Frankenstein Timeline
Cut out the events below and arrange them on a timeline (construction paper). Since Victor tells parts of this story out of order, this timeline will help you remember what happens when.
THE CREATURE PRESENTS HIMSELF TO THE BLIND OLD MAN (MR. DELACEY)
THE CREATURE KILLS WILLIAM
VICTOR’S FATHER DIES OF GRIEF
VICTOR ISOLATES HIMSELF IN THE ORKNEYS TO CREATE A FEMALE CREATURE
JUSTINE IS HANGED FOR WILLIAM’S MURDER
ROBERT WALTON SEES THE CREATURE, FOLLOWED BY VICTOR, SLEDDING ON THE ICE AT THE NORTH POLE
HENRY COMES TO INGOLSTADT AND HAS TO TAKE CARE OF A VERY SICK VICTOR FOR MANY MONTHS
THE CREATURE HIDES OUT IN THE DELACEY COTTAGE AND LEARNS TO READ AND WRITE
THE CREATURE KILLS HENRY CLERVAL
VICTOR AND ELIZABETH
GET MARRIED
VICTOR IS INSPIRED BY PROFESSOR WALDMAN TO FIND THE SPARK OF LIFE
VICTOR’S MOTHER DIES OF SCARLET FEVER AFTER CARING FOR ELIZABETH
VICTOR BECOMES FASCINATED WITH ELECTRICITY WHEN HE SEES LIGHTNING STRIKE A TREE
THE CREATURE SAVES A LITTLE GIRL FROM DROWNING AND IS SHOT BY HER FATHER
ELIZABETH IS ADOPTED INTO THE FRANKENSTEIN FAMILY
VICTOR TEARS APART THE FEMALE CREATURE AND SAYS HE’LL NEVER BRING ANOTHER BEING TO LIFE
THE CREATURE KILLS ELIZABETH
THE CREATURE CONFRONTS VICTOR IN THE ICY MOUNTAINS AND DEMANDS A MATE
THE CREATURE’S PLAN TO BEFRIEND THE DELACEYS GOES AWRY- HE IS DRIVEN AWAY BY FELIX
VICTOR BRINGS HIS CREATURE TO LIFE AND IMMEDIATELY REGRETS IT
VICTOR TELLS ROBERT WALTON THE ENTIRE STORY OF HIS LIFE AS A WARNING NOT TO BE TOO AMBITIOUS
VICTOR VOWS TO KILL HIS CREATURE OR DIE TRYING. HE CHASES HIS CREATURE THROUGH EUROPE TOWARDS THE NORTH POLE; THE CREATURE LEAVES HIM HATEFUL MESSAGES ALONG THE WAY