Frankenstein Study Guide Verified Answers
1. Who is writing Letter 1 (and all the letters)? ️️Robert Walton
2. To whom is he writing? What is their relationship? ️️He is writing to Margaret, his sister.
3. Where is Robert Walton when he writes Letter 1? Why is he there? What are his p...
1. Who is writing Letter 1 (and all the letters)? ✔️✔️Robert Walton
2. To whom is he writing? What is their relationship? ✔️✔️He is writing to Margaret, his sister.
3. Where is Robert Walton when he writes Letter 1? Why is he there? What are his plans? ✔️✔️When
Walton writes Letter 1 he is at the St. Petersburg. He is there because he needs to hire a crew for his
ship. Plans to sail to the North Pole in order to discover magnetisms' secrets.
4. What does Robert Walton tell us about himself? ✔️✔️Self educated, loves to read, father died,
loves adventure and discovery. Wishes he had a friend along to share it with.
5. Where is Walton now? What do you think of Walton's question "What can stop the determined heart
and resolved will of man"? ✔️✔️Walton is sailing to the north. Walton's question shows his faith in
the Romanticism. Emotion over reason
6. How much time has elapsed between Letter 3 and Letter 4? What "strange accident" has happened to
the sailors? ✔️✔️One month has gone by. The ship is trapped in ice and fog
7. Why does the man picked up by the ship say he is there? What shape is he in? ✔️✔️He says he is
looking for the one who fled from him. He asks for which direction the ship is sailing. He is near death
and very weak.
8. What sort of person does he seem to be? How does Walton respond to this man The man appears to
be mysterious. ✔️✔️"This person" is Victor: Educated, well-spoken, refined. Walton is fascinated by
him.
9. How much time has elapsed when Walton begins writing again? What has happened in the
meantime? How does the man respond to Walton's project? How is Walton responding to the man?
✔️✔️Walton begins writing the biography of this man the very next day. This man has slowly regained
, his strength and his health. The man tells Waldon that his quest for knowledge and and his project will
end in misery. Walton becomes intrigued and wants to hear his side of the story.
10. How much time has elapsed when Walton begins writing again ? What has happened in the
meantime? How does the man respond to Walton's project? Why does the man agree to tell his story?
✔️✔️The man agrees to tell his story because he can see that Walton is looking for knowledge as he
once was. Victor hopes that it won't end in a disaster for Walton as it did for him.
11. What is the man's background? (Do we know his name yet?) Where is he from? ✔️✔️We don't
know his name. He is from Geneva, Switzerland. He was greatly loved and adored by his parents.
12. What is the story of the man's mother, Caroline Beaufort? How does the man feel toward his
parents, and what responsibilities does he feel they had toward him? ✔️✔️Caroline's father and
Frankenstein Sr, were friends. Once Caroline's father died Caroline married Frankenstein Sr. Victor's
mother died. He loved his parents. He felt as though it was his parents responsibility to raise him the
right way. Holds his parents responsible for his sadness and happiness.
13. Who is Elizabeth Lavenza and what is her story? What gift does the man's mother give him? Do we
know the man's name yet? Do we know his family name? ✔️✔️Victor's parents adopted Elizabeth
Lavenza, she was an orphan. The man's mother gave him Elizabeth. This is the first time that we figure
out Victor's name. We don't know his family name.
14. Who is Henry Clerval and what is his relation to Victor? ✔️✔️Henry Clerval is Victor's childhood
best friend. He is the son of a merchant from Geneva.
15. How does Victor characterize the interests and characters of Clerval, Elizabeth, and himself?
✔️✔️Clerval was interested in romantic literature. He acted in plays with Victor. He was intrigued in
being moral. Elizabeth was captivated by poetry but she didn't want to learn it. Victor was always
intrigued by science, always wanted to learn more.
16. Who is Cornelius Agrippa and how does Victor find out about him? How does Victor's father
respond, and how does Victor comment on that response? ✔️✔️Cornelius Agrippa is a scientist that
studied alchemy. Victor finds out about him by reading a book. Victor's father says that Agrippa's work is
nonsense. The books are unscientific and outdated.
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