Frankenstein: Chapter 24: Questions on Letters
Read the Letters in Chapter 24 and answer the following questions
1. What is the purpose of Shelley’s irony when Walton recognizes he has found the friend he was
looking for only to watch him die?
2. Why does Shelley include Walton’s decision to turn around and head homeward? Is he accurate
in saying he has “lost [his] hopes for glory?”
3. Why does the creature choose to die at the end of the novel? What does his choice suggest about
his connection to Frankenstein?
Use the following method:
Restate the qn in your own words as a statement
Answer the qn in your own words
Cite evidence
Explain you answer and use of evidence
Source:
http://studylib.net/doc/8849191/frankenstein-discussion-questions-chapters-17-24-chapters-17