Table of Contents
- 1 How does Frankenstein end?
- 2 Where does the pursuit of the monster take Victor?
- 3 What happened to the monster in Frankenstein?
- 4 What happened to Frankenstein the day after he completed his creation?
- 5 What is Victor’s plan?
- 6 What goal did Frankenstein decide to pursue?
- 7 What did the creature want from Frankenstein?
- 8 What does the creature ultimately plan to do?
- 9 What happens to Victor Frankenstein at the end of the novel?
- 10 What did Walterton do to help Victor Frankenstein?
- 11 What are the preliminary Frankenstein lessons about?
How does Frankenstein end?
Essays What Does the Ending Mean? At the end of Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein dies wishing that he could destroy the Monster he created. The Monster visits Frankenstein’s body. He tells Walton that he regrets the murders he has committed and that he intends to commit suicide.
Where does the pursuit of the monster take Victor?
Victor chases the monster from Geneva south to the Mediterranean Sea. Both board a ship bound for the Black Sea, journey through Russia, and make their way north to the Arctic Circle.
How did Frankenstein make his monster?
The monster is Victor Frankenstein’s creation, assembled from old body parts and strange chemicals, animated by a mysterious spark. He enters life eight feet tall and enormously strong but with the mind of a newborn. Seeking revenge on his creator, he kills Victor’s younger brother.
What happened to the monster in Frankenstein?
He vows to hunt the creature down. In Walton’s last letters, back in the Arctic, Frankenstein dies and the Monster, still miserable, heads off, probably to its own death.
What happened to Frankenstein the day after he completed his creation?
9. What happened to Frankenstein the day after he completed his creation? He became ill with a fever and delirium for several months.
Does Frankenstein have vampires?
Although he is not explicitly a vampire, the Being that Victor Frankenstein creates is steeped in the psychotic aura of East European vampirism’.
What is Victor’s plan?
Victor finally breaks his secrecy and tries to convince a magistrate in Geneva that an unnatural monster is responsible for the death of Elizabeth, but the magistrate does not believe him. Victor resolves to devote the rest of his life to finding and destroying the monster.
What goal did Frankenstein decide to pursue?
What goal did Frankenstein decide to pursue? He wanted to try to renew life in a corpse, to “bestow animation upon lifeless matter.”
Why is Frankenstein’s head flat?
The flat-top was supposed to indicate the top of the head having been sliced off – like a boiled egg – in order to facilitate the brain of the freshly deceased criminal cut down from the gibbet. The top of the cranium is then replaced with a flat sheet of metal ( don’t ask me how the hair was supposed to be attached ).
What did the creature want from Frankenstein?
What did the creature want of Frankenstein? He wanted Frankenstein to listen to the account of his life so far.
What does the creature ultimately plan to do?
What does the creature say he will ultimately do and why does he choose this method? The creature says he will commit suicide by burning himself at the North Pole so nobody else will be able to see him & have curiosity. A story within a story, within sometimes yet another story.
What threat did the creature make when Frankenstein backed out of the agreement?
What threat did the creature make when Frankenstein backed out on their agreement? He said, “I will be with you on your wedding night.” What happened to Frankenstein when he landed his boat? He was accused of murder.
What happens to Victor Frankenstein at the end of the novel?
Victor’s travels have exhausted him so much that he dies aboard the ship after relaying his tale, his role in the story fulfilled. The novel climaxes with Walton finding the monster in the room, gazing at Victor’s dead body and weeping.
What did Walterton do to help Victor Frankenstein?
Walton picks the bedraggled Victor Frankenstein up off the ice, helps nurse him back to health, and hears Victor’s story. He records the incredible tale in a series of letters addressed to his sister, Margaret Saville, in England.
How did Victor Frankenstein make his monster?
In 1795, Dr. Victor Frankenstein creates a monster by putting together parts of corpses and reanimating them. Horrified by his creation, Frankenstein tries to destroy it, but the monster survives and murders his wife Elizabeth. Frankenstein chases it to the Arctic, but he succumbs to the cold weather.
What are the preliminary Frankenstein lessons about?
The preliminary Frankenstein Lessons get students thinking about key theme subjects, Romanticism, and science fiction as a genre. In this lesson students think about popular conceptions of Frankenstein and Frankenstein’s monster. They use the anticipation guide to engage with the theme subjects explored in the novel.