Me if you can, based on frankenstein
6- when victor is making his way back to switzerland with his father, and a few days before the two of them leave for paris, victor receives a letter from elizabeth.
why did the author use a letter to convey elizabeth’s thoughts and feelings in the story?
how does the letter influence victor’s actions in this chapter?
7- read the excerpt from chapter 23 of frankenstein, which focuses on victor’s state of mind following his father’s death.
what then became of me? i know not; i lost sensation, and chains and darkness were the only objects that pressed upon me. sometimes, indeed, i dreamt that i wandered in flowery meadows and pleasant vales with the friends of my youth, but i awoke and found myself in a dungeon. melancholy followed, but by degrees i gained a clear conception of my miseries and situation and was then released from my prison. for they had called me mad, and during many months, as i understood, a solitary cell had been my habitation.
how does mary shelley portray victor frankenstein after the death of his father, who died a few days after learning of elizabeth’s death?
why does shelley portray victor in this way?
8- in chapter 24 of frankenstein, victor finishes his story to henry walton, and henry continues his letters to his sister, thus bringing back the structure that began the novel. this return to the letters brings the frame structure of frankenstein full circle.
how does the frame structure develop the plot and characters in the entire novel?
explain how mary shelley’s use of framing develops the various narrative elements in the story.
9- toward the end of the novel, when walton finds the creature standing over the lifeless victor frankenstein, the creature speaks about victor.
“that is also my victim! ” he exclaimed. “in his murder my crimes are consummated; the miserable series of my being is wound to its close! oh, frankenstein! generous and self-devoted being! what does it avail that i now ask thee to pardon me? i, who irretrievably destroyed thee by destroying all thou lovedst. alas! he is cold, he cannot answer me.”
what could be implied by the words of the creature in this excerpt? explain the implicit meaning of what the creature is saying about victor. provide meaningful evidence from the text to support your response.