Frankenstein - Marcotte

Elizabeth is adopted

1 CE

Elizabeth is found as an orphan. She is taken into Victors family.
Pages 34-35

Beaufort Died

1 CE

Caroline meets victor's dad at his friends funeral. Caroline marries Victor's dad. Page 32

Chapters

Period: 1 CE to 24

Victor becomes interested in Alchemy

2

A tree is struck by lightning. Frankenstein sees this and becomes curious about sciences. Page 40

Victors brother is born

2

Victors brother is born. He is his 7 years younger than Victor.

Victor starts attending Ingolstadt

3

Professors convince him to stop the practice of alchemy and start practicing chemistry. Pages 42-43

Caroline (vicktors mom) dies of Scarlet feaver

3

She tells frankienstien Elizabeth is his to protect.
Vicktor becomes obsessed with Elizabeth. Pages 42-43

M. Krempe becomes Victors friend

4

Victor enjoys his lectures and finds a friend. He improves in his studies. Page 49

Victor starts exploring human anatomy.

4

He becomes curious about how the body works. Starts wondering how life is created. page 50

Victor creates the monster

5

He creates the monster in a poor mental state at around one in the morning. He runs and the monster is left to fend for himself. page 56

Frankenstein meets Henry

5

Henry sees that Frankenstein is in a poor state. He takes him in. page 57

Charter development of Victor

5

Over the course of these chapters, Victor slowly becomes obsessed with reanimating a corpse. Henry finds him and takes him in.

Victor receives elizabeths letter

6

“Dear, dear Elizabeth!” I exclaimed, when I had read her letter: “I will write instantly and relieve them from the anxiety they must feel.” I wrote, and this exertion greatly fatigued me; but my convalescence had commenced, and proceeded regularly. In another fortnight I was able to leave my chamber." page 65

Frankenstein returns home

7

"It was about five in the morning when I entered my father’s house. I told the servants not to disturb the family, and went into the library to attend their usual hour of rising." page 74-75

Justine goes to prison for a crime she did not commit.

8

"I passed a night of unmingled wretchedness. In the morning I went to the court; my lips and throat were parched. I dared not ask the fatal question, but I was known, and the officer guessed the cause of my visit. The ballots had been thrown; they were all black, and Justine was condemned." page 81-82

Frankenstein feels bad about Justine's death.

9

"Thus not the tenderness of friendship, nor the beauty of earth, nor of heaven, could redeem my soul from woe; the very accents of love were ineffectual. I was encompassed by a cloud which no beneficial influence could penetrate. The wounded deer dragging its fainting limbs to some untrodden brake, there to gaze upon the arrow which had pierced it, and to die, was but a type of me." page 89

Frankenstein meets the monster.

10

“Abhorred monster! Fiend that thou art! The tortures of hell are too mild a vengeance for thy crimes. Wretched devil! You reproach me with your creation, come on, then, that I may extinguish the spark which I so negligently bestowed.”" page 95

The monster meets the family and sees how they live.

11

"The family, after having been thus occupied for a short time, extinguished their lights and retired, as I conjectured, to rest.” page 104

Frankensteins monster discovers poverty and sadness

12

“They were not entirely happy. The young man and his companion often went apart and appeared to weep. I saw no cause for their unhappiness, but I was deeply affected by it. If such lovely creatures were miserable, it was less strange that I, an imperfect and solitary being, should be wretched." Page 105

The monster starts learning how to read, speak and write.

13

“While I improved in speech, I also learned the science of letters as it was taught to the stranger, and this opened before me a wide field for wonder and delight." page 111

The monster describes what happened to the cottage family.

14

"Safie nursed her with the most devoted affection, but the poor girl died, and the Arabian was left alone, unacquainted with the language of the country and utterly ignorant of the customs of the world. She fell, however, into good hands. The Italian had mentioned the name of the spot for which they were bound, and after her death the woman of the house in which they had lived took care that Safie should arrive in safety at the cottage of her lover.”

Victors Charter development.

14

Victor comes home, where someone is murdered. He thinks it is likely the monster, but lets someone else take the punishment of death. the monster finds Victor and Victor listens to the monsters tale of woe. He learns about how the monster gained intelligence.

The monster is found and forced to leave the family

15

After the monster decides to converse with the elder man in the cottage, the other members of the family see him and cast him out. page 129

The monster kills Victors brother

16

After being shot for saving a girl from drowning, the monster is shot for his efforts. He then becomes enraged upon finding Henry, the relative of Victor and kills him. Page 136

The monster asks Victor for a partner

17

After the monster explains his sad, murderous tale, he asks for a partner. Victor agrees on the circumstances that he leaves to North America. The monster says he will. 139

Victors dad tells him to marry Elizabeth and Victor is happy to

18

Victor has been in love with Elizabeth for a long time, and in hopes of Victor keeping up with society, his dad recommends that they will get married. Page 144

Victor begins his work on the monsters partner.

19

After traveling through many different places, Victor settles down on a small island. He starts his work on the Mate there in isolation.page 156

Victor destroys the mate that he was building for the monster

20

After working hard on the monsters mate, the monster shows up looking in his window. Victor destroys his work, and the monster flies into a rage. page 160

Victors charter development

20

During these chapters, Victor pities the monster and in hopes to drive him away, he starts creating a partner. However, when he is in the middle of creating the creatures mate, he sees the creature and destroys his work. The creature becomes enraged and says he will kill Victors love.

Victor is accused of murder

21

“For that matter,” replied the old woman, “if you mean about the gentleman you murdered, I believe that it were better for you if you were dead, for I fancy it will go hard with you! However, that’s none of my business; I am sent to nurse you and get you well; I do my duty with a safe conscience; it were well if everybody did the same.” page 170

Victors wedding is planned while he is in prison.

22

“None on earth. I love Elizabeth and look forward to our union with delight. Let the day therefore be fixed; and on it I will consecrate myself, in life or death, to the happiness of my cousin.” page 181

Elizabeth is murdered

23

"Everywhere I turn I see the same figure — her bloodless arms and relaxed form flung by the murderer on its bridal bier. Could I behold this and live? " page 186

Victor vows revenge

24

"Scoffing devil! Again do I vow vengeance; again do I devote thee, miserable fiend, to torture and death. Never will I give up my search until he or I perish; and then with what ecstasy shall I join my Elizabeth and my departed friends, who even now prepare for me the reward of my tedious toil and horrible pilgrimage!"- Page 195

Victor charter development

24

Victor learns from his mistakes and warns others to not do the same. The monster visits Victor after he dies, and tells Walton he is sorry for his actions.

Frankenstein sends letters, and tells Walton to turn around.

24

“I thank you, Walton,” he said, “for your kind intentions towards so miserable a wretch; but when you speak of new ties and fresh affections, think you that any can replace those who are gone? Can any man be to me as Clerval was, or any woman another Elizabeth?"