Frankenstein Graphic Novel
Volume I
Frankenstein Name ________________________
Mary Shelly Class Period ______
Letters
1. Who is Robert Walton?
2. Who is Margaret?
3. In Letter 1, what reason does Walton offer for making his voyage?
4. At the beginning of Letter 2, what is Walton in need of?
5. How does Walton describe the stranger?
6. What news of Walton’s arouses the stranger’s interest?
7. What is the stranger’s reaction when Walton says that he will allow nothing to interfere with
his journey of exploration? What does the stranger propose to do for Walton?
8. Why does the stranger feel that the polar region is an appropriate setting for telling of his tale?
Chapters 1-3
9. How does the stranger describe his parents’ character traits?
10. Why do you think Shelley waits until this point to reveal the stranger’s first name?
11. What do Victor’s parents give him as a gift?
12. Who is Henry Clerval, and what are his interests and goals?
13. Whose works does Victor pursue in his reading and studies? Why? Why does his father disapprove?
14. What effect does a violent thunderstorm have on Victor when he is fifteen?
15. What last requests does Victor’s mother make before she dies?
16. How does Victor cope with the death of his mother?
17. When it is time for Victor to depart, why doesn’t Henry Clerval accompany Victor to Ingolstadt?
18. Which professor does Victor favor—Krempe or Waldman? Why?
Chapters 4
19. What discovery does Victor make while at the university?
20. What warning does Victor give Walton about the discovery?
21. What drives Victor on to the creation of a being like himself?
22. What details is the reader given on the construction of the creature?
23. What words in the last paragraph of Ch. 4 express a warning of what’s to come?
Chapter Five
24. Describe the setting on the night the creature comes to life. What mood is created by the setting?
25. Describe the creature?
26. What is Victor’s reaction to his creation? Why?
27. What happens after Victor rushes to his bedchamber?
28. At this point in the story, which character invites sympathy---Victor or the creature he has made? Explain.
29. What does Victor do when morning dawns? Whom does he meet?
30. Why has Henry Clerval’s father allowed him to go to Ingolstadt?
31. Why does Victor dread returning to his apartment wit Henry? What does he find once they arrive there?
32. Describe what happens to Victor as he and Henry wait for a servant to bring breakfast. How does Henry respond?
33. What does Henry do during Victor’s ensuing illness?
Chapter 6
34. What new character in introduced in Elizabeth’s letter to Victor?
35. Why is Elizabeth’s letter important to the story?
36. Why does Victor desert his study of science? What study does he pursue? Why?
37. How does Victor’s mood and his praise of Henry build suspense at the end of Chap 6?
Chapters 7
38. What bad news awaits Victor in his father’s letter?
39. Why does Elizabeth blame herself for the murder?
40. Why does Victor come to believe that his monster is responsible for William’s death?
41. Why is Justine accused of the crime?
42. Why is Elizabeth particularly miserable after Justine’s arrest?
Chapter 8
43. How does Victor react to Justine’s trial? What does this show about Victor’s character?
44. What is the result of the trial?
45. Why does Victor accompany Elizabeth to Justine’s prison cell?
46. Why does Justine confess to having murdered William?
47. When does Victor plead for Justine?
48. What warnings for the future does Victor give after Justine’s death?