Frankenstein - Munson

Frankensteins adopt Elizabeth

1 CE

The Frankensteins are spending time in Italy. Caroline always wanted a daughter and when they see Elizabeth, an eventual orphan, they spring to the chance to adopt her. (pgs 34-35)

Beaufort dies

1 CE

Beaufort was a friend of Victor's father. He was one of the closest friends, actually, and before he died, he went through stages of false pride and turmoil. (pgs 32-33)

Frankenstein Chapters

Period: 1 CE to 24

Victor sees the tree get struck by lighting

2

Victor, at the age of 15, is watching a thunderstorm. As he is watching he sees a big piece of lighting hit a great tree. This invigorates his underlying interest in science. (pgs 39-40)

Victor meets Henry Clerval

2

Victor meets Clerval at a young age, and they become the closely-knit friends. Clerval continues to be one of his best friends throughout their growing up. (pgs 36-37)

Elizabeth catches scarlet fever

3

Elizabeth catches the scarlet fever and gets very sick. Victor's mother ends up taking care of her, and Elizabeth recovers, but Victor's mom ends up getting sick and dying because of it. (pg.42)

Victor leaves and goes to Ingolstadt

3

Victor leaves, after the death of his mother and goes to Ingolstadt.T This is where Victor starts his education, which eventually leads to his experiment with reanimating dead matter. (pg.43)

Victor devotes everything to his project

4

Victor's life starts to be consumed by his project. With his ambitious potential discoveries, he spends all his time with the project for two years, never devoting any time to go back to Geneva. (pg.49)

Victor is fascinated with the construction of human structures

4

Victor is pursuing his project rapidly. As he is building, he finds the way the human body is constructed and works very fascinating.
It leads him to think about the construction of life in general. (pg.50)

Victor's creation is alive

5

Victor finally completes his long two year project. His creation is alive and he can't believe it. (pg.56)

Clerval finds out Victor is very ill

5

Victor falls very ill after finishing his project with reanimating dead matter. Clerval finds him ill and nurses him back to health. (pg.60)

Victor reacts to his success in completing his creation

5

This showcases what Victor's character was like in the first couple chapters. Victor, at first, reacted with happiness, for his creation was constructed very well and was actually alive. However, this leads to his character spiraling into being closed-off from the rest of the world, trying to hide from his mistakes. (pg.56)

Victor's teacher talks to Clerval and himself

6

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

Victor sees the creature in the forest from a distance

7

"A flash of lighting illuminated the object and discovered its shape plainly to me; its gigantic stature, and the deformity of its aspect..." (pg.73)

Justine's murder trial begins

8

"The trial began, and after the advocate against her had stated the change, several witnesses were called." (pg.79)

Victor feels guilty for Justine's death

9

"... I was seized by remorse and the sense of guilt, which hurried me away to a hell of intense tortures such as no language can describe.'' (pg.86)

Victor retreats to nature

9

This showcases Victor's character development in these chapters.
After being conflicted with his probable role in the wrongful execution of Justine, he shuts himself off like he always does. When Victor is cornered by challenge and regret, he tends to hide himself from the rest of the world. (pg.89)

The creature begins to tell his life story wandering after he was risen from dead matter

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 creature 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)

Safie comes to the village and doesn't speak their language

13

"The lady was dressed in a dark suit and covered with a thick black veil. Agitha asked a question, to which the stranger only replied by pronouncing, in a sweet accent, the name of Felix" (pg. 111)

Safie's Father is wrongly accused

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)

The creature finds books and reads them

15

The creature shows cases his rise in intelligence. He reveals how these books provided much emotions in him and raised his understanding in human nature and language. (pg.122)

The creature saves a young girl from drowning.

16

The creature tells how he saved a little girl from drowning in
a river. After he saved the girl, he was shot by a man most likely because of his appearance. (pgs.134-135)

The creature finishes his tale to Victor

17

The creature finally finishes his long, heartbreaking tale about his existence so far. Now he wishes for Victor to create a companion he can suffer with. (pg.138)

Victor reassures his Father he will marry Elizabeth

18

Victor agrees to marrying Elizabeth. Victor's Father is worried that Victor is only doing this to please him, but he makes sure that his Father knows that he truly does love Elizabeth. (pg.144)

Victor is close to completing the companion for the creature

19

When Victor ran into the creature in the forest awhile back, he was commanded to construct a companion for the creature by the creature. He is finally doing this in Scotland, and is hoping for it all to be over soon. (pg.157)

The creature tells Victor he will be there on his and and Elizabeth's wedding night

20

The creature, distraught by Victor's recent destruction of his near complete companion is angered. He warns Victor he will be there on the wedding night, most likely resulting in Victor's death, to what Victor thinks. (pg.161)

Victor destroys the soon-to-be creature's companion

20

This is an excellent showcase of Victor's character development in these chapters. Victor was filled with such turmoil as he toured Europe with Clerval. Victor's emotions pushed him to construction the companion for the creature, but in the end, his gut feeling and paranoia pushed him to destroy it. (pg.159)

Victor found guilty for Henry Clerval's murder

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 prepares for the creature to attack him

22

"In the meantime I took every precaution to defend my person in case the fiend should openly attack me." pg.182

The creature 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." Page 186

Victor makes the decision to chase after the creature

24

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

[END LETTERS] The creature tells Robert Walton that he will destroy himself

24

"'...my ashes will be swept away into the sea by the winds. My spirit will sleep in peace, or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus. Farewell.'" (pg.211)

Victor seeks out revenge against the creature, and tries to find and kill it

24

This showcases the end of Victor's character development. Victor's emotions were always prominent in him. As the creature as destroyed everything dear to Victor, Victor is overcome with emotion and finally swears out to seek revenge against the creature. (pg.194)