Frankenstein: Chapters 3-6

How does the setting contribute to the characters’ actions during the creation of the monster?

• The setting of midnight explains why Victor was in isolation and exhausted.

• The setting of a charnel house shows how Victor played hide and seek in weird and unusual places.

• The setting of a graveyard explains why Victor was working so hard and not wanting to be seen searching for human remains.

• The setting at night time illustrates how the moon has a positive impact on Victor’s attitude and sense of urgency.

Select two sentences from the text that describe how the setting of the solitary chamber impacts Victor Frankenstein.

• “but my eyes were insensible to the charms of nature.” (paragraph 4)

• “The leaves of that year had withered before my work drew near to a close.” (paragraph 6)

• “The moon gazed on my midnight labours, while, with unrelaxed and breathless eagerness,” (paragraph 1)

• “I collected bones from charnel houses; and disturbed, with profane fingers, the tremendous secrets of the human frame.” (paragraph 2)

• “And the same feelings which made me neglect the scenes around me caused me also to forget those friends who were so many miles absent, and whom I had not seen for so long a time.” (paragraph 4)

Part A: How does Victor change as he works on his project? Select two (R.1.1)

• He becomes obsessed.

• He loses interest and rather exercises.

• He shifts from regretful to hopeful.

• He completely isolates himself and gets sick.

• He goes insane watching the seasonal changes and the leaves.

Part B: Choose two details from the text that support the answers chosen in Part A.

• “I seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit.” (paragraph 2)

• “The leaves of that year had withered before my work drew near to a close” (paragraph 6)

• “I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave?” (paragraph 1)

• “Winter, spring, and summer, passed away during my labours;”(paragraph 6 )

• “Every night I was oppressed by a slow fever, and I became nervous to a most painful degree.” (paragraph 6)

Part A: If Victor’s perspective is that the creature is William's murderer, what does he believe is the creature's motivation for this killing?

• Revenge for not spending time with him

• The fun of causing death and suffering

• A problem in his design

• The need to eat human flesh

Part B: Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

• “Two years had now nearly elapsed since the night on which he first received life; and was this his first crime?”

• “Alas! I had turned loose into the world a depraved wretch, whose delight was in carnage and misery.”

• “Its gigantic stature; and the deformity of its aspect, more hideous than belongs to humanity”

• “I considered the being whom I had cast among mankind, and endowed with the will and power to effect purposes of horror…”

Part A: How does the setting contribute to the characters’ actions in the text? (R.1.1)

• The setting of a stormy and gloomy day impacts Victor in an unusual way.

• Since it was raining and lightning Victor was forced to spend the night in the cold.

• Victor wanted to visit the spot where William had been murdered prior to the funeral.

• The setting of the rocky mountains allowed the creature to escape and not face Victor.

Part B: Which two details best support the answer chosen in Part A? (R.1.1)

• Alas! I had turned loose into the world a depraved wretch, whose delight was in carnage and misery.

• “William, dear angel! this is thy funeral, this thy dirge!”

• “I thought of pursuing the devil; but it would have been in vain, for another flash discovered him to me hanging among the rocks of the nearly perpendicular ascent of Mont Salêve.”

• “He soon reached the summit, and disappeared.”

Part A: How does the author develop the perspectives of Victor Frankenstein and the creature in this excerpt?

• by using first person point of view to express Victor’s thoughts and describe the actions of the creature.

• by using third person limited point of view to highlight Victor’s reaction and share the feelings of the creature.

• by using second person point of view to engage the reader by asking questions about the creature’s actions and Victor’s beliefs.

• by using third person omniscient point of view to narrate the dialogue and describe the experiences between Victor and his creation.

Which two details best support the development selected in Part A? (R.1.3)

• “As I said these words, I perceived in the gloom a figure which stole from behind a clump of trees near me; I stood fixed, gazing intently: I could not be mistaken.”

• During this short voyage I saw the lightnings playing on the summit of Mont Blanc in the most beautiful figures.

• “He soon reached the summit, and disappeared.”

• A flash of lightning illuminated the object, and discovered its shape plainly to me;