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//Frankenstein // by Mary Shelley 1823 Victor Frankenstein; The monster; Robert Walton; Alphonse Frankenstein; Elizabeth Lavenza; Henry Clerval; William Frankenstein; M. Krempe; Mr. Kirwin; **Justine Moritz** The location of the story takes places in Geneva, a town in Switzerland.; Ingolstadt is located in Germany and is the place where Frankenstein attends college. Robert Walton is traveling to the unexplored regions to make new discoveries for future scientists and finds Victor Frankenstein where he nurses him back to health; Victor’s families finds Elizabeth on the streets and fell in love with her where they eventually adopt her; Victor is about to leave for the University of Ingolstadt but his mother gets sick and eventually dies; Victor becomes obsessed with chemistry and figuring out the human body; he creates a creature out of inanimate objects; The monster is alive but Victor abandons because he is scared of it; The monster kills William; Justine is framed and is condemned to death; Victor is forced to create a mate for the monster; Victor destroys his creation and the monster vows to take revenge; The monster kills off Victor’s family and Victor spends the time until he meets Walton to search for the monster. Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay/To mould me Man, did I solicit thee/From darkness to promote me?; "'All men hate the wretched; how then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, they creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us.'" (Chapter 10, pg. 83) "'I am alone and miserable: man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species and have the same defects. This being you must create.'" (Chapter 16, pg. 129) "'Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition, even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries.'" (Chapter 24, pg. 200)  **During this time, we see Britain, Germany, and United States make advances towards military and scientific discoveries. The 19th Century was an era of invention and discovery, mostly in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and electricity. This is true because in the book, Frankenstein becomes a scientist in the field of chemistry while Robert Walton is an exploring looking for new land. The narration switches from Robert Walton to Victor Frankenstein to the monster, then back to Walton. The story uses many allusions such as; biblical allusions (Adam and Eve in //Paradise Lost)// Frankenstein uses the Romantic Style and uses tone of Gothic (Supernatural [creation from inanimate object] and isolated people [Frankenstein and the creation] ), the Anti-hero (The creations becomes enraged with Frankenstein and vows to take revenge on him for creating him and then abandoning him.), and the doppelganger (eventually Frankenstein becomes just like his creation. They know what love is but are unable to experience it and are isolated from humanity). There is a recurring motif that displays light. Light is used to symbolize truth or as a way to rejuvenate. The story shows that our biggest fear is that we are afraid to be alone. After Frankenstein’s creation becomes educated, he starts to experience emotions such as love and hate. Wanting to desire a mate but unable to have one, he becomes miserable and starts to cause destruction to society. Victor eventually breaks his promise to create another monster to be with him, he targets Victor’s family to make sure he feels the same loneliness. This causes Victor to become lonely and to become filled with rage, only wanting to get revenge on the creation.
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Ch. 1

We are introduced to Victor and his family. We find out that his father is interested in science and wants Victor to attend college outside of his home so he can be broader about his education.

Ch. 2

This chapter explains a girl named Elizabeth and how she became involved with Victor's life. Elizabeth was born out of a wealthy family but her parents died at a young age and became an orphan. Elizabeth was raised by another family but that family became poor. Victor's family then took Elizabeth as their own and raised her.

Ch. 3

Victor is about to leave his family to go to college but as he is about to go his mother gets sick. His mother requests that Victor marries Elizabeth before she dies. She eventually dies and Victor mourns for a few weeks but eventually leaves for college.

Ch. 4

Victor spends years on his study. While studying so hard he gives up on his social life and isolates his family. He makes discovery on the human body and how it works and how is made. He then starts to work on the monster in a basement where he isolates himself from society. Ch. 5 Victor completes his creation and is able to bring him to life. He is horrified by the creature and runs away from the monster. He goes to sleep but wakes up and sees the monster staring at him so he leaves his house. While walking around town he finds a friend name Henry and brings him back to his house. Victor gets sick and has a fever that lasts several months. Ch. 6 Victor gets a letter from Elizabeth who is very concerned with Victor’s health and wants him to write back as soon as possible. She also writes how a girl named Justine who use to live with him has returned after his mother’s death. Ch. 7 Victor learns that his brother has been murdered and leaves to return home right away. The gate to his village is locked so he walks to the place where his brother has been murdered. He then sees the monster lurking in the woods and believes he was the one that killed his brother.

Vocab Unit 1

 * 1) Approbation
 * 2) Assuage
 * 3) coalition
 * 4) decadence
 * 5) elicit
 * 6) expostulate
 * 7) hackneyed
 * 8) hiatus
 * 9) innuendo
 * 10) intercede
 * 11) jaded
 * 12) lurid
 * 13) meritorious
 * 14) petulant
 * 15) preogatice
 * 16) provincial
 * 17) simulate
 * 18) transcend
 * 19) umbrage
 * 20) unctuous

Vocab Unit 2

 * 1) ameliorate
 * 2) aplomb
 * 3) bombastic
 * 4) callow
 * 5) drivel
 * 6) epitome
 * 7) exhort
 * 8) ex-officio
 * 9) infringe
 * 10) ingratiate
 * 11) interloper
 * 12) intrinsic
 * 13) inveigh
 * 14) lassitude
 * 15) millennium
 * 16) occult
 * 17) permeate
 * 18) precipitate
 * 19) stringent
 * 20) surmise

Vocab Unit 3

 * 1) abmominate
 * 2) acculturation
 * 3) adventitous
 * 4) ascribe
 * 5) circuitious
 * 6) commiserate
 * 7) enjoin
 * 8) expedite
 * 9) expiate
 * 10) ferment
 * 11) inadvertent
 * 12) nominal
 * 13) noncommittal
 * 14) peculate
 * 15) proclivity
 * 16) sangfroid
 * 17) seditous
 * 18) tenuous
 * 19) vitriolic
 * 20) wheedle

Vocab Unit 4

 * 1) affable
 * 2) aggrandize
 * 3) amorphous
 * 4) archetype
 * 5) aura
 * 6) contraband
 * 7) erudite
 * 8) gossamer
 * 9) infer
 * 10) inscrutable
 * 11) insular
 * 12) irrevocable
 * 13) propensity
 * 14) querulous
 * 15) remonstrate
 * 16) repudiate
 * 17) resilient
 * 18) retrench
 * 19) reverberate
 * 20) scurrilous
 * 21) sedulous
 * 22) sleazy

Vocab Unit 5

 * 1) addendum
 * 2) amensty
 * 3) autonomy
 * 4) axiomatic
 * 5) blazon
 * 6) coveat
 * 7) equitable
 * 8) extricate
 * 9) filch
 * 10) flout
 * 11) fractious
 * 12) precept
 * 13) prognoticate
 * 14) salutary
 * 15) scathing
 * 16) scourge
 * 17) sepulchral
 * 18) soporific
 * 19) straitlaced
 * 20) transient
 * 21) unwieldy
 * 22) vapid

Vocab Unit 6

 * 1) anomalous
 * 2) arbiter
 * 3) aspersion
 * 4) bizarre
 * 5) brusque
 * 6) cajole
 * 7) castigate
 * 8) contrive
 * 9) demagouge
 * 10) disabuse
 * 11) ennui
 * 12) fetter
 * 13) henious
 * 14) immutable
 * 15) insurgent
 * 16) megalomania
 * 17) sinecure
 * 18) surreptitious
 * 19) transgress
 * 20) transmute
 * 21) vicarious
 * 22) vouchsafe