Frankenstein

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Frankenstein
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Characters

• Robert Walton
• Victor Frankenstein
• The creature
• Elizabeth Lavenza
• Henry Clerval
• Alphonse Frankenstein
• Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein
• Justine Moritz

• William
• Ernest
• M. Waldman
• M. Krempe
• Margaret Saville
• De Lacey family De Lacey, Felix, Agatha
• Safie
• M. Kerwin

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Setting

• St. Petersburg to Archangel
• North Pole
• Geneva (Switzerland)
• Chamonix (mountain in the Alps)
• Ingolstadt
• Scotland (Orkney Islands)

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Style

• Gothic Novel setting, characters, plot, and
  supernatural
• Romantic elements nature, rebellion, and
  unbridled emotion
• Frame Story story within a story
• Allusions Paradise Lost, Rime of the Ancient
  Mariner, et. al.

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Themes

• Knowledge (danger)
• Nature
• Nurture
• Role of Women
• Beauty
• Nature of Humanity

• Illness

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Robert Walton Letters 1-4

• Writes letters to sister Margaret
• Headed to N.Pole 2 reasons
• Encounters a gigantic man on a sledge
• Picked up a gaunt man on the ice
• Hopes this man will be his bosom friend

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Robert Walton Letters 1-4

• Discusses his plans for his scientific discovery
• Because of his zeal for scientific discovery, the
  man decides to tell his story

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Victor Frankenstein ch. 1-10

• Discusses fathers parentage
• Maternal grandfather, Beaufort
• Mom, Caroline Beaufort
• His early childhood spent traveling
• Adoption of Elizabeth Lavenza
• Reading of the Agrippa et. al books

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Victor Frankenstein ch. 1-10

• Mother dies
• F. goes to school in Germany
• Studies hard for 2 years
• Works to create life for 2 years
• Night in November, creature was born
• F. horrified at what hes done

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Victor Frankenstein ch. 1-10

• Clerval studies w/F. for 2 years
• Receive a letter, William murdered
• Arrive in Geneva during a storm
• F. sees the creature that night
• Justine accused of the murder
• Shes condemned and hanged

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Victor Frankenstein ch. 1-10

• Family is desolate
• F. blames himself
• He goes to the Alps to restore his essence
• While scaling the peaks, he encounters the
  creature
• The creature wants him to listen to his story

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The creature ch. 11-16

• Creature describes his first moments in the woods
  around Ingolstadt
• Encounters fire
• Enters old mans dwelling who flees
• Enters a village, they attack him
• Hides in a hovel connected to a house

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The creature ch. 11-16

• Watch family
• Family is sad but has love
• Safie joins them
• Felix teaches her ( creature) French
• Creature finds/reads 3 books
• Decides to reveal himself to family

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The creature ch. 11-16

• Encounters old man whos curious
• Family comes in and Felix attacks
• Family leaves
• Creature forlorn
• Saves a child dad repays him
• Attempts to kidnap William kills him

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The creature ch. 11-16

• Sees sleeping girl in a barn
• Places locket in her pocket
• Sees Frankenstein
• Follows him to Chamonix
• Asks him to create a female companion

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Frankenstein ch. 17-24

• Agrees to create the female
• Decides to travel to England to discuss with
  philosophers
• Clerval joins him
• Upon learning techniques, travel to Scotlands
  Orkney Islands
• Separates from Clerval

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Frankenstein ch. 17-24

• Begins creating
• Sees creature overwhelming doubts cause him to
  destroy creature
• Creature leaves him with Ill be with you on
  your wedding night.
• Leaves F.
• F. dumps creatures parts in the sea

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Frankenstein ch. 17-24

• Becomes stranded in ocean
• Comes ashore in Ireland
• Arrested for murdering a gentleman
• Sees Clerval dead
• Becomes sick desolate
• Father comes to help him
• Acquitted of charges returns home

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Frankenstein ch. 17-24

• Marries Elizabeth
• Travels to Como for honeymoon
• In Evian, Elizabeth is murdered
• Tells magistrate all about creature
• Magistrate says they cant do anything
• Returns to Geneva father dies

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Frankenstein ch. 17-24

• Begins hunting the creature
• They head north avoiding people
• F. gets close to the creature, but never
  overtakes him.
• Meets Walton

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Walton ch. 24 - letters

• Relates to his sister that F. is dying
• Boat becomes trapped in ice
• Men mutiny
• F. dies
• Creature laments decides how he will die
• Creature leaves

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Symbolism

• Fire and Ice
• Light vs. Darkness

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Modern Prometheus - subtitle

• In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan known
  for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from
  Zeus and gave it to mortals for their use
  (Prometheus).

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