VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN
• He is the protagonist
• Very educated
• Attends university: and is fascinated with life AND
death
• … what else do you think of him?
CHAPTER 1-3: SUMMARY/ ANALYSIS
Chapter 1:
- The stranger = Frankenstein :O :O :O
- He now becomes the primary narrator
- He tells Walton about his family and
childhood: Alphonse is his father, Caroline is
his mother
- The couple eventually adopt a girl whom is
Elizabeth which now becomes his cousin
CHAPTER 2
• Elizabeth and victor grow up together and are very close
• Henry Clerval is introduced whom is Frankenstein’s best
friend
• The two share different interests where Clerval studies
literature and folklore and Frankenstein is more interested
in science and life stating he is interested in “the secrets of
heaven and Earth”
• He also witnesses a thunder storm in which lightening
destroys a tree near his house
• What idea do you think this gave him?
CHAPTER 3
- Victor leaves Geneva and his family to attend
university in Ingolstadt (Germany)
- before he leaves his mother catches scarlet
fever from Elizabeth (who had been sick with
this) and dies: her final death wish was to
have Victor and Elizabeth to be married
- When arriving at the university Frankenstein
quickly meets both Mr. Krempe and Mr.
Waldman who convince Victor to pursue his
studies in Science
ANALYSIS
Family: we can see that family is so important to
Frankenstein as we see how much love his parents
have for him and Elizabeth who is not a “blood”
relative
- In gothic books, anything that seems to be perfect
and grand may be demolished in the near future
- In further chapters we see that this glimmering family
is literally torn apart by the monstrous creation that
Frankenstein creates.
ANALYSIS
Lightening: foreshadows how he uses electricity
later in the novel to create the monster
ANALYSIS
Metanarrative: through out the chapters we see
Frankenstein using metanarrative comments such
as “before I continue, I must record an incident”
- This reminds us as an audience that this story is
not a story to us but a story to Walton it is a story
within a story.
- It is important to remember this when reading
and understanding where the novel is taking
place
ANALYSIS
Women: they are seen as passive individuals
that fit into the patriarchal role very well
- We see the two forms in Elizabeth and
Caroline: sensitive individual, very childlike
and the stereotypical loving mother
- Example: “the saintly soul of Elizabeth shone
like a shrine-dedicated lamp in our peaceful
home” (Shelley 37).
FRANKENSTEIN CHAPTER PRESENTATIONS
Chapter 3-5:
Chapter 6-10:
Chapter 11-16:
Chapter 17-20:
Chapter 21-24:
Final Letters:
DUE: MONDAY APRIL 22nd