Frankenstein -- Stanfield

Elizabeth is adopted

1 CE

Elizabeth Lavenza is adopted by the Frankensteins. This begins Victor's obsession with her.. Page 33-34

Victor's Parents

1 CE

Caroline, Victor's mom, and Victor's father are married and have a child. They are very kind and caring to Victor. Page 32

Chapters

Period: 1 CE to 24

Victor and Henry

2

Henry Clerval is a smart kid who becomes good friends with Victor. Henry is very good at literature and is a son of a merchant. Page 36-37

Thunderstorm Interests

2

A thunderstorm intrigues Victor in the sciences with the force of electricity. The thunder broke a tree into splinters which fascinated Victor. Page 40-41

Mother died

3

While taking care of Elizabeth,while she had scarlet fever, her mother catches scarlet fever. This leads to the death of Victor's mother. Page 42-43

Goes to Ingolstadt

3

After his mother's death it is time for him to go to university. He follows his education and the pursuit of learning more. Page 43-44

Victor excels at Ingolstadt

4

Victor is very proficient and is getting great marks. He even created new chemical instruments for the university to use. Page 50

Victor is obsessed in his creation

4

Victor spends most of his time working on his experiment and creating a living creature. He spends many sleepless nights working constantly on his creation. Page 53

Victor creates his creature

5

On a stormy night the creature is hit with a spark that brings life to the creature. Victor is immediately frightened by the creature and rushes out of his house. Page 56

The creature leaves

5

After finding Henry in Ingolstadt and returning to Victors house the creature is gone. Henry believes that Victor is telling the truth about the creature. Page 60

Character Descirption

5

Victor has grown as a magnificent chemist and scientist creating the creature. He has also grown scared from the creature when before he was excited and focused.

Victor's luck turns

6

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

Victors 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 sees the monster in the forest from a distance

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 accused of murdering William

7

"Indeed, who would credit that Justine Moritz, who so aimable 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 is dead

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

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." Page 92

The monster begins to tell his tale

10

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

He found 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 Monster finds the cottage and is in awe

11

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

The creature learns to speak

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 own 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 and doesn't speak their language

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)

Monster perfectly understands 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)

The demise of Felix

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 description

14

After becoming aware of his William's and Justine's deaths, he decides to look for the creature. This puts him into deep state of sadness that he believes can be solved by going into nature and finding the creature.

The unjust accusation of Safie's father

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)

The Creature finds books

15

This allowed the creature to learn the English language without the contact of humans. Because he was learning the language he became more interested in helping out the people in the house. Page 122

Frankenstein tells how he kills William

16

The creature has his first kill against a human. He had killed William because of his relationship to his enemy Victor Frankenstein

The creature wants a lady creature

17

This forces victor to decide if he should create the creature or not. The creature threatens Victor with the death of another lived one.

Victor and Henry go to England

18

Victor wants to escape the monster by going to England and to explore nature there. He is fearful of the monster stalking him or possibly staying back and harming his family members back home. Page 146

Victor begins working on the female creature in Switzerland

19

While in England Victor buys a place to begin working on the creation of the female creature. Victor is unhappy and feels evil growing inside of him while developing the next creature. Page 157

Victor destroys his work on the female creature

20

Deciding that terrible acts could occur if they reproduce if he creates the new creature, Victor destroys his work. This causes the monster to go on a rampage and leads i the death of Henry and Elizabeth.

Character development

20

Victor is once again timid and scared about what he should do about controlling the actions of the creature.

Victor was accused for Henry Clerval's death

21

"If you mean about the gentleman you murdered, I believe that it were better for you if you were dead,"
page 170

Elizabeth convinces Victor to marriage

22

"But it is your happiness I desire as well as my own when I declare to you that our marriage would render me eternally miserable unless it were the dictate of your own free choice." Page 179

The Monster murders Elizabeth

23

"The murderous mark of the fiend's grasp was on her neck, and the breath had ceased to issue from her lips." Page 186

Victor makes the decision to chase after the creature

24

"I took my passage in the same ship, but he escaped, I know not how" Pg. 193

Victor dies and the monster is truly alone

24

"I shall die. I shall no longer feel the agonies which now consume me or be the prey of feelings unsatisfied, yet unquenched. He is dead who called me into being..." Page 211

Character description

24

Victor has become adventurous again chasing the monster that has killed his family. He has also become wiser from the events that he has been through while educating Robert Walton.