Frankenstein

Question 1

Walton VS Victor

Answer 1

the both seek to explore the unknown in hopes of receiving glory; think they are entitled to get information no one else has ever gotten before; Victor is successful in discovering what he is seeking and it causes him to go mad; Walton never reaches what he wishes to explore

Question 2

Victor VS Creature

Answer 2

they become similar, because they feel the need to destroy each other; they live for the destruction of the other; power struggle

Question 3

Creature VS Walton

Answer 3

walton hears a lot about the creature but only the version that is edited by Victor; he is warned that he should not trust the creature, because the creature will twist words to make Walton side with him; Walton does not kill the creature like he is asked

Question 4

Gothic Literature

Answer 4

Genre of literature with death fiction horror romance
castles (ruined or haunted), melancholy location, dramatic, or religious settings, or supernatural
characters- passion driven, villain/hero, curious heroin that needs rescuing, heroes true identity revealed by end of novel
nature can be destructive or restorative
start of sci-fi// scientific truths

Question 5

Science VS Nature

Answer 5

using science to go against nature; science isolation is bad, but nature solitude is good

Question 6

Adam

Answer 6

why was i created? both abandoned /\ happy ending for adam– gets a companion

Question 7

Satan

Answer 7

people stay away, because they are scared, forced to seek revenge, satan is fine being alone, but the creature desires company

Question 8

Milton

Answer 8

seeks to go where no one has gone before in his poem; controversial; brags– thinks he is the only one who can write about these things

Question 9

Pride/Glory

Answer 9

Walton and Frankenstein seek glory in their discoveries; victor has too much pride to stop his studies; too much pride to go to jail in place of Justine

Question 10

Revenge

Answer 10

Creature gets revenge for abandoning and not creating a female, victor tries to get revenge for the loss of lives of his family members

Question 11

Solitude

Answer 11

Victor forces himself to be alone by fixating himself on his studies; he is alone in science and is miserable, when he is alone in nature he feels restored; The creature is forced to be alone and feels miserable so he makes Victor be alone too by killing all of his family members

Question 12

Acquisition of Knowledge

Answer 12

Walton and Frankenstein constantly seek more knowledge; creature acquires knowledge through observation