Frankenstein-Cornell

Elizabeth is adopted

1 CE

Elizabeth is adopted by the Frankensteins when the gifted her to Victor.This happens when victor's parents are in Italy. Elizabeth is the daughter of a Milanese nobleman. p.g 33-34

Victors Grandpa Beaufort dies

1 CE

Victor's grandfather dies leaving Caroline an orphan and beggar. Caroline met Victors dad because of Beaufort dying.

Chapters

Period: 1 CE to 24

Lightning Storm

2

A major storm when Victor was on vacation at his other house and he saw lighting strike a tree and saw how powerful it is. This inspired Victor to go into science which ended up with him creating the monster.

Victor and Elizabeth grow close

2

This is important because Victor and his adopted sister Elizabeth become very close to each other. The monster ends up using this against Victor.

Mom dies of Scarlet Fever

3

When Frankenstein's mom was caring for Elizabeth, who had Scarlet Fever she saved Elizabeth but contracted it herself. This caused Frankenstein's mom to die from the disease.

Goes to study at Ingolstadt

3

Victor goes to study here to follow his ambition about science and to study it. He decides to study science here because of the lightning storm.

Discovers the secret of life

4

This comes from Victor studying at the university and in his lab he dedicated all his time to discovering this secret, that can bring things alive.

Franenstein starts to get sick

4

This shows how Frankenstein has gone from an interested scientist, to a obsessed madman who works on his creation day and night. This causes him to be sick physically and mentally by having him stay in his lab all day, and having his obsession develop while he is in the lab.

Collects materials for monster in lab

4

Frankenstein decides to get materials for his creature by robbing graves and using he body parts to make a living being. This is how he can make his creation be able to be human like.

Monster becomes alive and escapes

5

Frankenstein finally enacts his plan on a stormy night to create a living being, but it goes horribly wrong and creates a horrific creature. This causes Frankenstein to run away from the creature, fearing what he had created.

Clerval visits Frankenstein

5

This happens because Frankenstein had fallen very ill after he created the monster. Clerval clearly sees how distressed Frankenstein is and how he is trembling and thinks it is the sickness.

Frankensteins

6

"Ever since the fatal night, the end of my labors, and the beginning of my misfortunes...." pg. 65

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 on trial

8

A thousand times rather would I have confessed myself guilty of the crime ascribed to Justine."(pg. 78)

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)

The monster begins to tell his tale

10

"But I consented to listen; and, seating myself by the fire which my odious companion had lighted, he thus began his tale." Page 97

The Monster finds the cottage and is in awe

11

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

The creature becomes self-aware of his own 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 perfectly 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 unjust accusation of Safie's father

14

"The father of Safie had been cause of their ruin. He was a Turkish merchant and had inhabited Paris for many years when, for some reason which I could not learn, he became obnoxious to the government." (Pg. 117)

Monster talks to blind old man

15

When everybody else leaves the cottage the monster goes into the house to talk to the old man. He starts to explain his situation to the blind man but is soon driven away by his family members.

Monster wants a mate

16

This is big because the monster wants to have company to create more of people like himself so he is not so isolated all the time. The monster also vows to move to South America if Frankenstein does this.

Frankenstein agrees to create female monser

17

This causes the monster to say that if he gets a mate he will now longer be compelled to kill. The monster also says it will monitor Frankenstein's progress.

Victor refuses to marry Elizabeth until he has completed his deed to the monster

18

Frankenstein is worried about what will happen if he gets married and the monster is around. This causes him to ask his father to go on a trip over Europe so he can complete his work.

Frankenstein departs to a remote island to begin work on new monster

19

Frankenstein goes to a strain of islands that is relatively isolated so he can free himself from the monster. He also is having trouble creating the new monster because he thinks of the detrimental effects it will have.

Frankenstein dumps second monsters body into ocean

20

Victor made the decision to abandon the creation second monster because he does not want to be accountable for it and its offspring. This causes him to go out to sea and dump the new monster into the ocean angering the original monster.

Victor was accused for Henry Clerval's death

21

Pg.170 " The Gentleman you murdered"

Victor knows the monster will be with him on his wedding night

22

"On that night he had determined to consummate his crimes by my death." pg. 167

Elizabeth gets killed by the monster

23

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

Victor makes the decision to chase after the creature

24

"I took my passage in the same ship, but he escaped, I know not how" Pg. 193

Victor dies and the monster is truly alone

25

pg 211, "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..."