Frankenstein Annotations

Chapter 1

Characters

● Victor: Is the storyteller of this novel, he’s the son and speaks about his family and events

that he remembers growing up. When Elizabeth became a part of the family he took her

as his to love, protect, and cherish.

● Elizabeth Lavenza: Is the poor girl Victor was playing with in their villa. His parents took

admiration towards her and brought her into the family. She was known to be Victor’s

“cousin”

● Caroline Beaufort: Is Beauforts daughter, she supported her and her father financially

when he was deeply sick. She both worked and cared for him, 10 months into their new

life her father passed away in her arms. She was left with nothing. Caroline married two

years after her father’s death to a man with an age difference which didn’t bother her.

● Beaufort: Was Victor’s father's best friend. He was a merchant who lost his fortune and

fell into poverty. He moved away to a town called Lucerne with his daughter where he’d

be unknown and start over. He didn’t make much of a start and he got sick.

Victor describes how his life was cherished and welcomed into the world by his parents- “I was

their plaything and their idol, and something better-their child, the innocent and helpless creature

bestowed on them by heaven, whom to bring up to good, and whos future lot it was in their

hands to direct to happiness or misery, according as they fulfilled their duties to me. With this

deep consciousness of what they owed towards the being to which they had given life, added to
the active spirit of tenderness that animated both, it may be imagined that while during every

hour of my infant life I received a lesson of patience, of charity, and of self-control, I was so

guided by a silken cord that all seemed but one train of enjoyment to me” pg 27

Chapter 2

Character:

● Henry Clerval- Is Victor’s best friend he made in school when his family moved back to

their native country in Geneva. Henry is a son of a merchant, he has an interest in

hardship, danger, risks, read books on chivalry and romance, has a passion for heroes,

adventure, stories and plays. “ MeanwhileClerval occupied himself, so to speak, with the

moral relations of things. The busy stage of life, the virtues of heroes and the actions of

men were his theme; and his hope and his dream was to become one among those whose

names are recorded in story as the gallant and adventurous benefactors of our species” pg

33

Victor’s beliefs/ interests

● Victor says that his interests were in “ I confess that neither the structure of languages,

nor the code of governments, nor the politics of various states possessed attractions for

me. It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn; and whether it was the

outward substance of things or inner spirit of nature and the mysterious soul of man that
 occupied me, still my inquiries were directed to the metaphysical, or in its highest sense,

the physical secrets of the world” pg 33

● “ When I returned home my first care was to procure the whole works of this author, and

afterwards of Paracelsus and Albertus Magnus. I read and studied the wild fancies of

these writers with delight; they appeared to me treasures known to few besides myself. I

have described myself as always having been imbued with a fervent longing to penetrate

the secrets of nature. In spite of the intense labour and wonderful discoveries of modern

philosophers, I always came from my studies discontented and unsatisfied. Sir Isaac

Newton is said to have avowed that he felt like a child picking up shells beside the great

and unexplored ocean of truth.”

● “ Under the guidance of my new preceptors I entered with the greatest diligence into the

search of the philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life; but the latter soon obtained my

undivided attention. Wealth was an inferior object, but what glory would attend the

discovery if I could banish disease from the human frame and render man invulnerable to

any but a violent death! Nor were these my only visions. The raising of ghosts or devils

was a promise liberally accorded by my favourite authors, the fulfillment of which I most

eagerly sought; and if my incantations were always unsuccessful, I attributed the failure

rather to my own inexperience and mistake than to a want of skill or fidelity in my

instructors”

Chapter 3

Character
● M. Krempe: Is the professor of natural philosophy at Ingolstadt University. He

informed Victor that his previous studies on ancient philosophers were outdated

and he would need to be informed on the new studies of science. Victor didn’t

seem to care of him

● M. Waldman: is the fellow professor at Ingolstadt University who would lecture

about chemistry on the alternate days of M. Krempe. Victor seemed to favor him

Language/Imagery

● Victor and Elizabeth's mother had died from the scarlet fever. Elizabeth

had got sick and Victor’s mother couldn't resist treatment for her sickness.

Elizabeth got better but the mother got sick with severe symptoms. Before

the mother dies on her deathbed she says “ My children… My firmest

hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union. This

expectation will now be the consolation of your father. Elizabeth, my love,

you must supply my place to my younger children. Alas! I regret that I am

taken from you; and, happy and beloved as I have been, is it not hard to

quit you all? But these are not thoughts befitting me; I will endeavour to

resign myself cheerfully to death and will indulge in hope of meeting you

in another world” pg 39-40

● “ I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by

that most irreparable evil, the void that presents itself to the soul, and the

despair that is exhibited on the countenance. It is so long before the mind

 can persuade itself that she whom we saw every day and whose very

existence appeared a part of our own can have departed forever—that the

brightness of a beloved eye can have been extinguished and the sound of a

voice so familiar and dear to the ear can be hushed, never more to be

heard. These are the reflections of the first days; but when the lapse of

time proves the reality of the evil, then the actual bitterness of grief

commences. Yet from whom has not that rude hand rent away some dear

connection? And why should I describe a sorrow which all have felt, and

must feel? The time at length arrives when grief is rather an indulgence

than a necessity; and the smile that plays upon the lips, although it may be

deemed a sacrilege, is not banished.” pg 40

● “M. Krempe was a little squat man with a gruff voice and a repulsive

countenance; the teacher, therefore, did not prepossess me in favour of his

pursuits.” pg 44

● “M. Waldman entered shortly after. This professor was very unlike his

colleague. He appeared about fifty years of age, but with an aspect

expressive of the greatest benevolence; a few grey hairs covered his

temples, but those at the back of his head were nearly black. His person

was short but remarkably erect and his voice the sweetest I had ever

heard.” pg 45

● Victor explains how he feels when the professor M. Waldman is

elaborating on his perspective towards specific ancient philosophers“Such

 were the professor’s words—rather let me say such the words of the

fate—enounced to destroy me. As he went on I felt as if my soul were

grappling with a palpable enemy; one by one the various keys were

touched which formed the mechanism of my being; chord after chord was

sounded, and soon my mind was filled with one thought, one conception,

one purpose. So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of

Frankenstein—more, far more, will I achieve; treading in the steps already

marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to

the world the deepest mysteries of creation.” pg 46

Character traits/Characterization

● Henry’s father: “His father was a narrow-minded trader and saw idleness and ruin in the

aspirations and ambitions of his son.” pg 41

● Henry Clerval- “Henry deeply felt the misfortune of being debarred from a liberal

education. He said little, but when he spoke I read in his kindling eye and in his animated

glance a restrained but firm resolve not to be chained to the miserable details of

commerce.” pg 41

M. Waldman’s beliefs towards science:

● “ He then took a cursory view of the present state of the science and explained

many of its elementary terms. After having made a few preparatory experiments,

he concluded with a panegyric upon modern chemistry, the terms of which I shall
 never forget: ‘The ancient teachers of this science,’ said he, ‘promised

impossibilities and performed nothing. The modern masters promise very little;

they know that metals cannot be transmuted and that the elixir of life is a chimera

but these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their

eyes to pore over the microscope or crucible, have indeed performed miracles.

They penetrate into the recesses of nature and show how she works in her

hiding-places. They ascend into the heavens; they have discovered how the blood

circulates, and the nature of the air we breathe. They have acquired new and

almost unlimited powers; they can command the thunders of heaven, mimic the

earthquake, and even mock the invisible world with its own shadows.” pg 45-46

● “If your wish is to become really a man of science and not merely a petty

experimentalist, I should advise you to apply to every branch of natural

philosophy, including mathematics.” pg 48

Chapter 4

Character traits

● Victor’s perspective towards M. Krempe: “I found even in M. Krempe a great deal of

sound sense and real information, combined, it is true, with a repulsive physiognomy and

manners, but not on that account the less valuable.” pg 49

● Victor’s perspective towards M.Waldman: “In M. Waldman I found a true friend. His

gentleness was never tinged by dogmatism, and his instructions were given with an air of

frankness and good nature that banished every idea of pedantry. In a thousand ways he
 smoothed for me the path of knowledge and made the most abstruse inquiries clear and

facile to my apprehension.” pg 45

Victor’s character trait/characterization:

● “Two years passed in this manner, during which I paid no visit to Geneva, but was

engaged, heart and soul, in the pursuit of some discoveries which I hoped to make.” pg

50. Victor doesn’t take in consideration to visit his family not once

● “to forget those friends who were so many miles absent, and whom I had not seen for so

long a time. I knew my silence disquieted them, and I well remembered the words of my

father: ‘I know that while you are pleased with yourself you will think of us with

affection, and we shall hear regularly from you.”

● “I knew well therefore what would be my father’s feelings, but I could not tear my

thoughts from my employment, loathsome in itself, but which had taken an irresistible

hold of my imagination. I wished, as it were, to procrastinate all that related to my

feelings of affection until the great object, which swallowed up every habit of my nature,

should be completed.”

The idea of the creature

● “I paused, examining and analysing all the minutiae of causation, as exemplified in the

change from life to death, and death to life, until from the midst of this darkness a sudden

light broke in upon me—a light so brilliant and wondrous, yet so simple, that while I

became dizzy with the immensity of the prospect which it illustrated, I was surprised that

among so many men of genius who had directed their inquiries towards the same science,
 that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret”pg 51-52- It was here

at this moment and time Victor had came up with the idea that he would he would create

a creature and bring him to life. He became overwhelmed and obsessed with his idea to

be the one to create life and a “species”.

● Continuation to the quote and reasoning listed above“ I possessed the capacity of

bestowing animation, yet to prepare a frame for the reception of it, with all its intricacies

of fibres, muscles, and veins, still remained a work of inconceivable difficulty and labour.

I doubted at first whether I should attempt the creation of a being like myself, or one of

simpler organization; but my imagination was too much exalted by my first success to

permit me to doubt of my ability to give life to an animal as complete and wonderful as

man.” pg 53

● “ It was with these feelings that I began the creation of a human being. As the minuteness

of the parts formed a great hindrance to my speed, I resolved, contrary to my first

intention, to make the being of a gigantic stature, that is to say, about eight feet in height,

and proportionably large. After having formed this determination and having spent some

months in successfully collecting and arranging my materials, I began.”

Victor’s idea of science: “No one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me

onwards, like a hurricane, in the first enthusiasm of success. Life and death appeared to

me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our

dark world. A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and

excellent natures would owe their being to me. No father could claim the gratitude of his
child so completely as I should deserve theirs. Pursuing these reflections, I thought that if

I could bestow animation upon lifeless matter, I might in process of time (although I now

found it impossible) renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to

corruption” pg 54

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Victor’s feelings toward his creation after being completed

● “The different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of human

nature. I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing

life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had

desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had

finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust

filled my heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed

out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bedchamber, unable to

compose my mind to sleep.” - After all victor’s work over the passed two years

once the creature came to life his passion changed. He instantly hated his creation

and was ashamed on how much time he spent on it

● “ I remained during the rest of the night, walking up and down in the greatest

agitation, listening attentively, catching and fearing each sound as if it were to

announce the approach of the demoniacal corpse to which I had so miserably

given life”pg 60- Victor is now in fear of his creation, full of regret and shamed of
 what he created. Attempting to mimic something as beautiful as life and human

nature; Victor is ashamed.

● Poem that connect to how victor feels escaping the creature-“Like one who, on a

lonely road, Doth walk in fear and dread, And, having once turned round, walks

on, And turns on no more his head; Because he knows a frightful fiend, Doth

close behind him tread” by Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner pg61

Chapter 6

Characters

Ernest: Is the younger brother of Victor and Elizabeth, he is 16 years old and is trying to find his

path

Justine Moritz; Is a new member to the family since the age of 12; her mother couldn't take care

of her and her father died

William: Younger brother of Victor and Elizabeth: is 5 years of age “ He has already had one or

two little *wives*, but Louisa Biron is his favourite, a pretty little girl of five years of age.”pg71

Imagery/language

William’s features: “ I wish you could see him; he is very tall of his age, with sweet laughing

blue eyes, dark eyelashes, and curling hair. When he smiles, two little dimples appear on each

cheek, which are rosy with health.”pg 70-71

Character traits/Characterization:
Clerval: “ When I was otherwise quite restored to health, the sight of a chemical instrument

would renew all the agony of my nervous symptoms. Henry saw this, and had removed all my

apparatus from my view. He had also changed my apartment, for he perceived that I had acquired

a dislike for the room which had previously been my laboratory” pg 72- Clerval knows what's

best for Victor as his best friend

M. Waldman; “M. Krempe was not equally docile; and in my condition at that time, of almost

insupportable sensitiveness, his harsh, blunt encomiums gave me even more pain than the

benevolent approbation of M. Waldman.” pg 73

Victor’s perspective towards science: “ He came to the university with the design of making

himself complete master of the Oriental languages, as thus he should open a field for the plan of

life he had marked out for himself. Resolved to pursue no inglorious career, he turned his eyes

towards the East as affording scope for his spirit of enterprise. The Persian, Arabic, and Sanskrit

languages engaged his attention, and I was easily induced to enter on the same studies. Idleness

had ever been irksome to me, and now that I wished to fly from reflection and hated my former

studies, I felt great relief in being the fellow pupil with my friend, and found not only instruction

but consolation in the works of the Orientalists.” pg 74

Chapter 7

Language

Victor: “I wept like a child. ‘Dear mountains! my own beautiful lake! how do you welcome your

wanderer? Your summits are clear; the sky and lake are blue and placid. Is this to prognosticate
peace, or to mock at my unhappiness?” pg 81- Victor yells at nature blaming nature for showing

him such beautiful sights when his life is in a miserable place. He assumes that this is an act of

punishment. However, some may argue that this sign of passing by such a beautiful sight before

arriving to full sorrow may be a sign of hope.

“The murderer discovered! Good God! how can that be? who could attempt to pursue him? It is

impossible; one might as well try to overtake the winds, or confine a mountain-stream with a

straw. I saw him too; he was free last night!’ ‘I do not know what you mean,’ replied my brother,

in accents of wonder, ‘but to us the discovery we have made completes our misery. No one

would believe it at first; and even now Elizabeth will not be convinced, notwithstanding all the

evidence. Indeed, who would credit that Justine Moritz, who was so amiable, and fond of all the

family, could suddenly become so capable of so frightful, so appalling a crime?”pg 86-87-Victor

was under the impression that he thought he saw his creation on he side of of mountain; he tied

that to the murder assuming the monster killed William. However, it is suspected that Justine

killed William (member of the family they took in) they aren’t for certain but everyone has their

suspicions, she will be trialed.

Character traits/Characterization:

Clerval: “ Clerval endeavoured to say a few words of consolation; he could only express his

heartfelt sympathy. ‘Poor William!’ said he, dear lovely child, he now sleeps with his angel

mother! Who that had seen him bright and joyous in his young beauty, but must weep over his

untimely loss! To die so miserably; to feel the murderer’s grasp! How much more a murderer
that could destroy radiant innocence! Poor little fellow!” pg 80- Clerval is able to provide

sympathy towards the sensitive topic in order to provide comfort to his best friend victor

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● “Thus the poor sufferer tried to comfort others and herself. She indeed gained the

resignation she desired. But I, the true murderer, felt the never-dying worm alive in my

bosom, which allowed of no hope or consolation.” pg 99 - Why does Victor persist that

he is the actual murder?

● “it was with great difficulty that Elizabeth could tear herself away. ‘I wish,’ cried she,

‘that I were to die with you; I cannot live in this world of misery.” pg 99

● “‘Farewell, sweet lady, dearest Elizabeth, my beloved and only friend; may heaven, in its

bounty, bless and preserve you; may this be the last misfortune that you will ever suffer!

Live, and be happy, and make others so.’ And on the morrow Justine died.” pg 99

Imagery/language

“ Elizabeth also wept and was unhappy, but hers also was the misery of innocence, which, like a

cloud that passes over the fair moon, for a while hides but cannot tarnish its brightness. Anguish

and despair had penetrated into the core of my heart; I bore a hell within me which nothing could

extinguish.” pg 99

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● “nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up

by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which

follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.” pg 101

● “ Justine died, she rested, and I was alive. The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a

weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart which nothing could remove. Sleep

fled from my eyes; I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief

beyond description horrible, and more, much more (I persuaded myself) was yet behind.

Yet my heart overflowed with kindness and the love of virtue.” pg 101- What crimes is

Victor intending besides his shame in creating life?

● “ ‘Do you think, Victor,’ said he, ‘that I do not suffer also? No one could love a child

more than I loved your brother’— tears came into his eyes as he spoke— ‘but is it not a

duty to the survivors that we should refrain from augmenting their unhappiness by an

appearance of immoderate grief? It is also a duty owed to yourself, for excessive sorrow

prevents improvement or enjoyment, or even the discharge of daily usefulness, without

which no man is fit for society.” pg 102- Victor father tells him that he shall no longer

feel pain towards the matter of the death of his brother William. That it is only right and

he owes it to himself to move forward.

● “I was often tempted, when all was at peace around me, and I the only unquiet thing that

wandered restless in a scene so beautiful and heavenly—if I except some bat, or the

frogs, whose harsh and interrupted croaking was heard only when I approached the

shore—often, I say, I was tempted to plunge into the silent lake, that the waters might

close over me and my calamities forever. But I was restrained, when I thought of the
heroic and suffering Elizabeth, whom I tenderly loved, and whose existence was bound

up in mine. I thought also of my father and surviving brother; should I by my base

desertion leave them exposed and unprotected to the malice of the fiend whom I had let

loose among them?” pg 203- Victor gets the temptation to commit suicide so that he shall

feel no pain once more and feel at peace . Thankfully, he disregards this selfish matter

and thinks about his family and friends, about how wrong of him to consider leaving

them to especially during this time with previous events.

Character traits/Characterization:

● Elizabeth: “ Elizabeth was sad and desponding; she no longer took delight in her

ordinary occupations; all pleasure seemed to her sacrilege toward the dead;

eternal woe and tears she then thought was the just tribute she should pay to

innocence so blasted and destroyed. She was no longer that happy creature who in

earlier youth wandered with me on the banks of the lake and talked with ecstasy

of our future prospects. The first of those sorrows which are sent to wean us from

the earth had visited her, and its dimming influence quenched her dearest smiles.”

pg 104

● Victor’s father: “My father’s health was deeply shaken by the horror of the recent

events.”pg 104

● Victor: “ I know, I feel she was innocent; you are of the same opinion, and that

confirms me. Alas!” pg 105- Victor still shows that he still believed in Justine’s

innocence even after everything. This shows his loyalty

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Character trait/Characterization:

Victor- Victor realizes his feelings of complete lost/sorrow starts to resurface. He

travels to the summit of montanvert, hoping that he’ll see something so beautiful

to help revive his spirits.

Victor doesn’t want to fight the monster because it would be pointless, knowing

the amount of the strength the monster obtains. Victor yells at the monster telling

him to go away, but the monster persuades Victor in a nice manner to accompany

him at a fire in a cave of ice. Inside of the cave to monster begins to tell Victor

about his life and what hes went through. ( victor offers the monster no violence

but to part ways, However the monster intends to engage with his creator so that

he may explain himself as well as learn and build a relationship with victor)

Archetype- Mountain/Lake/Rivers/Streams/Air= Beauty, Mystery, Freedom,

healing, life cycle

When Victor reaches the glacier at the top, he starts to feel better by seeing the

view of the mountain and the Lake only for a short amount of time.( Victor

intends to feel better or healed/ relieved from his sorrow once he views this

beautiful landscape of the mountains and body of water, however that short relief
is disrupted once he spots a figure that alerts him) When he crosses to the

opposite side of the glacier,he spots a creature running towards him at a fast

speed. When the monster gets closer he is able to identify that it is the monster to

whom he had given life.

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Ideas Of Science/Technology/Nature

Monsters interpretation: Sitting at the fire in the cave, the monster explains to

Victor the confusion that he's experienced upon being created. He describes his

journey from Victor's apartment to the wilderness and his understanding of the

world through his discovery of light, dark, hunger, thirst, and cold. According to

the monster's story, one day he crosses paths with a fire. He is pleased with the

warmth the fire creates, but he becomes appalled when he burns himself with the

hot embers. He realizes that he can keep the fire going by adding wood. He learns

that the fire is both good for staying warm as well as for cooking food.

Imagery:

During his search for food, the monster comes across a hut, he enters it. When he

goes inside his presence causes an elderly man inside to run away in fear. The

monster also goes to a village, where he crosses paths with more people causing

them to flee at the side of him. He decides to stay away from humans because of

how much they fear him. One night he takes shelter at a small hovel next to a
cottage. The next morning, he discovers that he can see into the cottage through a

crack in the wall and begins to observe that the inside is a young man, a young

woman, and an old man.

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Imagery/Symbolism/Character Traits:While the monster is observing his

neighbor's for a long period of time he notices that the people often seem

unhappy. He eventually realizes that the reason for their unhappiness results in

poverty, to which he has been contributing to by stealing their food. The monster

begins to feel guilty of his actions and stops stealing their food. He tries to reduce

their hardship, Gathering wood during the night to leave at the door.

Ideology/Technology/Strategy

The monster becomes aware that his neighbors are able to communicate with each

other using strange sounds. He notices volume to learn their language, and he tries

to match the sounds they make with the actions they perform. He obtains a basic

knowledge of the language, including their names; the young man and woman are

Felix and Agatha. He admires their graceful appearances and is shocked by his

ugly appearances when he catches sight of his reflection in some water. Therefore

he spends the whole winter in the hovel, where he would be unobserved and well

protected from the elements, over the time he grows affectionate towards his

unwitting host.

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Imagery: During the time from when winter goes into spring the monster notices

that one of the cottagers, Felix, seems to be unhappy. A woman in a dark dress

and veil show up at the cottage on horse, she then asks to see Felix. Felix is happy

to see her, the woman doesn’t speak the same language of the cottagers, and her

name is named Safie. She moves into the cottage, and the mood of the household

immediately brightens.

Science/Technology/Strategy

As Safie learns the language that the cottagers speak, and so does the monster.

The monster learns to read, Felix uses Constantine Francois de Volney’s ruins of

Empires to instruct Safie, so he is able to learn some of world history during the

process. Now that he is able to speak and understand the language perfectly, he

learns about human society by listening to the cottagers conversations.

Ideology/Nature

The monster begins to feel alone. “ was I then a monster” he asks “a blot upon

the Earth , from which all men fled, and whom all men disowned?” He also learns

about the pleasures and obligations of family and of human relationships in

general, this only makes him feel more lonely in desperation for a significant

other.

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Background Knowledge :Safie's father, a Turk, was falsely accused of a crime and

sentenced to death. Once Felix had visited the Turk in prison where he met Safie,

who he immediately fell in love with. Safie sent Felix letters thanking him for his

intention to help her father ( the monster tells Victor that he copied the letters and

offers them as proof that his story is true). The letters explain that Safie’s mother

was a Christian Arab who had been enslaved by the Turks before she married her

father. Safie was desperate to marry a European man Felix successfully

coordinated her father's escape from prison, buto help her escape slavery back in

Turkish. Felix successfully planned her father's escape from prison but the plot

was discovered, Felix, Agatha, and De Lacey we're exiled from France and

stripped of their wealth. From there they moved to Germany in a cottage where

the monster found the. Safie managed to escape Turk with some money and the

knowledge of Felix's whereabouts.

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He’s motivated to learn more about the world than he can discover through the

cottage people, so he takes the book to read. The books include Joanne Wolfgang

von Goethe’s Sorrows of Water, a volume of Pultarch’s lives, and John Milton's

Paradise Lost, the last of which has the most profound effect on the monster. He

doesn’t know that Paradise Lost is fiction, so he takes the information as real

history and compares the story to his life.

Symbolism: The monster wants to show himself to the cottagers hoping that they

will see past his hideous appearance and befriend him.The monster approaches

the blind man De Lacey , hoping to win him over while Felix, Agatha, and Safie

are gone. The monster understands that if De Lacey (the blind man) is able to

befriend him without seeing his appearance maybe others could see past his

hideous features and see that he has a gentle nature. When Felix, Agatha, and

Safie are gone he takes his opportunity to talk to him. The monster goes into the

cottage and speaks to the man to explain his situation. Felix, Agatha, and Safie

come back and Felix makes the monster go away out of fear. ( This represents

how the monster shows that he can be gentil and fit into humanity. He hopes

people will look past his appearance and focus on his personality/intentions)

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with the rejection of the cottagers; the blind man De Lacey, Felix, Safie, and

Agatha, the monster swears to revenge himself against all humans, his creator

specifically. Journeying for months out of sight of others, he makes his way

towards Geneva. On the way,

Character Traits/Characterization:

he spots a young girl, who appears to be alone she slips into a stream and appears

to be on the verge of drowning. When the monster rescues the girl from the water,

a man accompanying her, suspecting him of attacking her, shoots him. ( out of

instinct the monsters first initiative is to save the drowning girl, which would be

heroic; the opposite act of what a monster would do. It is fairly ironic how a
creature who appears to aggressive and horrific acts purely out of the goodness of

his heart; even though realistically his heart isn’t real either)

The symbolism here is clearly “never judge a book by its cover” here the monster

would be an innocent victim because his intention was to save the damsel in

distress but another character assumed that he only acts out of harm and evil

because of appearance.

Ironic/Symbolism

When near Geneva, the monster runs across Victor's younger brother, William, in

the woods. When William mentions that his father is Alphonse Frankenstein, the

monster gets angry and strangles William to death with his bare hands. Justine

was executed for the accusation of the Williams murder. The monster explains to

Victor the reasons behind Williams murder and Justine's conviction, the monster

asks Victor to create another monster to accompany him and be his mate.

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Technology/Science

the monster tells Victor that it is his right to have a female monster companion.

Victor refuses at first, but the monster appeals to Victor's sense of responsibility as

his creator. He tells Victor that all of his evil actions have been the result of a

desperate loneliness. He promises to take his new mate to South America to hide

in the jungle far from human contact. With the sympathy of a fellow monster, he
argues, he will no longer feel the need to kill, Victor finally agrees to create a

female monster. Overjoyed but still skeptical, the monster tells Victor that he will

monitor Victor's progress and that Victor need not worry about contacting him

when his work is done. (- Here the monster suggests that it is his right to be

provided with a female companion to have as a mate by the rights of

nature/humanity. The monster suggests how it’ll permanently improve his life

situation and implies that he wouldn’t feel so much anger toward humans

anymore)

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Language

Victor puts off the creation of a new female creature. He begins to have doubts

about agreeing to the monster's request. He realizes that the project will require

him to travel to England to gather information.

Victor's father suggests that they celebrate the marriage immediately. Victor

refuses, and is unwilling to celebrate the marriage with Elizabeth until he has

completed his deal with the monster.

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Character traits/Characterization:
Victor grows impatient to begin his word and free himself of his bond to the

monster. Victor has an acquaintance in a Scottish town, with whom he urges

Henry to stay while he goes alone on a tour of Scotland. Henry consents

reluctantly and Victor De parts for a remote, desolate Island in the Orkney's to

complete his project. Quickly setting up a laboratory in a small shack, Victor

devotes many hours to working on his new creature. He often has trouble

continuing his work, however, knowing how unsatisfying, the product of his

labor will be. ( Henry is hesitant to agree to what victor requests because he

doesn’t think it’s the right decision to give the monster what it desires. In addition,

Victor is desperate to complete his duty to the monster so that he would no longer

be connected to him, even though he’d always be considered as his creator)

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Imagery/Language:

While working one night, Victor begins to think about what might happen after he

finishes his creation. He imagines that his new creature might not want to seclude

herself, as the monster had promised, or that the two creatures might have

children, creating “a race of devils . . . on the earth.” While thinking about these

reflections and growing concern, Victor looks up to see the monster grinning at

him through the window. Overcome by the monster’s hideousness and the

possibility of a second creature like him, he destroys his work in progress. The

monster becomes enraged at Victor for breaking his promise, and at the prospect
of his own continued solitude. He curses and vows revenge, then departs,

swearing that he will be with Victor on his wedding night.

Late that evening, he rows out onto the ocean and throws the remains of his

second creature into the water, while he allows himself to rest in the boat for a

while. He wakes up and the wind is so strong it doesn’t allow him to return to

shore. Panicking in fear for his life, he contemplates the possibility of dying at

sea, blown far out into the Atlantic. Soon the winds change, however, and he

reaches shore near a town.

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Language:

Victor hears witnesses testify against him, claiming that they found the body of a

man along the beach the previous night and that, just before finding the body, they

saw a boat in the water that looked like Victor’s. Victor looks at the body to see

what effect it has on him ( if Victor is the murderer, perhaps he will react with

visible emotion).

Imagery:
When Victor sees the body, he reacts with horror, the victim is Henry Clerval,

with black marks of the monster’s hands around the neck. In shock, Victor falls

into convulsions and suffers a long illness. Victor remains ill for two months.

Character trait/Characterization:

- Mr. Kirwin, now compassionate and much more sympathetic than before

Victor’s illness, visits him in his cell.

- Victor’s father heard of his son’s illness and the death of his friend, rushed from

Geneva to see him. Victor is overjoyed to see his father, who stays with him until

the court, having nothing but circumstantial evidence, finds him innocent of

Henry’s murder. After his release, Victor departs with his father for Geneva

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Language/Imagery/Characterization:

Victor receives a letter from Elizabeth. Worried by Victor’s recurrent illnesses,

she asks him if he is in love with another, to which Victor replies that she is the

source of his joy. The letter reminds him of the monster’s threat that he will be
with Victor on his wedding night. He believes that the monster intends to attack

him and resolves that he will fight back.

Elizabeth is still worried about Victor, but he assures her that all will be well after

the wedding. Victor Has a bad secret, he tells her that he will tell her after they are

married.

As the wedding day approaches, Victor grows more and more nervous about his

impending confrontation with the monster. Finally, the wedding takes place, and

Victor and Elizabeth depart for a family cottage to spend the night.

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Character traits/Emotions/Characterization:

Victor can think of nothing but the monster’s arrival. Victor worries that Elizabeth

might be upset by the monster’s appearance and the battle between them. He tells

her to retire for the night. He begins to search for the monster in the house, when

suddenly he hears Elizabeth scream and realizes that it was never his death that

the monster had been intending this night. Consumed with grief over Elizabeth’s

death, Victor returns home and tells his father the news. Shocked by the tragic end

of what should have been a joyous day, his father dies a few days later.
Language:Victor finally breaks his secrecy and tries to convince a magistrate in

Geneva that an unnatural monster is responsible for the death of Elizabeth, but the

magistrate does not believe him. Victor resolves to devote the rest of his life to

finding and destroying the monster.

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Characterization:

With Victor’s entire family dead he decides to leave Geneva along with the

painful memories it holds behind forever. He tracks the monster for months,

guided by slight clues, messages, and hints that the monster leaves for him.

Emotions:Angered by these taunts, Victor continues his pursuit into the ice and

snow of the North.