Frankenstein Chapters 5-10

Question 1

‘It was on a _________ night of November’ (page 45)

Answer 1

dreary

Question 2

‘the rain pattered _________ against the pains’ (page 45)

Answer 2

dismally

Question 3

Why does Shelley have Victor animate the monster at night?

Answer 3

To convey the transgressive nature of his act - it is something taboo that must be hidden from society.

Question 4

‘I saw the dull _______ eye of the creature open’ (page 45)

Answer 4

yellow

Question 5

‘his ______ skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath’ (page 45)

Answer 5

yellow

Question 6

When the monster is first animated, what colour is he repeatedly linked to?

Answer 6

yellow

Question 7

Why does Shelley repeatedly describe the monster as yellow - ‘his yellow skin’/’the dull yellow eye’ (page 45)

Answer 7

Yellow is often linked to sickliness and contamination, suggesting the corrupt nature of Victor’s actions.

Question 8

What word (beginning with c) does Victor use to describe the monster when he is animated?

Answer 8

catastrophe (page 45)

Question 9

‘the lifeless __________ that lay at my feet’ (page 45)

Answer 9

thing

Question 10

Before Victor animates the monster, he refers to it as ‘the lifeless thing’ - how is this significant?

Answer 10

It shows how, even before the monster is born, Victor dismisses it and refuses to acknowledge the human life he has created, calling it a ‘thing’.

Question 11

Which word (beginning with t) means an act that is generally seen as socially unacceptable?

Answer 11

taboo

Question 12

Who is described as ‘exquisitely beautiful’ (page 64)

Answer 12

Justine - during her trial.

Question 13

‘She is very clever and gentle, and extremely ________’ (page 52)

Answer 13

pretty

Question 14

Who is described as ‘very clever and gentle, and extremely pretty’, (page 52) and by whom?

Answer 14

Justine is described this way by Henry Clerval

Question 15

‘I am resigned to the _________ awaiting me’ (page 68)

Answer 15

fate

Question 16

‘I _________ permission to have a few witnesses’ (page 65)

Answer 16

beg

Question 17

Which word (beginning with p) might be used to describe the character of Justine?

Answer 17

passive

Question 18

How is Shelley’s choice of name - Justine - significant?

Answer 18

It is a word that closely resembles ‘justice’ - this is important as Shelley uses the minor character to highlight the injustices faced by the poor and by females during the early 19th century.

Question 19

Who is Justine falsely accused of murdering?

Answer 19

William (Victor’s younger brother)

Question 20

Which political event of the late 18th century might have shaped Shelley’s presentation of Justine?

Answer 20

The French Revolution

Question 21

How might the presentation of Justine have been influenced by the events of The French Revolution?

Answer 21

The French Revolution was a revolt against the mistreatment of the working classes. The Romantics supported this movement, and Shelley uses Justine to represent the exploitation of this group and the need for change.

Question 22

Which character speaks up on behalf of Justine at her trial?

Answer 22

Elizabeth (not Victor). This shows the divide between men and women during this period and the discrimination faced by many females.

Question 23

When Victor is reunited with the monster, what are some of the words /phrases that show how the title character sees his creation as inhuman?

Answer 23

‘vile insect’ (page 77), ‘abhorred monster’ (page 77), ‘unearthly ugliness’ (page 77)

Question 24

What does Victor call the monster - ‘vile ____________’

Answer 24

insect

Question 25

When Victor is reunited with the monster, what are some of the words /phrases that show how the title character sees his creation as blasphemous and unholy?

Answer 25

'the daemon' (page 77), 'wretched devil' (page 77), 'the wretch' (page 77)

Question 26

'I ought to be thy ___________, but I am rather the fallen angel' (page 77)

Answer 26

Adam

Question 27

'I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the __________ angel' (page 77)

Answer 27

fallen

Question 28

When he is reunited with Victor, what word does the monster pleadingly repeat to his creator?

Answer 28

Listen - e.g. 'Listen to my tale/'listen to me'/'listen to me and grant me thy compassion' (page 78)

Question 29

When he is reunited with the monster, what command does Victor repeatedly give his creation?

Answer 29

Begone. E.g. 'Begone vile insect' (page 77), 'Begone, I will not hear you' (page 78) 'Begone, relieve me from the sight of your detested form' (page 78)

Question 30

What text does the monster allude to when he says: 'I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel' (page 77)?

Answer 30

Paradise Lost - an epic poem by John Milton that the monster reads whilst observing the DeLaceys.

Question 31

How do the villagers, who are the first humans the monster encounters, respond to him?

Answer 31

The shepherd 'shrieked loudly' and ran away, 'one of the women fainted' and 'some attacked [him]...with many kinds of missile weapons' (page 82)

Question 32

What does tabula rasa mean?

Answer 32

blank slate

Question 33

Who created the idea of tabula rasa?

Answer 33

The philosopher, John Locke.

Question 34

What is the theory of tabula rasa?

Answer 34

That all human beings are born as a 'blank slate' - we are al a product of the way we are treated by our environment and society as a whole.

Question 35

Which character might most obviously be seen as embodying the theory of tabula rasa?

Answer 35

The monster. He says to Victor 'I was benevolent and good, misery made me a fiend' (page 78). We see some evidence of this in the way he is attacked by the villagers, the Delaceys and even by the person he saves from drowning.