| Who tells Victor that he should remember that he can marry Elizabeth if he loves her? Why? | His father suggests it in the hope that this will make his son eternally happy |
| Why does Victor not want to immediately marry Elizabeth? What does he instead suggest? | Because he still has not fufilled his promise to the monster, he says he will marry Elizabeth on his return from a trip to England with Clerval |
| Why does Victor want to go to England? | They have things that will help him in the creation of the female monster |
| Which character reminds Victor of his former self? (131-132) | Clerval |
| Where does Victor work on the female monster and what does he think of this land? | In Scotland, and he hates it. |
| When he worked on the monster, science blinded his morality to the gruesomeness of the work, how does he feel now as he works on the female monster? (137) | He feels disgusted by what he is doing |
| Why does Victor destroy the monster’s mate before his eyes (138)? | Because she has not made the promises he has and Victor thinks the female creation will be worse than the monster. |
| What does the monster mean when he says “you are the creator but I am the master”? (140) | That even though it was Frankenstein who made him, he is the one in control and calling the shots. |
| What does Victor do after he cleans up his chemistry materials after his fight with the monster? | He gets on a small skiff and brings it out 4 miles so he can toss the lady-monster bits off the ship |
| What do the Irishmen accuse Victor of? | Killing Clerval |
| What happens to Victor when he sees the dead body? | He falls into a brain fever and accuses himself of Justine’s, Clerval’s and William’s murders. |
| Where does Victor awake after his fever, what is he informed? | In Irish prison, he is to be hung |
| When Kirwin tells Victor he has a visitor, what is his reaction? | Of fear and revulsion, thinking it is the monster. He relaxes when he learns it is his father though |
| How does Victor escape being hung? | Kirwin thinks he is innocent and defends him in the case |
| What does Victor mean when he says “the cup of life is poisoned forever”? (153) | The joy of life has been forever stolen from him, for example, at some points he wants to die. |
| What does Victor take to sleep after his fever until death and when he sleeps, what does he dream of? | Landononium, but it causes him to dream of the monster |
| What person was able to bring Victor back from his fits of madness? | Elizabeth |
| What did Victor think the monster meant when he said “I will be with you on your wedding night” and what procautions does he take? | He thought he meant he would kill Victor, so he kept a gun to shoot the monster, but the monster really meant he was going to kill Elizabeth |
| Why does the monster kill Elizabeth? | To make Victor feel the same pain he felt when his female monster was destroyed. |
| What does Victor do when he sees the monster after Elizabeth’s death? | Shoots a pistol and then takes the villagers to give chase to the fleeing monster |
| How does Victor’s father respond to the death of Elizabeth? | He dies |
| Who does Victor ask to help him seek the monster? What does he say? | The magistrate says it will be hard as the monster is superhuman |
| Does the monster know Victor is tracking him? | Yes, he leaves him little notes and plans to meet him in the Artic |
| How did the monster rob/terrorize a town on his way to the Artic? | terrified them with guns and stole food and supplies |
| How did VIctor come to Walton’s ship? | He lost sight of the monster, got trapped between ice, some of his dogs died, he made a makeshift boat and tried to get to the ship |
| After his story, what does Victor implore Walton to do? | Seek the monster and get revenge |
| What does the mutiny ask Walton to do? | Take them home |
| What does Victor tell the mutiny? | He asks them if they would rather return heroes or cowards |
| What does Victor tell Walton before he dies? | To avoid ambition so as not to turn into the wreck that he, Victor, is. |
| How does the monster say his murders effected him and about his reasons? | After the murder of Clerval he returned broken to Switzerland where he learned Victor was going to get his female (Elizabeth)/happiness, even as the monster would not and this enraged him to kill her. |
| Who hates the monster the most? | himself |
| What does the monster plan to do after he leaves Walton? | Kill himself |
Frankenstein: Volume 3
February 18, 2020