Frankenstein homework: chapters 8-12
Chapter 8
(Notice in the opening paragraph that Victor assumes responsibility for what has happened to Justine and William)
1. What major piece of evidence does the court produce against Justine?
2. How does Elizabeth feel about Justine’s implication in the murder?
3. Why does Justine confess to a murder that she did not commit?
4. What do Victor’s words and tone in the last paragraph in this chapter imply
about what is to happen in the future?
Chapter 9
(Find the allusion to the dead albatross in the opening paragraph. Find, also, the symbolic reference to the blasted oak tree.)
5. How does Victor now feel about the company of others?
6. What does Victor contemplate doing to himself, and why does he refrain from this course of action?
7. How does Victor feel about the Creature at this point?
8. Copy the sentence that shows Elizabeth expressing the discrepancy between
appearance and falsehood.
9. Where does Victor go to forget his pain? How is this “romantic” ?
Chapter 10
11. According to Victor, how is man different from animals?
12. What happens IMMEDIATELY AFTER Victor prays to “wandering spirits”?
13. CONTRAST the way Victor reacts to the Creature with the Creature’s behavior toward Victor.
14. What does the Creature insist about his own nature?
What changed his nature?
15. In the third paragraph from the end of the chapter, how do Victor’s words parallel Macbeth’s?
16. What does the Creature want from Victor?
17. List TWO reasons why Victor decides to comply with the Creature’s request:
a.
b.
Chapter 11
18. Identify TWO of the Creature’s earliest memories:
a.
b.
19. What paradoxical lesson does the Creature learn about the fire?
20. How do the first humans with whom the Creature comes in contact react upon seeing him?
21. After he seeks shelter in a hovel adjacent to a small cottage, how does the Creature learn about the family living in the cottage?
22. How many people are living in the hut?
Chapter 12
23. According to the Creature, how do the cottagers feel about life, and how does this affect the way he sees himself?
24. Why does the Creature STOP stealing from the cottagers, AND what does this say about his personality?
25. What does the Creature do to further help the family?
26. Where does the Creature first see his own image AND how does HE respond to himself?
27. What HOPE does the Creature harbor?
28. At the chapter’s end, how does the Creature respond to nature?
29. What are the two young cottagers’ names?
Chapter 13
30. Who is Safie and why does her arrival alter the cottagers’ spirits?
31. WHAT LANGUAGE does the Creature learn to speak?
32. Name the book from which Felix instructs Safie:
33. What TWO things does the Creature learn from this text? (find your answer in the paragraph that begins “These wonderful narrations inspired me with . . .”)
34. What ONTOLOGICAL questions does the Creature begin to ask?
Chapter 14: List FOUR main pieces of information from this chapter OR WRITE a short summary of what happened to the De Lacey family.
Chapter 15:
35. Name the THREE BOOKSthat the Creature finds and indicate what he learns from each book: a.
b.
c.
36. After reading these books, how does the Creature feel about VIRTUE and VICE?
(p. 123 – or 6th paragraph)
37. What is the result of the Creature’s efforts to make himself known to the De Laceys?
Chapter 16
38. Copy the line in which the Creature compares himself to Satan:
39. Since he has been rejected by man, what does the Creature determine in his heart?
(Do you know where he learned how to respond this way?)
40. What does the Creature do the night of the De Lacey’s departure?
41. How does the Creature learn about his origins?
42. a. On his way to Geneva, what does the Creature do that shows he STILL has a
benevolent nature?
- How is he treated for his efforts?
43. Why does the Creature FIRST grab William?
44. Why does the Creature decide to kill William?
45. How does the miniature (picture) of Caroline get in Justine’s pocket?
46. What REQUEST does the Creature make of Victor at the end of chapter 16?