Frankenstein/ McHenry

Robert Walton Prepares to Leave

1 CE

Robert Walton is writing his sister and telling her about his preparation to leave to the North Pole. He wants to discover something new like a passage to the other oceans.

Victor Tells of His Father and Mother

1 CE

Victor tells of his father Alphonse and his mother Caroline, whos Dad died and was Alphonse's friend. They got married after Beaufort(Caroline's father) died and two years later Victor was born.

Victor talks about his sister Elizabeth

1 CE

On a vacation Caroline finds Elizabeth, an orphan and decides to adopt her. When she is adopted Caroline says that Elizabeth and Victor should one day be married.

Chapters

Period: 1 CE to 24

Robert Feels Lonely

2

Robert Walton talks to his sister about how he feels lonely while traveling on the boat. He thinks hes to smart for his crew and that he isnt as smart as hed like to be.

Victor talks about growing up

2

Victor talks about as children he and Elizabeth grow to be best friends. As a teen Victor becomes interested in science and studies old alchemists.

The tree is hit with lightning

2

Victor is watching a storm when a tree is hit with lightning, he is then inspired to try and apply the use of electricity to his studies in alchemy.

Robert Sets Sail

3

Walton is telling his sister that the ship has finally set sail. He tells her that he has no doubt that he will achieve his goal.

Caroline dies

3

While nursing a sick Elizabeth back to health Caroline catches the scarlet fever and dies. On her death bed she asks Victor and Elizabeth to get married.

Victor goes to college

3

Right before Victor leaves for college his mother dies. He leaves to college grieving his mothers death.

Walton Sees the Monster

4

The ship becomes trapped in the ice and the crew sees the monster being pulled on a dog sled. The next day they find another man that is almost dead. Walton becomes friends with him and it ends when Frankenstein says hes going to tell his story.

Victor isolates himself

4

Hidden in his house Victor isolates himself from everyone and begins the construction of his monster.

Victors Studies

4

While at school Victor becomes interested in the human body and studies anatomy and the decay of humans.

Victor finishes his Creation

5

Victor finished his creation and was horrified with what he saw, he dreams of his mothers corpse and wakes to the monster watching him. He flees to the town.

Victor becomes sick

5

While in town victor comes across a friend who takes him back to his apartment and helps nurse him back to health.

Victors experience in nature

6

"When happy, inanimate nature had the power of bestowing on me the most delightful sensations. A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy"(p68).

Victor sees his monster

7

"...its gigantic stature, and the deformity of its aspect, more hideous than belongs to humanity, instantly informed me that it was the wretch, the filthy demon to whom I had given life." pg.73

Victor feels responsible for William and Justine's death

8

"I beheld those I loved spent vain sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts." (pg. 85)

Victor thinks about killing himself

9

"This state of mind preyed upon my health...I shunned the face of man; all sound of joy or complacency was torture to me; solitude was my only consolation- deep, dark, deathlike solitude" (Page 86).

Victor Meets The Monster

10

"I perceived, as the shape came nearer (sight tremendous and abhorred!) that it was the wretched whom I had created." Pg 94

Monster starts its story

11

"It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being; all the events of that period appear confused and indistinct. " pg.98

The monster explains his journey to Frankenstein

12

"I learned and applied the words 'fire' 'milk' 'bread' and 'wood'. I learned also the names of the cottagers themselves." (pg.107)

Safie arrives at the cottage

13

Pg. 111 "It was a lady on horseback, accompanied by a country-man as a guide... [she] responded only by pronouncing, in a sweet accent, the name of Felix."

The monster's feelings with Safie's backstory

14

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

The monster reads

15

The monster finds a satchel and reads the books in it and he also finds Victors journal telling of how he was made.

Monster saves the girl

16

After being rejected by the family in the cottage the monster goes into the forest. While walking he saves a girl that fell into the river only to be shot at by her father.

The monsters request

17

The monster ends his story and tells Victor that he has to create a female companion and that if he does he will go to South America never to be seen again.

Victor travels to Europe

18

After thinking about the deaths of Justine and William Victor decides to postpone the creation of the female monster. He puts off his wedding until he creates the monster.

Victor send Henry away

19

Victor tells Henry to live with one of his friends. Victor goes to a shack on an island to begin his work on the female companion.

Victor stops his work

20

Victor decides to stop creating the monster completely. Furious the monster vows revenge on Victor and Elizabeths wedding.

Victor in Prison

21

"I was doomed to live and in two months found myself as awaking from a dream, in a prison"(169)

Elizabeth Dies

24

Victor knows the monster will come so he stays outside hoping to intercept the monster before he gets to Elizabeth, but in doing so he gives the monster an easy way to get in through the window during Victors absence.
"Suddenly I heard a shrill and dreadful scream." pg196