Frankenstein Full Book Review Flashcards


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1

Elizabeth Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein’s adopted sister and his wife.

2

William Frankenstein

Victor’s youngest brother and the darling of the Frankenstein family.

3

Justine Moritz

A young girl adopted into the Frankenstein household while Victor is growing up. She is blamed for William's murder when in fact it was the monster that murdered him.

4

Victor Frankenstein

The doomed protagonist and narrator of the main portion of the story.

5

Captain Walton

The Arctic seafarer whose letters open and close Frankenstein. He records the incredible tale in a series of letters addressed to his sister, Margaret Saville, in England.

6

The Creature/Monster

The eight-foot-tall, hideously ugly creation of Victor Frankenstein. His feeling of abandonment compels him to seek revenge against his creator.

7

Alphonse

Victor’s father, very sympathetic toward his son.

8

Felix

Exiled from France for treason against their government. De Lacey's son.

9

De Lacey

Exiled from France for treason against their government. A blind old man.

10

Henry Clerval

Victor’s boyhood friend, who nurses Victor back to health in Ingolstadt. His cheerfulness counters Victor’s moroseness.

11

Caroline Beaufort's father

Died by natural causes

12

Elizabeth's mother

Succumbed to scarlet fever

13

Caroline

Succumbed to scarlet fever

14

Justine Moritz father

Natural causes

15

Safie's servant

Physical exertion

16

Justine Moritz

Executed by hanging

17

William Frankenstein

Strangled by the monster

18

Henry Clerval

The monster

19

Elizabeth

the Monster

20

Alphonse

Grief due to Elizabeth's death

21

Victor Frankenstein

Pneumonia

22

The monster

Suicide by setting himself on fire

23

Ingolstadt

Where Victor went to college

24

Geneva

Where Victor lived. Where William was murdered. Where Justine's trial was held. Where Victor tries to make a female monster but gives up.

25

Mount Montanvert

Where the monster confronts Victor and makes him listen to his story in his hut. Where he threatens Victor with an all-or-nothing attitude of make me a mate or I will destroy you.

26

France, Germany, Holland, and London

Where Victor travels through when he wanted peace and quiet.

27

Scotland

Where Victor destroys his second monster, and the monster tells Victor that he will be with him on his wedding night.

28

Ireland

Where Victor is accused of murdering Henry Clerval.

29

Paris

Where Alphonse and Victor travel to after Victor is accused of murder. Where Victor receives a letter from Elizabeth asking if he has another love.

30

The inn

Where the monster strangles and kills Elizabeth and where Victor shoots at the monster and fails. Where Alphonse dies of grief.

31

The Arctic Circle

Where Victor chases the monster to and where Walton finds Victor

32

Where did Walton and Victor meet???

They meet on the open sea near the North Pole because Victor was running away from his creation, the monster.

33

Where did the monster and Victor meet???

He sees his monster through some flashes of lightning in chapter 7. He meets his monster on Mount Montanvert in chapter 10. He meets his monster while making the female in chapter 20. He sees his monster after it had killed Elizabeth in chapter 23. He finally chases his monster to get revenge on him in chapter 24.

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Biblical allusions in Chapter 10

The book of Genesis. The monster tells Victor that he, "ought to be his Adam" which refers to Adam, the first man created by God in the Bible. The monster then compares himself more closely to Satan, "a fallen angel" because his creator Victor detests him.

35

Treatment of the monster

The humans treat him poorly. De Lacey treats him kindly. Victor just outright hates him.

36

Does Victor learn from his mistake???

Yes. He learned that his intelligence and power does not give him the authority to make divine judgment and that a selfish and careless life led by ambition is ruinous and miserable.