Make sure to highlight with different colors the usage of the VCOP terms and

vocabulary required.

Good luck! 

Frankenstein Final Exam

Juan Sebastián López

Openers: Furthermore, For example, Due to, Hence, Therefore, On the contrary, In comparison,
Otherwise, As a result, On the other hand, As well as, Another reason, coupled with,
Correspondingly, In fact, Indeed, Likewise, At the beginning, Then, After that, Next, Finally, In
the end, For instance, In addition, On the other hand, Compared to, However, Although, In order
to, In general, To sum up, Moreover, Nevertheless, Despite, Additionally, Taking into account,
Generally speaking, Above all, In this situation.

Connectors: whereas, besides, because, again, although, similarly, certainly, since, then, instead,
thus, but, despite, nevertheless, although, even though, so, also, in order to, however, and, yet,
nor, after, however, perhaps.

Vocabulary:  fond, robust, pivot, vent, mist, pursue, engraved, tore, neglected, courage, wound,
cursed, restless, startled, exhaustion.

Quote: You must use quotation marks when you are extracting a direct passage from a text, then
you must make sure to include the page number. (Italics)

Dear students this is your reading final exam, ahead you will find 3 open questions that you will
have to answer using the book because you are required to support your answers with textual
evidence. Also, you will need to include at least 2 openers per answer, as well as 2 connectors,
and 3 vocab terms per answer, although you may repeat, it will only count when different ones
are used. For example, if you already used "Finally" you may use it again but it won´t count as
an additional one, the same with connectors and with vocabulary terms. Please underline or
highlight each category with a different color. Good luck! :)

Analyze the following questions and statements:

1. Why was Victor Frankenstein the only one responsible for his terrible fate? Explain

Well, even though Victor spends most of the story stressing out because of his luck, it
certainly was not because of destiny. To sum up, The Monster, the source of all his troubles,
was created by Victor himself, and every single tragedy that occurs in his life happens
because of his own attitude towards the monster. Taking into account how Victor received
newly born and robust monster into the world, which is by screaming and showing utter
disgusts towards his creation, it would make sense that it would have started out in confusion
and hatred. “What had I done? My beautiful dream disappeared and I was filled with horror
and disgust. I couldn’t look at the monster I had created” (Pg 13) Victor essentially cursed
himself. In addition, He keeps triggering the monster into more acts of violence, the most
prominent one actually being the last one, where Victor literally dares The Monster to
retaliate in some way, shape or form he didn´t even know at first. “Yes! I am breaking my
promise because it was stupid! (…) I´ll never create another evil creature like you. You don´t
frighten me. Get out!” (Pg 42) That causes the death of his wife, the only woman Victor was
ever fond of, and subsequently, his father´s. To finish it all, Victor puts himself in extreme
situations to catch up to The Monster, even though he was straining himself, because of how
weak Victor was compared to his creation, causing him to get sick and eventually die. “I
have travelled through rain and snow, heat and cold. I have often ben exhausted, hungry, and
thirsty.” (Pg 52)

2. Once the monster was created and there was no turning back, what could Victor
Frankenstein have done differently and how could this have changed the tragic events
that took place?

As said in the previous answer, his attitude towards the monster at first could have been way
better. Had he not neglected it immediately, things could have turned for the better. In fact,
The Monster, although he ended up as a murderer, started out like a newborn, learning about
the world. He wasn’t naturally evil or anything. He was a victim of the circumstances,
perhaps a little too cruel. Furthermore, the monster expresses how he only wanted love, but it
was clear that Victor was in a pedestal, since he was his creator. “Be calm, (…) you are my
creator and my master, and I do not wish to hurt you. Believe me, I want to be good and kind
to people. (…) and I have learnt to hate because of my bad experiences with others.” (Pg 26)
The Monster suffered too, albeit a different kind of suffering. In general, he lived through
countless restless nights, hunting for food, being pursued, or just plain crying. “I felt so
miserable and lonely that I wept.” (Pg 26)
Victor could have simply built the female monster, too, instead of declaring war just because
he didn’t understand the monster’s feelings, but at that point, stakes were higher.
3. Analyze the ending and the speech the monster gives Walton. What do you think
about his message?

With that last sentence, it is revealed that the monster was always fond of Victor, although in
a love/hate kind of relationship, since he was responsible for his existence and his pain. He
successfully took revenge, but felt miserable for it. In fact, hatred was engraved in his mind
and he could not see past violence and mischievous actions, so now that his source of tragedy
was finally dead, he actually started to reminisce, and think about his actions. On the other
hand, he still felt like society was unjust to him, just because of his robust and scary-looking
face. “I wanted love and friendship but everyone has rejected me. You hate me, but not those
who have treated me so badly. (…) I´ve killed people who never harmed me and now, I´ve my
creator.” (Pg 55)
Even Walton felt bad for the creature grieving, but