Frankenstein- Keely Mendoza

Letter 1

3 BCE

Robert Walton is on a journey to find an adventure. As he is sailing he writes letters to his sister. (Pg.15)

Letter 2

2 BCE

Robert Walton finds it very lonely. In the letters he describes that he craves for friends. (Pg.18)

Letter 3

2 BCE

Robert Walton's ship is now sailing through dangerous icy areas. Walton writes about his experiences to his sister while he is there. (Pg.21)

Letter 4

1 BCE

Walton meets Victor Frankenstein. Victor tells Walton about his experiences about being so driven by his own ambition. (Pg.23)

Elizabeth is adopted

1 CE

Elizabeth is adopted by the Frankensteins when they are visiting Italy. Victor considers Elizabeth to be his. (Pg.34)

Victor protects Elizabeth

1 CE

"Since till death she was to be mine only." Victor felt that Elizabeth was his. (Pg.35)

Frankenstein Chapters

Period: 1 CE to 24

Victor meets Henry

2

"He loved enterprise, hardship, and even the danger for its own sake." Henry grows up with Victor as his childhood best friend. (pg.37)

Victor sees the power of electricity

2

"Before this I was not unaquainted with the more oblivious laws of electricity." Victor became very interested in science and how electricity works. (Pg.40)

Caroline dies of illness

3

"On her deathbed the fortitude and benignity of this best of women did not deserve her." Caroline tells Elizabeth and Victor to get married. (Pg.42)

Victor attends the University of Ingolstadt

3

"When I attained the age of seventeen my parents resolved that I should become a student at the university of Ingolstadt." Victor leaves his family to study science. At such a young age he is devoted to his work. (Pg.42)

Victor meets his professors

4

"In M.Waldman I found a true friend." Victor feels close to his professors. He looks up to them and their work. (Pg.49)

Victor starts creating the monster and becomes very ill.

4

"Every night I was oppressed by a slow fever, and I became so nervous to a most painful degree; the fall of a leaf startled me, and I shunned my fellow creatures as if I had been guilty of a crime." Victor stayed up every night, depriving himself of sleep to create the monster. He soon becomes mentally unstable. (Pg.55)

The monster comes to life

5

"I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs." (Pg.56)

Henry Clerval comes to Ingolstadt

5

"Is that you, my dear Henry?" Once Henry sees Victors physical and mental state he becomes concerned. Henry then decides to stay in Ingolstadt. (Pg.60)

Chapter 6: 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)

Chapter 7: Justine accused of murdering William

7

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

Chapter 8: Justine is dead

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)

Chapter 9: Victor feels guilty for Justine's death

9

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

Chapter 10: 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)

Chapter 11: 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)

Chapter 12: 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)

Chapter 13: 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)

Chapter 14: 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)

The monster walks into the cottagers house

15

The monster was trying to get the old man to accept him, unlike everyone else in society. He talked to the blind man about his life and how scared he was to not be accepted. (pg.127)

The monster begins to hate the human race.

16

After the incident with the cottagers, the monster began to share hate towards the human race. He tells himself to not make any contact with the human race every again. (130)

The monster wants Victor to create a companion for him

17

"I demand another creature of my sex, but as hideous as myself; the gratification is small..." He wants someone to share his feelings and someone he can relate with. He asks Victor to make him a female creation (Pg.139)

Henry and Victor explore nature in England

18

""He was a being formed in the "very poetry of nature"". Victor finds beauty in nature. Victor feels calm when he is outside in nature.(Pg.149)

Victor grows restless

19

Victor loses sleep over creating another monster that could kill more people and possibly reproduce. Victor realizes that if he makes another creation they could build a monster race. (Pg.157)

Victor destroys the creature

20

"This wretch saw me destroy the creature on whose future existence he depended for happiness..." All of Victors work was destroyed once he saw the monster looking through his window.(Pg.159)

Victor is accused of murder

21

"He had apparently been strangled, for there was no sign of any violence except the black marks of fingers on his neck." (Pg.167)

Victor's Father visits him

22

"My father yielded at length to my desire to avoid society and strove by various arguments to banish my despair."

The monster murders Elizabeth

23

"I heard a shrill and dreadful scream. It came from the room into which Elizabeth had retired." (Pg.186)

Victor Dies

24

"Farewell! I leave you, and in you the last humankind whom these eyes will ever behold. Farewell, Frankenstein!" (Pg.211)

Letter 1

25

"Such a monster has, then, really existence! I can not doubt it, yet I am lost in surprise and admiration." (Pg.199)

Letter 2

26

"My unfortunate guest regards me with the tenderest compassion." (Pg.202)

Letter 3

27

"We are still surrounded by mountains of ice, still in imminent danger of being crushed in their conflict." (Pg.202)

Letter 4

28

"The die is cast; I have consented to return if we are not destroyed." (Pg.204)

Letter 5

29

"I have lost my hopes of utility and glory: I have lost my friend." (Pg.204)