What else does he promise? Why? What does Victor wish to do on his own? Why? How does he survive? The threw Agatha and DeLacey into jail for 5 months and banished their family from France. Victor fears the monster will murder Henry as punishment for Victor's delay in the creation of the female monster. The task also makes Victor feel emotionally barren. when he ran into Henry at the beginning of the novel)? How long has it been since the creature was brought to life? Previously the creature followed Victor as he traveled. The creature does not understand anything about his surroundings or his body. Summarize the creature's fist experiences when he leaves Ingolstadt. What do the sailors demand of Walton? Rather than grieving, she devotes herself to caring for the family. Justine said she was looking for William the whole night. Summarize Elizabeth's response to Caroline's death. What human characteristics are portrayed by the creature? Adam was expelled from the Garden of Eden, along with Eve, for defying God's express command and eating of the Tree of Knowledge. Sleep was the only thing that gave Victor joy. Initially, the men assumed the victim had drowned, but they soon discovered that he had been strangled. There's also a sense of abandonment here which draws the creature to Adam. Victor decides to go to England with Clerval for 2 years before he marries Elizabeth. How does the incident with the DeLacey family change the creature? What causes Victor to lose sight of the creature? In two months the creature was able to understand most of the language, No, the creature's increase in knowledge made him upset. Spent most of the time listening to Victor's story instead of tending to his ship and crew. Henry asks Victor to write a letter to his father and Elizabeth to let them know he is well. This passage gives him a purpose to be the first one to set foot on the North Pole Land. The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. The feelings of kindness and gentleness left his heart and he now has a burning hatred for human beings. Where is the narrator going? Victor decides to tell the law about what he did, and then pursue the monster wherever he may go, and kill him when he finds him. Determine the irony in the creature looking upton the DeLaceys as "superiour beings.". Victors family goes to the valley of Chamounix to have serenity. He dreams that he sees and kisses Elizabeth. He sends a nurse to care for Victor and writes to Victor's father. The family was living in poverty and did not have many means of food. Elizabeth says Justine acted as a mother to William and would not have hurt him. (And it's foreshadowing, too!). Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein offers a wealth of thought-provoking topics to explore as a class, in small groups, or through Socratic seminar. A blog trying to focus on all the nice things in life, those moments when everything turns out right. Victor's revenge for the monster keeps Victor alive. He says that he will go to South America and that no human being will ever see him again. Victor fears that the creature will be after his father and Ernest. But the creature admitted that his heart was poisoned with remorse and that he was abhorred by himself. How does the reader know the creature is capable of this? Now the supposedly "superior" creature thinks that a family who most humans would look down on is truly superior. Reading them made Victor feel better and his life turned into a warm sun and a garden of roses. He was once good, but has been turned evil because he is miserably lonely. He fears that's he will hate the creature and find other men more beautiful. These Frankenstein discussion questions will get students sharing, analyzing, debating, and evaluating. Describe what Victor does when he becomes tired while sailing. Victor saw a lake and snowy mountains. The details of vice and bloodshed made his wonder cease and turned away in disgust and loathing. Why? How does Victor respond to that fear? What book does Felix use to teach Safie? Mr. Krempe is a little squat man with a gruff voice and repulsive countenance. Caroline and Victor's father met because of Victor's friend, and father of Caroline, Beaufort. He also learned about the discovery of the Americas. How does the incident further fuel the creature's hatred for mankind and need for revenge? Provide examples of how Justine may have received an unfair trial. She was perhaps also thinking about Victor's dreadful secret. The storm growing in the valley foreshadows Victor's meeting with the creature. His heart was sickened by the work of his hands. Victor responds that she is the only one he wants to spend his life with. He felt horror and disappointment. Victor did this to secure the best means of ending the creature's life. It is a role-playing game developed by Atlus' P-Studio. What specific threat does the creature make? His dreams became a hell to him. Through his companionship and attentiveness, Clerval lifts Victor's mood and gets him back to feeling like a normal person and his old self. Assess how Clerval affects Victor and his mood. Victor saw the creature at the window with a grin on his face and pointed at Elizabeth's corpse. Analyze why Victor feels that his family will be safer if he leaves Switzerland. Henry asks Victor to write letters to his father and cousin more often. He found a huge cloak to keep him warm under a tree. He becomes obsessed with reading the works of early alchemists (Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, and Albertus Magnus). But do not mourn, dear girl. He became even more upset that he was nothing like the cottagers. The creature would clear the path of snow, collect wood for the family, and performed Felix's tasks. How long has it taken Victor to tell his story? Alphonse thinks that Victor is in love with another and that he is so bound in honor to Elizabeth that he doesn't want to admit it. The creature says that he was originally benevolent and kind, but that human's disgust and rejection caused him to become full of hatred and evil. The creature read of men in public affairs governing or massacring their own. Justine said she was looking for William the whole night. The creature learned how to do this from the lessons of Felix and the bloodthirsty laws of man. Why? What specific aspects of biology does Victor study? The creature mainly sympathizes with Satan because he feels envy towards his creator, while the creature feels envy towards Victor. Summarize Elizabeth's first letter to Victor. The creature realizes that he does not possess any qualities (wealth, beauty, intelligence) which are valued by man. He found it similar, but at the same time he felt that he was unlike the beings concerning who he read. She departed to Germany but then her attendant became ill. Safie fell into good hands and an Italian mentioned the name of Felix's whereabouts. Victor compares the creature to a devil and is still disgusted about his looks. He is inspired to go because he feels like he has a steady purpose in life. Victor sees a figure of a man advancing to Victor with superhuman speed. Walton says that the stranger has great manners. Describe the location. What does the creature request from Victor? Caroline, however, also caught the scarlet fever and died. The DeLaceys were a well to do, highly respected family in Paris. Victor goes to the cemetery where Elizabeth, William, and his father lay. They penetrate into the recesses of nature, and shew how she works in her hiding places. Plutarch's Lives? She writes that she is regretful that she was not there to take care of Victor when he was so sick; that his father is doing well; Ernest is now 16 and wants to enter the military; the story of how Justine joined the family; of little William and his new girlfriend of 5 years old; some gossip of the town. The scenery was very beautiful. Victor tells his father he wants to travel to England before he marries. He takes the boat onto the lake and ponders suicide. Summarize the case against Justine and her defense. He created the being that murdered William. Safie took an attendant with her who was a native to Leghorn and understood the language of Turkey. What is Victor's final decision in response to the creature's request? Who is the new narrator for Volume II Chapter 3? Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Describe the setting at the beginning of the chapter. What is the only thing that can soothe Victor now? Elizabeth admits that she loves him but doesn't want to force him into a marriage with someone he doesn't love. Victor would talk about general literature in which he displayed unbound knowledge. Explain why Elizabeth thinks Victor is depressed and troubled. What question torments him? Show the irony in Victor's desire to "extinguish the life which I [he] had so thoughtlessly bestowed.". The creature decides to go to Geneva to get revenge on his creator. Why does Victor believe he cannot go home? Walton believes Victor's tale because he told it with an appearance of the simplest truth. What does Victor do with the remains of the female creature? What does the creature find in Victor's pocket? In Old English and Old High German dor means gate or door. Caroline wants Victor and Elizabeth to get married. Elizabeth is also presented to Victor as a gift. The older man listens to the creature and is kind to him. The visit of his father was like that of Victor's good angel who gradually recovered his health. Victor and Elizabeth walked for a short time on the shore and went to the inn. Although he had surprisingly immense powers of speech in the original novel, most adaptations limit, otherwise completely omit, his speaking capabilities. It reflects a Romantic focus on self-education and parallels Robert Walton educating himself about sailing the world. Demonstrate how Victor manipulates his father so he has the time and liberty to create a female creature. Victor calls the sailors cowards and that if they go home now they will have the stigma of disgrace. System Administrator Note: This archive is designed to be a comprehensive list of all SCP Foundation tales written on this wiki. Relate how Walton has spent most of his time since Victor boarded the ship. Elizabeth asks that Victor writes more often and to let them know if he is ill. What is Elizabeth's request in her letter after Victor makes the creature? What does Victor tell the magistrate? The monster murders Victor's bride on her wedding night. How does Victor talk himself out of pursuing the beast? Why do the cottagers now live in Germany? Who is the new narrator at the beginning of Chapter 1? Just as there's no one quite like Adam anywhere on earth, there's no one on the face of the planet who even vaguely resembles Frankenstein's hideous creation. The creature learned about history, empires, manners, governments, and different religions. When Victor created the being, he sought to create life and dispel death. He thinks his creation will be grateful to and appreciative of him, like both a father, and great creator. Metalanguage or film-technique-based prompt ‘Hitchcock’s use of film techniques offers an unnerving viewing experience’. Victor is pale and sickly, and he stops contacting his friends and family. He is portrayed by starring cast member Richard Harmon and debuts in the series premiere. Why Linkifier: What information does Victor receive from the men on shore? How was it a turning point in his life? "I'm sorry— I'm sorry, please, please forgive me—" Akira shook in fear, holding onto his wounded cheek. Show how Victor responds to Clerval's death upon seeing his body and how he behaves while in jail. He thinks that her knowledge of her own innocence, despite her conviction, must make it easier for her to face her fate than his guilt and his knowledge of the role he's played in this tragedy.