Frankenstein--Yu

Death of Beaufort

1 CE

Victor's father's friend Beaufort dies, leaving behind Caroline Beaufort who marries him. This explains victor's parents' meeting each other. (pg 32-33)

Adoption of Elizabeth

1 CE

Victor's family travels around and takes care of the poor, on one of these trips they come across Elizabeth and decide to adopt her. Victor thinks of her as his to take care of. (pg 34-35)

Frankenstein Chapters

Period: 1 CE to 24

Meeting Henry Clerval

2

Victor meets his friend Henry Clerval in school.This was during his happy childhood. (pg 36-38)

Lightning strikes tree, Interest in natural philosophy

2

Victor takes a great interest in the natural sciences, especially after he witnesses the power of electricity when it struck a tree. Sparks interest in Galvanism. (pg 38-41)

Sickness. Death of mother.

3

Elizabeth and victor's mother get sick. His mother dies with the final wish that he marries Elizabeth. (pg 42-43)

Departure for Ingolstadt.

3

After the death of his mother, victor leaves to study in Ingolstadt university, and starts to study more in depth the modernized sciences. (pg 43-48)

Frankenstein's obsession of the human cadaver

4

Frankenstein becomes infatuated with the idea of bringing the dead back to life, and focuses solely on this for a long time, the course of several years. (pg 49-54)

Frankenstein's sickness

4

Frankenstein shuts out society for his project and becomes sickly. despite this, he continues to work and plans the creation of what presumably would bring him prestige. (pg 54-55)

Frankenstein's character development Ch 1-5

5

The first few chapters portrays him as an possessive child living an idyllic life, but through his mother's death and his interest in natural philosophy, he leaves for university to acquire knowledge. His interest in electricity and galvanism, including his obsession with glory in bringing the deceased back to life lead him to the creation of the monster. His attitude changes when the monster is created and he is left in fear of his creation.

Frankenstein's monster

5

After all of his hard work, frankenstein succeeds in the reanimation of the dead, but his shock and fear of the monster leads him to flee. He has a nightmare of his adopted sister and reaches out to her, but then it turns into his dead mother and soon into the monster. He wakes up and paces the courtyard. (pg 56-58)

Interaction with Henry

5

Frankenstein runs into Henry who came to study. victor decides that this is a breath of fresh air and brings him to his apartment although immediately gets sick. Henry nurses him back to health as he gives victor a letter from Elizabeth. (pg 58-61)

Letter From Elizabeth

6

Frankenstein receives a letter from Elizabeth urging him to come home and see his family after he got better. She fills him in on the family affairs and the lives back at home and in this way he starts to feel less stressed.(pg 62-65) "Clerval writes that indeed you are getting better ... I eagerly hope that you will confirm this" pg. 62

Last few days in Ingolstadt

6

Frankenstein spends a few more weeks with Henry in Ingolstadt, talking with the professors and cleaning up his room before the last few days walking around the environment. This eases Frankenstein's mind and lets him relax. (pg 66-68)"One of my first duties ... was to introduce Clerval to the several professors of the university" pg.65

Death of William

7

This chapter starts off with a letter to Victor from his father which addresses that victor's younger brother william has been murdered. This drives victor to head back to Geneva immediately. (pg 69-72)"William is dead! that sweet child, whose smiles jelighted and warmed my heart, who was gentle, yet so gay! Victor, he is murdered!" (pg 69)

Home of the accused

7

"I was firmly convinced in my own mind that Justine, and indeed every human being was guiltless of the murder" (pg 77)

Elizabeth and Victor visit Justine

8

" I did confess, but I confessed a lie. I confessed, that I might obtain absolution; but now that falsehood lies heavier at my heart than all my other sins. The God of heaven forgive me! Ever since I was condemned, my confessor has besieged me; he has threatened and menaced, until I almost began to think that I was the monster he said I was." (pg. 83)

Victor considers suicide

9

"Dear Victor, banish these dark passions remember the friends around you, who centre all their hopes in you..." (Pg89)

Monster wants to tell Victor his story

10

"I demand this from you. Hear my tale; it is long and strange, and the temperature of this place is not fitting to your fine sensations; come to the hut upon the mountain." (Pg. 97)

Monster finds the family

11

"The family, after having been thus occupied for a short time, extinguished their lights and retired, as I conjectured, to rest." Pg. 104

Monster learns of Human Nature and Collects wood

12

After the creature realizes that the family that he is stealing from is in fact being saddened by their poverty the creature helps Felix by gathering wood and putting it on their doorstep so that Felix won't have to do it. "they placed food before the old man when they reserved none for themselves." (Page 106)

Monster learns the language

13

"While I improved in speech I also learned the Science of letters as it was taught to the stranger, and this opened before me a wide field for wonder and delight." (Page: 113)

Monster learns of the past of the foreigner

14

"The father of Safie had been the cause of their ruin... for some reason which I could not learn, he became obnoxious to the government" (pg 117)

Frankenstein's character development (6-14)

14

In the beginning, Frankenstein spends some time in Ingolstadt using the scenery as a place to retreat from memories of the monster. With Henry, he soon finds a peace back in society. Afterwards he gets a letter from his father explaining the death of his younger brother William and when he heads back, immediately recognizes it as the work of his monster. Frankenstein appears at the trial of Justine, and while feeling bad, never speaks up for fear that he would be labeled insane.

The Cottager's prejudice

15

The creature reads from the literature and finds Frankenstein's notes, discovering about his creation. Afterwards, he hopes to befriend the cottagers and begins to formulate a plan in order to be accepted by them. First he waits to be alone with the blind old man De Lacey and tries to get him to familiarize him to them, but they enter and faint and tear him away. (pg 126)

The Monster's vengeance

16

The monster swears vengeance and the cottagers move away. He escapes to Geneva and saves a young girl from drowning, but is promptly shot afterwards. He then runs into William and kills him once discovering his family name, and then takes the photo of his mother and places it into Justine's pockets. (pg 136)

The Monster's proposition

17

The monster tells Frankenstein to create a female companion for him as it is his responsibility as his creator. He then tells that he will seclude himself in South America away from humans and that he will no longer kill should this companion be made. Frankenstein agrees and the monster says that he will be watching. (pg 140)

Victor Procrastinates

18

Victor begins to regret making the deal with the monster and must go to England to get information to create another monster. He agrees to marry Elizabeth after returning from the trip, which Henry will join him in. (pg 143)

Victor and Henry separate, Victor's work.

19

Victor tells Henry to stay with Henry's acquaintance as he goes off to work on the other monster. He sets up on a remote island and collects the parts to make her. He is unmotivated at the prospects of his success. (pg 156-157)

Victor quits and the Monster gets upset again

20

Victor begins to doubt the monster's words and questions whether or not the new one would agree to the earlier promise or not. He sees the monster in the window and tears apart his work. The monster gets mad and swears that he would be with victor on his wedding day. victor leaves to go back to Henry and gets caught in a storm. when he reaches land the people accuse him of murder. (pg 162-165)

Frankenstein's Character Development (15-20)

20

Frankenstein learns of the monster's life and adventure, along with how he became literate and communicative. He also learns of his desire to interact with people, and eventually agrees to the monster's demands, probably out of fear. After he sets out to create another creature, he becomes sickened by it and regrets starting the creation of another like the monster. This reflects how Frankenstein is indecisive and cannot find a solution to take responsibility for his creation.

Henry's Death

21

Victor is taken in to trial against witnesses. Afterwards he is taken to see the murder victim and comes to realize that Henry has been killed by the Monster. Victor becomes will for 2 months and is then visited by his father, of which he requests to return back home. (pg 168-169)

Wedding

22

Victor receives a letter from Elizabeth about her concern of his free will of the marriage, and of his illness. He assures her that he is happy with the marriage and when it happens, they go to a family cottage where victor is getting more nervous about the monster's threat. (pg 183-184)

Death of Elizabeth

23

Frankenstein asks Elizabeth to return to the room as he goes around searching for the monster. After hearing a scream he realizes that the monster has killed his wife and when he tells of the news to his father, his father dies shortly after. This prompts him to go to the magistrate and swear his life towards the destruction of the monster. (pg 189-190)

Frankenstein's character development (21-END)

24

Throughout the chapters, victor experiences a series of loss of his loved ones to the monster. In this fashion he slowly loses all sense of joy and becomes obsessed, this time in the destruction of the monster. His own fears blind him of thoughts of what the monster will do to others until it is too late and his loved ones are murdered.

Victor's resolve

24

victor now with no one, leaves Geneva in pursuit of the monster. He does this with clues and tracks the monster leaves for him, and is driven by his resolve to kill the monster. This leads us to when he meets Robert Walton and he requests of him to kill the monster when he dies. (pg 198)

Walton's continuation.

24

Victor is slowly dying and Walton laments the fact that he did not know this man sooner. The crew members desire to return to England but Victor convinces them otherwise, but a few days later Walton consents. Victor dies and later Walton finds the Monster grieving. The monster retells his regrets and says that he will burn himself. After this the monster runs into the night. (pg 208-210)