1,

16. What happens to the <e a%e! &amil! a&ter the events o& %hapter 1*? $ow does the %reat#re respond, and what does he do to the %ottage? The <e a%e!;s leave be%a#se the! &ear the monster will harm the old man. The %reat#re b#rns down their %ottage. 17. $ow does the %reat#re travel? <oes this remind !o# o& an! other people,s travels? The %reat#re travels onl! at night. 9ampires? ?reat#res? R#nawa! slaves? 6G. What event d#ring the %reat#re,s travels %on&irms his hatred o& h#mans? The %reat#re tries to save a drowning girl and when the girl;s %ompanion sees the monster, the man shoots at the monster. 61. What event happens when the %reat#re is near =eneva? Who is the bo!? Who is the woman? The %reat#re en%o#nters a small bo! and wants to ta+e the %hild and raise him not to hate the monster. The bo! is William Aran+enstein. The bo! s%reams at the monster, and the monster +ills him. The monster &inds J#stine sleeping in a barn and plants the ne%+la%e in her po%+et. 62. When 9i%tor visits the site o& William,s death in %hapter 1, he sa!s .C had t#rned loose into the world a depraved wret%h, whose delight was in %arnage and miser!.5 D&ter reading the %reat#re,s version o& events, do !o# agree? The %reat#re &re-#entl! sa!s he will leave all men alone on%e he has a %ompanion. 63. What does the %reat#re demand &rom 9i%tor? The %reat#re demands a &emale mate. 6(. $ow does 9i%tor at &irst respond to the %reat#re,s demand? What response does he e:pe%t &rom the %reat#re? What approa%h does the %reat#re sa! he will ta+e? Dt &irst, 9i%tor re&#ses, b#t thro#gh logi%al reasoning, the monster %onvin%es 9i%tor to %reate the &emale monster. 6*. $ow e&&e%tive is the %reat#re in %onvin%ing 9i%tor? 9er! e&&e%tiveI 9i%tor agrees.

6/. What does the %reat#re sa! will happen i& 9i%tor %reates a &emale &or him? The monster agrees to live in the deserts o& So#th Dmeri%a and have no &#rther %onta%t with h#mans. 61. What does 9i%tor de%ide? What does the %reat#re sa! he will do while 9i%tor is at wor+? 9i%tor de%ides to b#ild the &emale. The %reat#re sa!s he will monitor 9i%tor. 66. $ow does 9i%tor appear and respond to his &amil! when he ret#rns home? 9i%tor appears happ! and health! when he ret#rns to =eneva. 67. Wh! does 9i%tor,s &ather thin+ 9i%tor might not want to marr! Bli>abeth? 9i%tor;s &ather, Dlphonse, believes 9i%tor ma! have &allen o#t o& love with Bli>abeth over time. 7G. Wh! does 9i%tor want to visit Bngland? What do !o# ma+e o& his tal+ o& slaver!? 9i%tor visits Bngland be%a#se more advan%es in s%ien%e have ta+en pla%e in Bngland. $e sa!s he is enslaved b! his %reation. 71. What is the e&&e%t o& 9i%tor,s ret#rn to the present? The brea+ in the narrative brings the listener to the present and 9i%tor &oreshadows the death o& ?lerval. C 1.-/1 72. What are ?lerval,s plans &or his %areer? ?lerval wants to help with the progress o& the Bnglish empire in Cndia. 73. Where does 9i%tor,s 8o#rne! end, and what does he plan to do there? Wh! is he a&raid? 9i%tor;s 8o#rne! ends in "erth, S%otland, and the 0r+ne! Cslands. $e is a&raid the monster is angr! that 9i%tor is dela!ing on his promise. 7(. Wh! does 9i%tor %hange his mind abo#t %reating the &emale? Who wat%hes him as he destro!s the &emale?

9i%tor %hanges his mind be%a#se he does not want the &emale to breed other monsters. The %reat#re sees 9i%tor tear apart the bod!. 7*. What happens shortl! a&ter 9i%tor destro!s the &emale? $ow is this similar to what happened a&ter 9i%tor %reated the ?reat#re? 9i%tor &alls into another si%+ness a&ter he destro!s the &emale. 7/. What happens when the ?reat#re visits 9i%tor? What does the ?reat#re promise to do? What does 9i%tor #nderstand that promise to mean? The %reat#re vows to 2see him on his wedding night.5 The monster vows to destro! 9i%tor;s happiness. 9i%tor interprets this to mean that the monster will +ill him on his wedding night. 71. What happens when 9i%tor goes o#t in a boat to dispose o& the &emale %reat#re,s remains? Where does he end #p? What happens when he lands? $e &alls asleep in the boat. D strong wind blows the boat o&& %o#rse. $e lands on the Crish shore and he is ta+en into %#stod! as a m#rder s#spe%t. 76. Who is Mr. Firwin and how does he treat 9i%tor? What has happened to %a#se 9i%tor,s arrest? What happens to 9i%tor a&ter his arrest? Mr. Firwin is the magistrate. ?lerval was &o#nd on the bea%h dead. 9i%tor is in prison &or two months. 9i%tor be%omes &everish. The magistrate &inds papers and believes 9i%tor is inno%ent. 77. What happens when 9i%tor wa+es #p? Who is there? 9i%tor wa+es #p, &eeling better and the n#rse is with him. 1GG. What happens at 9i%tor,s trial? 9i%tor is &o#nd inno%ent be%a#se he was on the 0r+ne! Csland the same ho#r when the bod! was &o#nd. 1G1. $ow does 9i%tor &eel as the! leave Creland and go to Aran%e? 9i%tor &eels a tr#%e has been established between him and the monster be%a#se o& the death o& ?lerval. C //-/4 1G2. Wh! doesn,t 9i%tor get home -#i%+l!? 9i%tor m#st re%#perate &rom another illness. Dlso, he desperatel! avoids h#man %onta%t. 1G3. What does Bli>abeth sa! in her letter? $ow does 9i%tor respond to her?

She sa!s she and 9i%tor, as brother and sister, ma! not have an intimate love. She onl! %ares &or his happiness, and i& 9i%tor no longer loves her, the! sho#ld not marr!. She does sa! she tr#l! loves 9i%tor. 9i%tor sa!s he wo#ld die to ma+e her happ!, and i& the monster +ills him on his wedding night, so be itI 1G(. What are the marriage plans? $ow does 9i%tor prepare &or what he &ears will happen? 9i%tor ret#rns to =eneva. The marriage will ta+e pla%e in ten da!s. 9i%tor &ears the monster will +ill him. 1G*. $ow do 9i%tor and Bli>abeth get to Bvian and wh! do the! stop there? The! sail to Bvian to spend the night a&ter their wedding. 0n the &ollowing da!, the! will %ontin#e to 9illa aven>a. 1G/. $as 9i%tor #nderstood the ?reat#re,s promise %orre%tl!? What happens on 9i%tor,s wedding night? 9i%tor believed the monster wo#ld +ill him, not Bli>abeth. The monster +ills Bli>abeth on their wedding night. 1G1. $ow does the ?reat#re respond? The monster 8eers and points to Bli>abeth;s bod! &rom o#tside the window. 1G6. What happens when 9i%tor ret#rns to =eneva? What happens to 9i%tor,s &ather? What happens to 9i%tor? 9i%tor ret#rns to =eneva and shortl! a&ter, Dlphonse dies o& heart brea+. 9i%tor &alls into a si%+ness and madness whi%h lasts &or a &ew months. 1G7. What happens when 9i%tor tries to get the a#thorities to help him h#nt &or the ?reat#re? The magistrate tells 9i%tor to prepare &or disappointment be%a#se the law %an do ver! little to %apt#re the %reat#re. 11G. What happens d#ring 9i%tor,s p#rs#it o& the ?reat#re? Where to the! go? What does the ?reat#re do? 9i%tor sees the monster stow awa! on a ship bo#nd &or R#ssia. 9i%tor &ollows the %reat#re into the Dr%ti% ?ir%le with a dog sled.

111. What s#stains 9i%tor d#ring his p#rs#it? The %reat#re leaves &ood &or 9i%tor to +eep #p his strength. 112. What does 9i%tor as+ Walton to do? What does he warn Walton abo#t the ?reat#re? 9i%tor as+s Walton to destro! the %reat#re. 9i%tor warns Walton that the %reat#re is elo-#ent and pers#asive. Walton5s letter (ontinues 113. Wh! wo#ldn,t 9i%tor tell Walton the details abo#t the %reation? 9i%tor tells Walton that he m#st never +now the se%ret be%a#se it will destro! Walton;s happiness. 11(. $ow has 9i%tor %ome to #nderstand himsel&? $ow does Walton respond to 9i%tor,s impending death? 9i%tor sa!s his passion &or s%ien%e has 2%hained him in an eternal hell.5 Walton sees 9i%tor as noble and lo&t! and regrets not +nowing the !o#nger, more power&#l 9i%tor. 11*. $ow does Walton avoid the threat o& a m#tin!? Walton agrees to t#rn the ship aro#nd on%e the! are &reed &rom the i%e. 11/. Wh! is Walton ret#rning to Bngland? What will 9i%tor do? Walton ret#rns be%a#se the vo!age is too dangero#s and some o& his %rew has died. 9i%tor swears to %ontin#e his p#rs#it o& the monster. 111. <oes 9i%tor blame himsel&? What is Walton,s response to 9i%tor,s death? 'oI 9i%tor sa!s he is %ompletel! 8#sti&ied in his hatred &or the monster. Walton %ries over 9i%tor;s death and sa!s his mind 2is overshadowed b! disappointment5 in t#rning the ship aro#nd and admitting de&eat. 116. What happens as Walton is writing? What is the e&&e%t o& shi&ting to the present tense here? The monster boards the ship and &inds 9i%tor;s bod!. S#spense and terror are %reated b! the appearan%e o& monster. 117. When Walton sees the ?reat#re in the %abin with 9i%tor,s bod!, what is &amiliar abo#t the s%ene? Wh! has the ?reat#re %ome to see 9i%tor?

The roles are reversed. The %reat#re stands above the li&eless bod! o& 9i%tor. The monster has %ome to as+ &or 9i%tor;s pardon or &orgiveness. 12G. $ow does the ?reat#re e:plain what he has done? $ow does Walton respond to the ?reat#re? The %reat#re sa!s he at &irst &o#nd virt#e appealing and hoped he wo#ld &ind someone to love him. $owever, his %rimes have t#rned him into the lowest, most degraded o& %reat#res. Walton is to#%hed b! the monsters e:planation b#t remembers 9i%tor;s &inal words and %alls the monster a h!po%riti%al &iend. 121. What will the ?reat#re do ne:t? $ow does he &eel abo#t it? The %reat#re will ta+e his own li&e. $e sa!s that no matter how wret%hed 9i%tor ma! have &elt and how m#%h he s#&&ered, none o& it wo#ld e-#al the s#&&ering o& the %reat#re. $e %annot &ind a%%eptan%e &rom his %reator, so he see+s sola%e in death. 122. <o we see the ?reat#re die? 'o. The monster &loats awa! into the night on a blo%+ o& i%e.

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