Frankenstien the book

Question 1

Alphonse Frankenstein

Answer 1

Victors father, a government official, died after finding out Elizabeth was murdered

Question 2

Victor Frankenstein

Answer 2

The protagonist in the book, studies at Ingolstadt, creates the creature through a series of tests and results, brother to Ernest, William and Elizabeth, married to Elizabeth

Question 3

William

Answer 3

Victor’s youngest brother, killed as the monsters first victim, strangled to death, found running around in the woods and killed, thought of as the perfect child, full of inocence like the romantics thought of, killed by the creature who was tainted by society

Question 4

Ernest

Answer 4

Another younger brother of Victor, not really relevant in the story, only survivor of the Frankenstein family, decided to become a farmer

Question 5

Justine Moritz

Answer 5

3 siblings died of illness, Frankenstein family took her in, a maid for the Frankenstein’s, accused of killing William and hung for it

Question 6

Elizabeth Lavenza

Answer 6

Adopted sister and wife of Victor, killed by the monster on her wedding night, from Italy originally, the perfect daughter/character, she’s helpful kind, and takes care of Alphonse

Question 7

The creature

Answer 7

Main antagonist, created at Ingolstadt by Victor, killed William, Henry and Elizabeth, tried to make many human friends but was shunned by all, lonely and longing for another to join him

Question 8

Henry Clerval

Answer 8

Victor’s best friend, killed by the monster and washed up on an unnamed village on the coast of Ireland, the male version of Elizabeth, being thought of as a sensitive but passionate, the balance to Victor

Question 9

Capt. Robert Walton

Answer 9

Narrator of Frankensteins story, the man that finds Frankenstein out at sea, shares the same amount of ambition that leads him to loneliness, just like Victor, because of their similar situations Walton thinks of Victor as a friend

Question 10

Margaret (Mrs. Saville)

Answer 10

The woman who Walton is sending his letters to, sister of Walton, not much role in the plot

Question 11

Agatha

Answer 11

Sister of Felix, friend of Safie, daughter of De Lacey, the Elizabeth of the creature’s life, though he doesn’t feel any romantic affection for her

Question 12

Felix

Answer 12

Brother of Agatha, husband of Safie, son of De Lacey, helps the monster learn how to communicate and read, forces the creature to see that humans will always hold prejudice against things that don’t look like them but try to act like them

Question 13

Safie

Answer 13

Wife of Felix, Arabian who ran away from her father to pursue true love, much like Marry Shelley’s parents taught her to do, the source/reason the creature became educated

Question 14

Mr. De Lacey

Answer 14

Blind, Gives the creature a last hope that he will be accepted by someone that can’t see and judge him by his appearance, shows a little bit of the relationship that the creature could have had with other humans if they hadn’t made assumptions based on the creatures appearance

Question 15

Geneva, Switzerland

Answer 15

This is where Victor grew and lived until he was 17 years old, where most of the people important to him died (Elizabeth, his mother, his father, and his little brother William), this is also where he gets married to Elizabeth before she is murdered. Most of the time when death happens Victor isn’t in Geneva to witness it, and it’s scattered throughout the book, so to say, it’s scattered throughout the years of the late 1700’s

Question 16

Ingolstadt, Bavaria (Germany)

Answer 16

This is where Victor goes to study “natural sciences” that turn out to be old wive tails. This is where Victor discovers the secret to reanimating dead body parts, and brings the creature to life. The creature escapes from the school and goes off, while Victor falls ill from realizing what he’s done

Question 17

St. Petersburg, Russia

Answer 17

This is where the book starts with Robert Walton writing to his sister about his journey to the north pole, and how he needs to get to Archangel to hire some more people to go with him to the north pole.

Question 18

Scotland (focused on Orkney Islands archipelago)

Answer 18

After being persuaded into creating a mate for Victor’s monster, he and Henry travel to Scotland where Victor sends Henry off to create a mate for the monster in hopes that Henry will be safer the further he is from Victor and his creation. Victor tries to create another monster, but is disgusted with himself and destroys it. The monster is enraged and pledges vengence

Question 19

Unnamed village on the coast of Ireland

Answer 19

As Victor vows to destroys everything related to his creations, he sails out to the middle of a body of water and deposits all of his instruments into the water. After this he falls asleep and drifts to an island on the coast of Ireland where he is greeted rudely and everyone believes he killed the random man that showed up on shore. He discovers that Henry is the one who was murdered and falls severely ill while still on trial for his friends murder. His father comes to visit him and Victor tells him his story, but he doesn’t believe him.

Question 20

The Alps (near Chamounix-Mont Blanc – along the French/Italian border and reaching into Switzerland)

Answer 20

As Victor tries to find peace in climbing the Chamounix-Mont Blanc, he encounters the creature and hears his story of being abandoned, and finding the cottagers, trying to make friends with the cottagers, being rejected, swearing revenge against Victor/all of mankind, killing William, and framing Justine

Question 21

North Pole (Arctic Ocean)

Answer 21

The late-beginning and end of the story take place here, this is where Robert finds Frankenstein and where he dies, as well as where Frankenstein chases the monster to before he is too weak to continue. Mostly in the form of letters dated with a month, day and the year 17–, no specific year for any letter

Question 22

Who tells the story at different times in the book?

Answer 22

The book starts off with letters sent to Walton’s sister, describing what’s going on in his life, once they find Frankenstein he’s still writing to his sister, but he’s telling Frankensteins story. Half way through the book we hear a the creatures life story, we switch back to Walton narrating Victor’s story, then we finish with letters from Walton to his sister about Victor’s death

Question 23

What is the writing format for the first part of the book? Who is telling the story? Who is getting told the story?

Answer 23

The first part of the book is in letter format
Walton is telling the story of his own life, wanting to travel to the North Pole
Walton’s sister, Margaret (Mrs. Saville) is getting written to.

Question 24

What is introduced in the first two chapters?

Answer 24

Victor’s childhood is explained, and most of his family members, as well as his friends (Elizabeth and Henry) (that were alive in that time of his life) get a back story and characterization

Question 25

What happens in chapters 3-5?

Answer 25

Once Victor turns 17, he goes off to the school Ingolstadt, to study different forms of science, and is persuaded to start exploring the science of life and how to reanimate dead body parts. He constructs and gives life to the monster, and it escapes

Question 26

What happens in chapters 6-10?

Answer 26

Victor’s brother, William, is killed, and Justine Moritz is accused and convicted, as well as sentenced to death by hanging, Victor has a feeling that the monster committed the crime, and meets the creature in the mountains in The Alps.

Question 27

What happens in chapters 11-17? Who is telling the story?

Answer 27

We get to hear the monsters side of the story about how he tried to connect with the cottagers, was shunned, got shot for trying to save someone, killed William and framed Justine, and he tries to persuade Victor to build a mate for him. Victor agrees after much persuasion and travels to the Orkney Islands to complete his task.
The monster tells his story for 6 chapters

Question 28

What happens in chapters 18-20?

Answer 28

Victor and his childhood friend, Henry Clerval travel to England, where Victor sends Henry away from him to keep him safe, and end up on a desolate island where Victor creates the creature’s mate. Horrified with what he’s done Victor destroys his creation, and the monster kills Henry as revenge
The monster promises to be with Victor on his wedding night

Question 29

What happens in chapters 21-23?

Answer 29

Victor turns up on an unnamed island in Ireland and falls ill after learning of Henry’s death, he is told that he will be marrying Elizabeth, but when they are wed, the monster kills Elizabeth as revenge against Victor. After finding out the news about Elizabeth, Victor’s father dies of greif. Victor goes to a magistrate to demand that the monster is hunted and killed, but he doesn’t believe it is worth while. Victor vows to hunt him down and extract his own revenge.

Question 30

What happens in chapter 24? Does the format change?

Answer 30

Victor leaves Geneva forever and tries to hunt down the monster. He does not catch the monster, but instead is found by Walton on his way to the arctic and dies in Waltons care a few days later. The monster comes to visit Victor after his death and promises to kill himself