Frankenstein Notes Chapters 22-24

These are the last notes for the novel. We will take a major test on the novel on Wednesday, March 25th. We will begin the book report project on Monday (due April 6) and review for the test on Tuesday, March 24.

Chapters 22-24

• Alphonse and Victor land in Paris.
• Alphonse tries to relieve some of Victor’s despair through tourist activities.
• V talks of hating the face of mankind – he says people repulse him.
• V tells his dad that William, Justine, Henry all died because of him.
• Dad tells V not to act so insane, and V denies that he is acting that way.
• V receives a letter from Elizabeth. She wonders if he loves someone else and says that she will understand if he does, but that she will love him forever.
• V thinks of the monster’s wedding night threat, and thinks that if he dies, then maybe the monster will go away.
• V returns home, marries Elizabeth, and still hears the echoes of the wedding night threat.
• V and Elizabeth plan to stay one night at Evian, and then take their honeymoon trip.

23:
• The honeymooners arrive in Evian, and as it begins to rain, V decides to patrol outside with a pistol.
• While outside, he hears Elizabeth shriek, and he returns to their room to find her dead with marks on her neck like all of the other monster’s victims.
• V sees the monster, fiendishly grinning, and tries to shoot him but he disappears.
• V fears for his brother Ernest’s and his father’s life and he returns to Geneva, where his father dies from grief over Elizabeth’s death.
• V visits a judge, hoping to get help finding his destroyer, but after listening to his story, the judge says he cannot help.

24:

• Revenge is all V can think of and he wants to leave Geneva forever, but visits the family graves one more time where he vows to live to enact revenge.
• Hears Monster’s fiendish laugh, pursues the creature, sees him hiding in a ship bound for the Black Sea.
• Follows creature through Russia and beyond (North Pole).
• Creature leaves a trail for him, notes carved in trees, “My reign is not over.”
• V buys a sledge, with dogs, and prepares to travel on ice. Talks to some people in a small town who tell of a creature(who has weapons) attacking them, and stealing all of their winter food.
• V searches for about 3 weeks, sees a dark speck on the snow far away, and tries to follows. The monster escapes his pursuits.
• V’s dogs die, he hacks up the sledge to make oars and a raft.
• Victor gets rescued by Walton
• Now, Walton takes over as the narrator
• Walton hears Victor’s tale and knows the truth of it because of the letters of Felix and Safie.
• It takes about a week for Walton to hear Victor’s story.
• Walton talks of V’s incredible knowledge about literature and his amazing eloquence.
• V thanks W for listening to him and continues to decline in health.
• Sailors demand that Walton go southward away from the ice, and threaten to mutiny if he does not.
• Victor chastises the sailors for not trusting Walton’s judgment as a captain.
• Before V dies, he asks Walton to destroy the monster.
• Walton sees the monster’s huge form looking at Victor’s body, and asks him to stay.
• The monster tells Walton his final story, and states. “Evil will thenceforth become my good.” Monster tells of his own misery and admits to being a wretch. Tells Walton he plans to go as far north as possible, and he leaves the cabin never to be seen again.