Frankenstein Questions And Answers Verified
Who is writing the letters? ️️Captain Walton
To whom is Walton writing and what is their relationship? ️️Margaret Saville who is his sister
Where is Robert Walton when he writes letter one? ️️streets of st Petersburg
Where does Walton ...
To whom is Walton writing and what is their relationship? ✔️✔️Margaret Saville who is his sister
Where is Robert Walton when he writes letter one? ✔️✔️streets of st Petersburg
Where does Walton want to travel and why? ✔️✔️to the artic.for fame, perhaps a new passages or
new idea on magnetism
In letter 2 what does Walton reveal about himself? ✔️✔️He is lonely and finds no company with his
crew
How time has elapsed between letter 3 and letter 4 ✔️✔️1 month
Why does the man picked up by the ship say he is there?What shape is he in? ✔️✔️He is chasing
someone and followed him to the artic.
The man is gravely ill.
What sort of person does he seem to be? How does Walton respond to him? ✔️✔️A very interesting
person, who at times seems wild . Walton attends to his every need
How much time has elapsed when Walton begins writing? ✔️✔️2 weeks
How does the man respond to Walton's project? ✔️✔️The man feels Walton is going down the same
path of destruction. Victor feels that it the same never ending obsession
,How does Walton respond to the man's project? ✔️✔️Walton feels a need to record the man's
recitation of his project for he feels it will be important someday
What happen to Victor in the process? ✔️✔️Victor loses all track of time and becomes completely
obsessed in the process.
Why does Victor agree to tell his story ✔️✔️He feels it could perhaps be a cautionary tale to help warn
Walton of the evil of being obsessed in the pursuit of knowledge.
What is the mans background Do we know his name yet? Where is he from? ✔️✔️A distinguished
family from Geneva. We do not know his name
What is the story of the man' s mother Caroline Beaufort? ✔️✔️She is the daughter of his father's
friend who had become very poor. She labored to earn a little money but caring for her father put a
strain on her ability to earn. When the father died the Victor's father brought her back to Geneva to care
for her and in two years she married him.
Why did the parents age differences make them closer? ✔️✔️They know they don't have much time
together
How does the man feel towards his parents and what responsibilities does he feel they had towards
him? ✔️✔️He seemed to love and respect them. He felt they dotted on him and provided him with
everything he needed..he describes an idyllic childhood ...it was their job to direct him towards
happiness or misery
Who is Elizabeth Lavenza and what is her story? ✔️✔️Victor and his mom went into poor villages to
do charity work. One day they saw a very different child in a family. Daughter of a nobleman whose
mother died at childbirth and then the father was arrested. A peasant family who had offered to
nursemaid her ended up keeping her. After talking to their priest they agreed to an adoption, because
she was born to nobility she should live in nobility.
What gift does the man's mother give him? ✔️✔️The girl Elizabeth as a sister
, Do we know the man's name? Do we know the family name? ✔️✔️Yes victor. No we do not know the
family name.
Who is Henry Clevral and what is his relation to Victor? ✔️✔️He is the only son of a merchant and
good friend to Victor
Who is Cornelius Agrippa and how does Victor find out about him? ✔️✔️Author of a book about
natural philosophy and magic as best means to know god and nature......"science"....he happened to find
a copy of the book
How does Victor's father respond to Cornelius Agrippa and how does Victor respond to his father's
response? ✔️✔️His father says it is worthless and don't waste your time....Victor said if the father had
fully explained that Agrippa had been discounted by modern science he wouldn't have been interested
in his writings and more
What sort of science is Victor learning? ✔️✔️Alchemy natural philosophy
Supernatural, magic, the metaphysical
What would modern science say about Victor's early studies? ✔️✔️It is wrong...... it is irrelevant and
does
not make any sense
What happened when Victor saw the lightening destroy the oak tree and hears an explanation?
✔️✔️Victor changed his opinion of Agrippa and others he had been studying and left natural history.
He then took up mathematics and modern science.
Who does Victor credit for this change in direction? Who or what does Victor credit for his "utter and
terrible destruction" ✔️✔️His change of direction due to guardian angel. His terrible destruction is
due to Destiny
What happens to Elizabeth and to Victor's mother as a result of Elizabeth's scarlet fever? How does this
compare with the mother's early history? ✔️✔️Elizabeth became gravely ill but after her mother
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