Frankenstein Pre-AP

Frankenstein was written by

• Percy B. Shelley

• Mary Shelley

• Edith Wharton

• Kurt Vonnegut

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Frankenstein is narrated by 3 people. It opens with letters written by

• Robert Walton (to his sister)

• Victor Frankenstein (to Elizabeth)

• The Wretch (to his creator)

• The Wretch (to the world)

Because Frankenstein is a story within a story, it is called a(n)

• soap opera

• frame narrative

• epic poem

• novella

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Robert Walton's letters support the notion that companionship is a necessity in life because

• he writes to his sister about wishing he had someone to share his ideas and triumphs with

• he is on a ship full of other people

• he becomes best friends with his first mate

• he wishes he had married the woman he left back home

Robert Walton's letters support the theme of beauty (and it's importance in the world) because

• he says his first mate loved a woman for her great beauty

• he starts talking about the creature's ugliness

• he notices Victor is a gentleman by dress, appearance (however haggard) and speech, and immediately trusts him

• he laments that he himself is not more attractive

Robert Walton is a foil for Victor Frankenstein as he

• is in pursuit of glory though discovery

• is a man

• is a minor character

• does not trust the creature based on its appearance

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Victor Frankenstein shares his story with Robert Walton because

• he thinks he's cute: trying to find the source of magnetism. Cute.

• he sees Robert's ambition and wants to warn him

• Robert tells him he saw the creature

• Robert begs him to

The structure of Frankenstein is unique as it

• is told from the perspectives of multiple characters

• is a frame narrative

• begins toward the end of the plot

• nah. It's basic.

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Shelley spends a great deal of time allowing Victor to discuss his childhood in order to juxtapose his doting father and easy childhood with that of

• robert walton's

• his creature's

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Elizabeth Lavenza's character helps develop the idea that humanity favors the beautiful as she

• is adopted because she is beautiful

• is adopted because she is beautiful

• is adopted because she is beautiful

• is adopted because she is beautiful. You better remember that.

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