Ch. 9-13 Frankenstein Flashcards
(ch. 9) Victor is … –> the only thing keeping him alive is his … of … toward his family
suicidal; sense; responsibility
(ch. 9) Elizabeth now despises …. because of Justine’s … –> taking delight in anything would be …, she regards men as …
world; death; sacrilege to dead; bloodthirsty monsters
(ch. 10) Victor is wondering why people feel … to … –> beings that don’t have … and …
superior; brute animals; human reasoning; consciousness
(ch. 10) Quote in this chapter is from …’s poem called …
Percy Shelley; Mutability
(ch. 10) Shelley’s Mutability is about how we constantly endeavor to …, but sleep is ruined by … and days are ruined by …. –> the only thing consistent about human nature is that we are subject to …
keep things the same; bad dreams; bad thoughts; terrible change
(ch. 10) mutability:
change
(ch. 10) Victor confirms that the creature is in Switzerland –> creature likely looks wild after … with no care
2 years
(ch. 10) Creature replies to Victor, saying “How dare you .. thus with …?”
sport; life
(ch. 10) Creature tells Victor to do his … and the creature will do his –> creature is … and …: if Victor doesn’t take responsibility for what he made, … will be wrought
duty; warning; instructing; destruction
(ch. 10) creature has natural inclination to … before Victor –> by nature, he’s …
lower himself; good
(ch. 10) creature has learned … creation origin –> knows who … and .. are
Judeo-Christian; Adam; Satan
(ch. 10) Creature thinks that God is … to Adam and that the relationship between him and Victor should be the same –> views it as the relationship between … and …
good; man; God
(ch. 10) differences between creature and VIctor:
creature is … and does not stand in … of Victor as … does of …
stronger; awe; man; God
(ch. 10) creature acknowledges that he is now … –> … made him that way
evil; misery
(ch. 10) creature commands Victor to make him … and he will be … as a result
happy; virtuous
(ch. 10) “I am …, and they shall share my …” –> creature
miserable; wretchedness
(ch. 10) Romantic concept: “the … is the father of the …” stated by …
child; man; Wordsworth
(ch. 10) the child is the father of the man: “
as much as your parents made you, your … is what made them … –> giving them one of the most crucial parts of their … (child … parents)
birth; parents; identity; birthing
(ch. 10) creature made Victor … (this is how creature made Victor)
wretched
(ch. 10) creature covers Victor’s … so they can converse because he understands that Victor hates how he …
eyes; looks
(ch. 10) Victor wanders in the valley of …, noting the magnificence of the landscape as well as the disorder and destruction –> there are constant …
Chamonix; avalanches
(ch. 10) Victor climbs to the top of …, a …
Montanvert; glacier
(ch. 10) Victor is filled with sublime ecstasy as he climbs the glacier, but becomes melancholic as he ascends, meditating on the … of human dreams and attachments. He invokes the “..”, asking them to permit him to be happy or bring him to his grave
impermanence; wandering spirits
(ch. 10) The creature threatens to “glut the maw of … with the blood of Victor’s friends”
death