"Frankenstein": Chapters 5-6

Chapters 5-6​

Frankenstein

Open Ended

How does Victor respond to his creation? How is this different from Victor's own childhood?

• Victor is horrified at his creation as soon as it comes to life, and abandons it

• Victor becomes paranoid and eager to ignore what he has done

• He lacks responsibility for his creation and is attacked by fear and guilt

• Henry shows up and attempts to help Victor as he can tell Victor has been through severe trauma

It's ALIVE!

"Like on who, on a lonely road. Doth walk in fear and dread. And, having once turned round, walks on,

And turns no more his head:

Because he knows a frightful fiend

Doth close behind him tread."

-Shelley, Frankenstein

"I continued walking in this manner for some time, endeavoring by bodily exercise to ease the load that weighed upon my mind. I traversed the streets without any clear conception of where I was or what I was doing. My heart palpitated in the sickness of fear, and I hurried on with irregular steps, not daring to look about me." (41)

-Coleridge, "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

Chapter 5

​Paranoia

• Letter from Elizabeth: everything is well, we miss you, and remember Justine.

• Stark contrast to the letter in the next xhapter, from Victor's father

• Foreshadowing / Suspense

• Shelley is trying to get you to feel connected to the family

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Chapter 6

• Servant held in high esteem by the Frankensteins. In Chapter 7, she will be falsely accused of the murder of William

• (Justine / justice)

• Shelley is building an attachment to Justin so we will care about her later

• She will be a symbol of injustice in the novel

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Chapter 6

​Letter from Elizabeth:

Remember Justine!

• Henry is a good friend and tries to avoid the subject, never asking Victor what happened

• Victor suppresses his guilt and trauma

• Victor takes Henry on a tour of campus, and is attacked with anxiety every time someone mentions science and reminds him of his experience

• "renew the agony of my nervous system"

• "inflicted torture..."

• *trauma

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Victor's denial

• Romanticism

• Arrogance

• Denial

• The natural world helps to heal Victor's spirit, and he becomes carefree, almost forgetting completely about the Creature, and glad to be well again

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Chapter 6

​Victor's denial

Open Ended

Now that you know more about Victor's character, thank about his name. What do you think Shelley might be trying to say about "victory" and "victors" in general?

• Use classroom website and lesson introduction pages for all English 12 materials

• Permanent 0%'s for the second half of Unit 1 and temporary 0%'s for the first half of Unit 2 will be effective today

• Complete Window 3 Benchmark by March 30th

• English 12 course ends on May 23rd

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Wrap Up