Frankenstein -- Anisa Farrell

Beaufort Dies

1 CE

Beaufort was a close friend of Victor's father. Once Beaufort died, Victor's father married Beaufort's daughter Caroline. (Pg. 32)

Elizabeth Is Adopted

1 CE

Victor and his family go on a vacation and visit a poor Italian family. Caroline, Victor's mother sees Elizabeth, and then decides to adopt her. (Pg 35)

Chapters

Period: 1 CE to 24

Victor and the Natural World

2

When Victor enters his more teenage years, he begins to take an interest in the studies of the Natural World and Philosophy. By this he then reads the studies of Cornelius Agrippa and is fascinated by his works. (Pg 38)

Victor Sees Lightning

2

Victor sees lightning strike a tree outside. He saw this as a powerful act of nature. This event caused him to take more of an interest towards the sciences. (Pg 40)

Victor Attends University

3

Victor was told by his parents that he should go to college. With doing so, he was able to learn even more and was very passionate about doing so. (Pg 43)

Victor Prefers the Sciences

3

While attending university, Victor's professor tells him how studying natural philosophy was a waste of time. He then told Victor the importance of science, and persuaded him to do so. (Pg 47)

Victor becomes Obsessed

4

With his growing passion for the sciences, he decides to work further on his studies. He begins to never leave his home or lab so he can pay his full attention to his experiment. (Pg 49)

Victor collects Dead Organs

4

For his creation, Frankenstein begins to collect organs from corpses. He dug the holes up himself and displayed how obsessed he was with finishing his experiment. (Pg 51)

The Creation comes to Life

5

Victor finally finished his creation after spending nearly two years on it. Frankenstein was then frightened by what he has made instead of praising all the work that went into his experiment. (Pg 56)

Victor has his dream

5

After creating his monster, Frankenstein ran away from it and went to sleep. While asleep, he dreamt of Elizabeth that transformed into the dead corpse of his mother. Once he woke up, he found his creation in his room with him. (Pg 57)

Character Development

5

In the first few chapters, we automatically can see that Victor is very ambitious and has a passion for learning new information. His character also will care about the opinions of others, and he wishes to not disappoint anyone.

Victors Teacher Talks to Clerval and Frankenstein

6

"'Why, M. Clerval, I assure you he has outstripped us all...' continued he, observing my face expressing suffering." (Pg. 66)

Justine accused of murdering William

7

"Indeed, who would credit that Justine Moritz, who so amiable and fond of all the family, could suddenly become capable of so frightful, so appalling a crime?" (pg.76)

Justine is executed

8

"I beheld those I loved spend vain sorrow up on the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts."(pg 85)

Victor retreats to nature

9

" It was during an access of this kind that I suddenly left my home, and bending my steps towards the near Alpine valleys, sought in the magnificence, the eternity of such scenes, to forget myself and my ephemeral, because human, sorrows." (pg.89)

Victor admires nature

10

"These sublime and magnificent scenes of feeling, and afforded me the greatest consolation that I was capable of receiving." Page 92

Monster finds the cottage

11

"It was a lovely sight, even to me, poor wretch who had never beheld aught beautiful before." page 103

Realization of Monster's emotions

12

"My spirits were elevated by the enchanting appearance of nature; the past were blotted with memory, the present was tranquil, and the future guided by bright rays of hope and anticipations of joy." (Pg.110)

Monster understands language and communication

13

"The stranger learned about 20 words at the first lesson; most of them, indeed, were those which I had before understood, but I profited by the others." (pg.112)

The demise of Felix

14

"The government of France were greatly enraged at the escape of their victim and spared no pains to detect and punish his deliverer. The plot of Felix was quickly discovered, and De Lacey and Agatha were thrown into prison." (Pg. 120)

Character Development

14

In these chapters (6-14), we notice that Victor begins to avoid the truth. He also becomes more selfish by worrying about his reputation and does not care for the state of which his monster may be in.

Monster finds books

15

The monster found books in an abandoned bag that contained the books Paradise Lost and Sorrows of Werter. The creation considered both of these books as histories and thought they helped him exercise his mind. (Pg 122)

Monster kills William

16

In reaction to his rejection from Felix, the monster wants revenge on Victor for creating him, leaving him, and making him more "hideous". Once he saw William and realized that he was related to Frankenstein, he strangled him. (pg 136)

Monster wants companion

17

The monster requests Victor to make a second creation, this time a female to keep him company. The monster says if he agrees to make it, the creation and companion will go away and never return. (pg 139)

Victor puts off the second creation

18

As he is building the second creation, Frankenstein thinks more and more about what this may cause. He then stops when thinking about how he can create a new hideous race from doing this. (Pg143)

Victor and Henry travel

19

Spontaneously, Victor and Henry decide to go on a quick journey. By doing this, however, Frankenstein finds himself wishing to finish the second creation. (Pg 151)

Victor is accused of murder

20

After going out in the water, Victor dumps his progress of the second monster into the water and sails back towards land. Once he gets back, he ends up in a new town where the locals accuse him of murder. (Pg 165

Character Development

20

In this set of chapters (15-20), Victor finally begins to become more cognizant of his actions after reuniting with his creation and hearing his story. Victor now thinks more on his decisions rather than allowing his ambition to get the best of him.

Victor was found guilty for Clerval's death

21

"'Nothing indeed could be more unfortunate and agonizing than the strange chances that have lately occurred... so unaccountable a manner and paced, as it were, by some fiend across your path."
(Pg. 171)

Victor marries Elizabeth

22

"My father was in the meantime overjoyed and in the bustle of preparation only recognized in the melancholy of his niece the diffidence of a bride." (Pg 183)

The Monster murders Elizabeth

23

"The murderous mark of the fiend's grasp was on her neck, and the breath had ceased to issue from her lips." (pg 186)

Victor dies and the monster is truly alone.

24

"I shall die. I shall no longer feel the agonies which now consume me or be the prey of feelings unsatisfied, yet unquenched. He is dead who called me into being..." (Pg 211)

Letters: Frankenstein Dies

24

After finishing his story on his monster and his ambition, Victor says his last words before he passes. He tells Walton that if he does something, to not try and have ambition get the most of you, and come back honorable still following your morals. (Pg 204)

Character Development

24

In this round of chapters (21-24), Frankenstein has ultimately learned from his mistakes. When he is told to make a companion for his first creation, he then thinks of what could go wrong to avoid the issues that came up from his original monster. Victor also warns Walton not to let his ambition override him and his actions.