Frankenstein-Lozada

Elizabeth gets adopted

1 CE

Elizabeth gets adopted while Victor's parents are traveling. She becomes part of the family because her family was very poor and is nicknamed "cousin" (33-34)

Beaufort dies (Caroline's dad dies)

1 CE

Beaufort died in Caroline's arms and Victor's dad Beaufort's closest friend, comes to protect her. He then marries Caroline two years later. (pg.32)

Frankenstein Chapters

Period: 1 CE to 24

Victor befriends Clerval

2

Henry Clerval was the son of a merchant of Geneva and became Victor's best friend. He loved enterprise and hardship. When he came to Ingolstadt to study he took care of Victor while he was ill. (pg.37)

Victor witnesses lighting

2

When Victor was 15 years old he witnessed lightning burning a tree and from then becomes very interested in the study of science and the world. He starts reading the works of Cornelius Agrippa, Albertus Magnus, and Paracelsus.

Victor's mother dies of scarlet fever

3

Before Victor leaves for Ingolstadt, Elizabeth catches the scarlet fever and becomes very ill. So, Victor's mom takes care of her until she is healthy but she dies since she catches the illness. (pg.42)

Victor goes to Ingolstadt and excels in his career

3

Once Victor arrives he meets his professors and one of them, M. Krempe tells him that everything he has read has been a waste of his time so he works hard and reads the books of the philosophers that he recommends Victor. Victor is able to make many discoveries and create tools for experiments. (pg.45)

Victor gathers body parts of deceased people at a churchyard to use for his experiment

4

Once he plans his experiment, Victor ventures into a churchyard and gathers body parts for the person that he is going to create. He is amazed at human decay and their anatomy. (pg.50-51)

Victor becomes obsessed with his experiment

4

As Mr. Frankenstein starts working day and night on his experiment he stops interacting with his family and friends. He grows increasingly isolated and doesn't eat very much.

The monster wakes up

5

On a cold day in November, the monster is finally "born" and Victor is extremely disgusted by it. He runs away in order to escape the terrible decision that he made. (56-57)

Clerval arrives at Ingolstadt to study

5

While Victor is on the run he meets Henry and after grows increasingly sick. Henry then takes care of him for the few months that he is ill and when Victor awakes he receives letters from his family. (pg.60)

Character development 1-5

5

From the beginning of the story to the finished product of the experiment, Victor's attitude greatly changes. He goes from being a very happy and fortunate person to living in despair and sadness because of the monster that he has created. Throughout his young life, he was lucky to have a caring and compassionate family but as he got older many bad things happened like the death of his mom.

Victor's 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)

Victor's creating causes him to grow mentally ill

6

"Ever since the fatal night, the end of my labours, and the begining of my misfortunes...." (pg 65)

Frankestein sees the monster in the forest outside Geneva

7

"A flash of lighting illuminated the object and discovered its shape plainly to me; its gigantic stature, and the deformity of its aspect..." (pg.73)

Justine is wrongly accused of murndering William (V's brother)

7

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

Justine is on trial

8

"A thousand times rather would I have confessed myself guilty of the crime ascribed to Justine."(pg 78)

Justine dies from execution

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)

Victor feels guilty for Justine's death

9

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

Victor retreats to nature to find peace

9

" It was during an access of this kind that I suddenly left my home, and bending my steps towards the near Alpine valleys, sought in the magnificence, the eternity of such scenes, to forget myself and my ephemeral, because human, sorrows." (pg.89)

Victor loves nature

10

"These sublime and magnificent scenes of feeling, and afforded me the greatest consolation that I was capable of receiving." (pg.92)

The monster begins to tell his tale to Victor

10

"But I consented to listen; and, seating myself by the fire which my odious companion had lighted, he thus began his tale." (pg.97)

the monster finds the cottage

11

"It was a lovely sight, even to me, poor wretch who had never beheld aught beautiful before." (page 103)

the monster finds the hut

11

"But I was enchanted by the appearance of the hut; here the snow and rain could not penetrate; the ground was dry" (pg. 101)

the creature learns to speak and read

12

"These thoughts exhilarated me and led me to apply with fresh ardour to the acquiring the art of language." (Pg.109)

the creature becomes self aware of his 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)

Safie comes to the village to visit the family in the cottage

13

"The lady was dressed in a dark suit and covered with a thick black veil. Agatha asked a question, to which the stranger only replied by pronouncing, in a sweet accent, the name of Felix" (pg. 111)

the monster is able to understand language and communication

13

"The stranger learned about 20 words at the first lesson; most of them, indeed, were those which I had before understood, but I profited by the others." (pg.112)

Safie's father is wrongly accused

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)

Felix is caught from helping Safie's brother is escape

14

"The government of France were greatly enraged at the escape of their victim and spared no pains to detect and punish his deliverer. The plot of Felix was quickly discovered, and De Lacey and Agatha were thrown into prison." (Pg. 120)

Character Development 6-14

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During this time Victor continues to suffer from guilt since he knows that Justine was wrongly accused but still doesn't say anything as he would then be labeled insane. Victor also finds peace in nature and once while he goes to the mountains he meets the monster. Victor doesn't run away because he wants to know if he caused William's murder and the monster explains all that he has gone through since he abandoned him.

The monster discovers 3 books

15

He finds them while searching for food and wood and he discovers more about the world and about his emotions. He also discovers that he is very lonely and that he is in the need of a companion. (pg.122)

The monster decides to be his true self

16

Since the monster notices that everyone he meets immediately thinks he is a demon he decides to follow what they think. For example, when he saves the girl from falling in the river the dad shoots him because he thought that he was hurting her. (pg.134-135)

The monster asks Victor if he can build him a companion

17

Since the monster is very lonely he decides to find Victor so he can build him a companion. He tries to convince victor by telling him that he will not do anymore bad things. (pg.139)

Frankenstein begins his journey with Henry to England

18

While traveling Henry falls in love with the beauty of nature in these places but Victor can't because he is troubled with the thought of having to build another monster. Victor remembers his old self in Henry when he was stress free and had no troubles. (pg.147)

Frankenstein arrives at Orkneys to start creating the monster

19

He feels horrible because he has to create another detestable experiment. Victor feels like he is going to be sick because this could cause more harm to the human population. (pg.157)

Victor destroys the companion

20

Victor decides that creating another monster would bring more violence to the world. He also thinks that just because the male monster said that they wouldn't cause harm, the female monster may not want to do what he says. (pg.160)

15-20 character development

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During these chapters, Frankenstein continues to grieve the deaths of Justine and William which leads him to become even more depressed. He also becomes very anxious because he has to create a companion for the monster. This nervousness doesn't allow him to fully see the beauty of nature while traveling with Henry.

Frankenstein finds out about Henry's death

21

He gets really angry at the monster because he knows that he caused this. He also gets scared that he could kill another family member at any minute.
"Have my murderous machinations deprived you also, my dearest Henry, of life? Two I have already destroyed; other victims await their destiny; but you, Clerval, my friend, my benefactor." (pg169)

Victor marries Elizabeth

22

Victor finally gets to marry his childhood love and for a few hours he is happy. But then he gets anxious because the monster said he would be present the day of his wedding night.
"Those were the last moments of my life during which I enjoyed the feeling of happiness." (pg.183)

Frankenstein finds Elizabeth dead

23

The monster kills Elizabeth because Victor killed his companion. Victor becomes very devastated because he loved her.
"She was there, lifeless and inanimate, thrown across the bed, her head hanging down and her pale and distorted features half covered by her hair." (pg.186)

Victor seeks revenge against the monster

24

Victor is determined to find the monster and kill him in order to seek revenge because he caused so much harm to the people he loved. He follows his tracks and ends up in the North Pole and doesn't quit. " I viewed the expanse before me with anguish, when suddenly my eye caught a dark speck upon the dusky plain." (pg.197)

Robert Walton sends letters to Margaret about Frankenstein (letters)

24

" You have read this strange and terrific story, Margaret; and do you not feel your blood congeal with horror, like that which even now curdles mine? Sometimes seized with sudden agony, he could not continue his tale..."( pg.199)

21-24 Character Development

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At the end of the novel, Victor becomes full of anger against the monster and wants to seek revenge against him for all the harm that he has caused. He is still depressed over the deaths of his family members and friends and still becomes anxious every time he thinks of the monster, since he fears he could be anywhere Victor is at.