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Ch. 10-15 Frankenstein Flashcards

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(Ch. 10) all the creature wants is for Victor to … to him, and he wants this more than …

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listen; happiness

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(Ch. 10) Victor says that this is the first time that he felt … towards creature, but acknowledges that it feels slim

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responsibility

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(Ch. 11) moment that creature has with fire relates to Prometheus myth:
creature wants to …
creature has to discover fire …. and as such, it … him unlike in Prometheus myth in which humans are given fire

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hold fire; for himself; harms

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(Ch. 11) Prometheus, fire thing reflects the warning of book: … leads to …

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discovery; harm

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(Ch. 11) warning of not learning given to …, …, and …

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Walton; Victor; creature

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(Ch. 12) creature is a

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vegetarian

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(Ch. 12) creature discovers need for and capacity for … as well as the needs of … and how they …

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language; people; vary

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(Ch. 12) creature spends his days … other …

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studying; other human beings

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(Ch. 13) the creature learns of all of human history in terms of the … and … of …

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rise; fall; empires

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(Ch. 13) history for the creature is presented in this pattern:
… –> … –> …
creature learns history in a … period of …

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genius; decadence; decline; short; time

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(Ch. 13) the more the creature learns about humanity, the more he is filled with … and ….

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disgust; loathing

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(Ch. 13) BUT the creature understands the value of … –> greatest honor is to be a …

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goodness; virtuous man

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(Ch. 13) the creature’s goal is to be

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virtuous

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(Ch. 13) the creature is also learning how things work: some have … and some have …

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a lot; nothing

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(Ch. 13) the creature thinks 2 other things are valuable:”
being a descendant of … and having … of your own
those who make … have these qualities, and if you only possess one of these things, you would still be …

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rich people; wealth; history; accepted

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(Ch. 13) The creature doesn’t consider himself a part of the …., in a physical manner, and he wonders whether or not he is a …

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human gene pool; monster

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(Ch. 14) the family’s surname is … and they are of a … family. A few months prior they had lived in … in luxury

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De Lacey; noble; Paris

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(Ch. 14) Safie’s father led to their misfortune. He was a wealthy … who was unjustly … by the Parisian government due to his … Felix was appalled by this and vowed to liberate him

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Turkish merchant; imprisoned; Islamic faith

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(Ch. 14) To encourage Felix, Safie’s father promised Felix his

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daughter’s hand in marriage

20
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(Ch. 14) Safie’s father, though, loathed the idea of his daughter marrying a … and planned to … Felix and take his daughter with him to Turkey

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Christian; betray

21
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(Ch. 14) Safie did not want to return to Turkey. Her mom was Christian, and she wanted the greater … enjoyed by women in …

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freedom; Europe

22
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(Ch. 14) Felix freed the merchant the night before his scheduled …., and as Felix was bringing the fugitives across the countryside, the French government imprisoned Agatha and the older De Lacey. As such, Felix returned to … and asked the merchant to keep Safie in … until he could meet her there

A

execution; France; Italy

23
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(Ch. 14) the De Laceys were stripped of their fortune and condemned to live in …, and the merchant merely sent some …, which was insulting. The De Laceys then moved to ….
The merchant, afraid of being apprehended, fled Italy

A

exile; coins; Germany

24
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(Ch 15) The creature finds a leather satchel with three books: …., …, and …

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Milton’s Paradise Lost, Plutarch’s Lives, and Goethe’s Sorrows of Werter

25
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(Ch 15) The books transport the creature to the highest … and to the most crushing …

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ecstasy; despair

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(Ch 15) The creature is enthralled with Werter’s meditations upon … and …, Plutarch’s elevated regard for the heroes of …

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death; suicide; past generations

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(Ch 15) The creature connects especially to Paradise Lost, seeing himself not as Adam, but as … –> unlike Adam, he is …, without a Creator to .. him or an Eve to … him. He is full of …, …, and is an …

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Satan; alone; protect; sustain; envy; wretched; outcast

28
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(Ch 15) The creature also finds Frankenstein’s … in the pocket of his clothes and from it, he learns of his … and curses his … and the day he received …

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laboratory journal; creation; creator; life

29
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(Ch 15) The creature believes that even Satan is more fortunate than he, as Satan has … to console him. The creature also realizes that his increasing knowledge makes him more aware of his …, but still hopes that the cottagers will overlook his deformity

A

fellow devils; wretchedness

30
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(Ch 15) The creature decides to speak to old De Lacey while the others are away because he is … and will not reject him immediately for his appearance. He hopes that by winning over the old man, the younger ones would come to accept him

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blind

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(Ch 15) The creature speaks to the older De Lacey, stating that he is a wretched … and that a family he watches are his only friends, but they would reject him for his appearance. He finally admits that his family is the one he wishes to be friends with at the same instance that Safie, Felix, and Agatha return. Agatha …, Safie …, and Felix … the creature with a …

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outcast; faints; runs; beats; stick

32
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(Ch 15) The creature, who still loves the De Laceys, does not retaliate, but instead … and takes refuge in his …

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flees; hovel

33
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(Ch 14) Muslims are referred to as followers of … or …

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Mahomet; Mahometans

34
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(Ch 14) Felix and Safie communicated through a … of her father, who understood …

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servant; French

35
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(Ch 14) Felix brought the fugitives through France to … and across … to …

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Lyons; Mont Cenis; Leghorn

36
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(Ch 14) While in Leghorn, Felix and Safie communicated through an … and through …, and Safie would sometimes … to Felix

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interpreter; looks; sing

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(Ch 14) Felix wanted Safie to wait for him in Leghorn at a

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convent

38
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(Ch 14) Felix’s father and sister remained imprisoned for … months before the trial that would condemn them

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five months

39
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(Ch 14) After believing that his residence at Leghorn was revealed, the merchant hired a vessel to bring him to

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Constantinople

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(Ch 14) Safie learned where Felix was through … and found an attendant who was a native of Leghorn but understood the native Turkish language, and brough Safie to

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papers of her father; …

41
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(Ch 14) Safie’s attendant became sick and died, but the person who they lived with for same time ensured that Safie should arrive in … at her lover’s cottage

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safety

42
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(Ch 15) creature looked upon crime as a

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distant evil

43
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(Ch 15) Plutarch’s Lives touched on the histories of the first founders of the

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ancient republics

44
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(Ch 15) when he goes to see the old man, the creature says that he is a … in want of rest

A

traveler

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