Frankenstein-Ruiz

Elizabeth is adopted

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Elizabeth is adopted by Caroline Frankenstein in Italy. (Pages 34-35)

Beaufort dies

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Beaufort was a friend of Frankenstein's father that died of poverty. (Page 32)

Victor sees lightening strike an oak tree during a storm

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This intrigues Victor's interest in science, and he learns how electricity works. (Page 40)

Victors grew a strong interest in Science

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He studies the works of Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, and Albertus Magnus. (Pages 38-39)

Victor Starts to attend college in Ingolstadt.

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Victor meets two professors M. Krempe who teaches natural philosophy, and M. Waldman who teaches chemistry. (Pages 44-45)

Victor's mother dies of Scarlet fever.

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Caroline dies of scarlet fever after catching it from her daughter Elizabeth. (Pages 42-43)

Victor grows a strong interest in anatomy

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This causes victor to experiment with dead matter, and he secretly starts creating his monster. (Page 51)

Victor begins secretly creating his monster.

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This causes Victor to become isolated from all his family, friends, and school work. He develops a dangerous obsession with his creation. (Pages 53)

Victor makes his monster come alive

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He become horrified with his creation and runs away from it. (Page 56)

Victor dreams of his mother dying in his arms.

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Victor has a dream of holding his mother's dead corpse in his arms.
(Page 58)

Victors character development

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Victor starts out very curious and innocent. He develops a strong interest in science. When he goes to college his professor claims that all the information he studied was useless. Victor then studies chemistry, and anatomy. Later he isolates himself from everything and secretly works on his monster

Victor returns to Geneva

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Victor becomes very homesick and receives a letter from his father explaining his brother william has been murdered. " Winter and snow arrived, the roads were deemed impassable...I felt this delay very bitterly, for I longed to see my native town and my beloved friends."(Page 67)

Victor sees the monster

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On Victor's journey back home he encounters the monster and believes that it was responsible for the murder. "...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." (Page 73)

Victor feels responsible for the death of William and Justine

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As a result of Victor creating the monster he feels responsible for its actions. "I beheld those I loved spent vain sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts." (Page 85)

Victor becomes depressed and suicidal

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After the execution victor becomes very depressed so he goes with his family to Belrive. "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 encounters the monster in the mountains

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The monster invites victor into his cave to explain his journey. Victor wants to know if the monster killed his brother. " As he said this he led the way across the ice: I followed."(Page 97)

The monster explains his interaction with the village

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He notices that the townspeople are afraid of him which reduces his interaction with people. "Night quickly shut in, but to my extreme wonder, I found that the cottages had a means of prolonging light by the use of tapers, and was delighted to find that the setting of the sun did not put an end to the pleasure in watching my human neighbors." (Page 104)

The monster acquires basic knowledge of the village language

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This results in the monster being able to learn about the past of the village people. "I learned and applied the words 'fire' 'mik' 'bread' and 'wood'. I learned also the names of the cottagers themselves."(Page 107)

Safie returns to the village

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This results in the village becoming more positive. "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."(Page 111)

The monster learns the backstories of the De Lacey family and Safie

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As a result of learning their language, the monster eavesdrops on the family's conversations and learns about their past. "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)

Victors character development

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Prior to chapters 6-14, Victor is insane, and obsessed. Later he becomes guilty, ill, and depressed because he experienced some life changing events.

The creature discovers how monstrous he is

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The monster finds letters in Victor's clothes that explain how horrifying the creature is. (pg 124)

The monster kills William

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When William monsters his fathers name the monster rages and kills William. (pg 136)

The monster requests a female companion

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Victor is hesitant at first to create another monster but realizes his sense of responsibility to the creature. (pg 138)

Victor travels to London and Scotland with Henry to create the monster.

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Victor realizes in order to create a new monster he needs to travel to London (145)

Victor starts working on his creation

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He sets up a small shack on the island of Orkneys and isolates himself to build a new monster. (pg 156-157)

Victor destroys the new creation

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Victor sees the monster outside his window and is horrified by his appearance. The monster become enraged and says he will be at Victor's wedding. (pg 160)

Victor's character development 15-20

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In the beginning of chapters 15 through 20 Victor appears to be happy, healthy, and mentally stable. However as he begins creating his new monster he becomes paranoid, and fearful of his first creation.

Victor is blamed and imprisoned for Henry's death

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Victor becomes ill, and realizes the monster was the one who killed Henry. "But I was doomed to live and in two months found myself as awaking from a dream, in a prison, stretched on a wretched bed, surrounded by jailers, turnkeys, bolts, and all the miserable apparatus of a dungeon."(pg 169)

Victor becomes more fearful of his wedding night and the monster

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Victor becomes more nervous of his confrontation with the monster on his wedding. Victor receives a letter from Elizabeth that reminds Victor of the monsters threat. "This letter revived the memory what I had before forgotten the threat of the fiend- I will be with you on your wedding-night!" (pg 179)

Elizabeth gets killed by the Monster on the wedding night

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Victor believed the monster would attack him instead of Elizabeth. Victor searched the cottage for the creature and hears the scream of Elizabeth. Victor is consumed with grief, returns home, and tells his father about the news. Victor's father dies 3 days later. "Suddenly I heard a shrill and dreadful scream." (pg196)

Walton, in continuation.

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Walton and his crew travel to find the monster. Victor is dead and Walton witnesses the hideous monster crying over his creators body. The monster says he is deeply sorry for creating all this evil, and now that his creator is dead he is ready to die. "I entered the cabin where lay the remains of my ill-fated and admirable friend. Over him hung a form which I cannot find words to describe." (pg 207)

Victors character development 21-24

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Prior to these chapters, Victor was filled with paranoia, and fear of the monster. Later after the monster killed all of Victor's family, he became consumed with rage and revenge to kill the creature.

Victor tracks the monster

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Victor's whole family is destroyed. He tracks the monster guided by clues the monster leaves for him. Victor asks Walton to continue his search for the monster. "When I quitted Geneva my first labour was to gain some clue by which I might trace the steps of my fiendish enemy." (pg 192)