Chapters 11-17:
The Creature’s Story
Chapter 11: Tale of the Monster
Describes awakening, confused, indistinct sensations.
It was dark and cold when he awoke so he covers himself with some clothes and wanders outside.
Sees the moon outside and wonders at its beauty.
Finds water in a nearby stream, and seems an abandoned fire (left by beggars).Throws his hand into the fire because of its warmth, and screams in pain.
C. 11: Survival in the forest
Searches for food, which is scarce.
After some snow falls, he sees a small hut and watches an old man near the fire, who sees the monster and flees leaving a delicious meal behind for the monster to enjoy.
Near a village, the monster is seen by some women and children who shriek when they spy him.
C. 11: Villagers pursue the creature
He finds a shelter with a lean to attached to a hut. While looking inside the hut, unknown to its occupants, the creature sees a family, observes their speech, music, and benevolence toward each other. There is an old man, and a young man and girl.
The creature continues to observe the family and is fascinated when they light candles at dark.
Chapter 12: The Lonely Observer
Monster is fascinated with the gentle mannerisms of the cottagers.
Watches their routine; notices their unhappiness.
Old man=blind, young man works away from the home, young girl and man show affection and sacrifice to the old man (these are the Delaceys).
Creature wonders why the cottagers are so sad. (C. 12)
The monster is perceptive enough to realize that it is less strange that he is so lonely versus the loneliness of the DeLaceys.
M stops stealing food from the family because he realizes that they have so little of it. M begins to find his own provisions and brings firewood to the family anonymously.
M listens to the words of the family and learns language.
Young girl is named Agatha, and the young man is Felix. (Felix is the saddest of the three family members).
C. 12: Learning and Loneliness
M notices the use of written language and yearns to learn that also.
M sees himself in a pool of water and is horrified at his ugliness. M and the cottagers settle into a routine where M clears a path in the snow for the family and cuts firewood for them.
As the season changes to spring, M is invigorated by the changes in nature.
*M = Monster
C. 13 – The most moving part of my story”
A beautiful stranger arrives on horseback and Felix is delighted.
Felix calls her “his sweet Arabian” – there is a language barrier, but she begins to learn English (M listens to the lessons and learns faster than Safie (the girl).
M watches all of this for two months.
M progresses in understanding human feelings, society, and what humans value (money, noble birth) which he does not have.
C. 13 Knowledge and Discontent
M wonders why people might kill others, and yet feels “there was just one means to overcome the sensation of pain, and that was death-a state I did not yet understand.”
M learns about gender differences, and hates not having a family of his own.
Questions if his life has any value at all.
C. 14- The Story of Safie and Felix
The elderly man, De Lacey, has origins in France. He once lived in an aristocratic home, and his children were once high in societal position.
Safie’s dad was the cause of the decline of the De Laceys. He was a Turkish merchant who was placed in jail because of his religion and wealth.
Felix happened to be at the trial. Felix vows to help the Turk, and is offered Safie’s hand in marriage by her dad.
C. 14
The monster has copies of letters between Felix and Safie and he offers to show them to Victor to prove that his story is correct.
Felix helps Safie’s dad escape, with forged passports, and then her dad wishes to betray Felix so he cannot marry Safie, so her dad tells the government of Felix’s deceit.
The De Laceys are imprisoned, and Felix is unable to help as a trial ensues and they lose their fortune and are exiled from their home country.
C. 14
The De Laceys are exiled to Germany in the cottage where the monster sees them.
Safie, who is supposed to stay in Italy in exile according to her dad’s plan, secretly escapes so she can find Felix. An attendant helps her find the family.
Chapter 15 – “My beloved cottagers”
On an August night, M finds gifts for him: clothing, a leather portmanteau (large suitcase), some books – Milton’s Paradise Lost, Plutarch’s Lives, and The Sorrows of Werter.
M reads, learns, analyzes his condition, mentally, physically, socially.
Ponders God, and wonders if Satan may be more of an emblem of his condition.
Chapter 15 - Discovery
M finds some papers from V’s lab (V’s journal of creating the monster).
Lots of description of V’s horror at the creature’s appearance. This makes M mad at his “Accursed creator!” and he questions why he was formed.
In the meantime, life improves for the exiled De Laceys. As their lives improve somewhat, the monster is in despair and a continually increasing tumultuousness.
M prepares to find a way to meet with the De Laceys in a few months.
M yearns for love/companionship
As winter comes, the monster is obsessed with meeting the family so one day he visits the old man, while the young people are gone.
M speaks of his loneliness, and his “friends” who live nearby. M finally admits that he means the De Laceys and the young people return and in horror send the creature back to his hovel.
C. 16 – Notice M’s rage at his creator
M grieves over why he was created, and is overwhelmed with feelings of rage and revenge.
He begins to wander in the woods, howling like a beast. Says he has a hell within him, like Satan. He hears voices and hides.
Sleeps, but with fitful dreams.
A man is asking for rent from the De Laceys, but Felix says they can no longer live there because of danger to his father.
M is filled with rage and revenge and burns the cottage. Then he decides to find his creator.
C. 16 M on a mission to find V
M travels at night, knows geography because of his studies
Saves a young girl who falls into a stream, then as he attempts to render aid to her a farmer sees him and fires a gun at him.
Arrives near Geneva (V’s home) and sees a beautiful young boy (William). When he tries to talk to the child, the child screams at him for being ugly and says his father, M. Frankenstein, will punish him.
Encounter with William
M kills William, and sees the miniature of the beautiful Caroline, and is angry that he will never be attractive.
M sees Justine sleeping, and places the miniature in the folds of her dress and flees.
M wonders if he might see V…and now asks V to make him a female companion.
C. 17 M and V talk about the companion
M begs for a companion who is as ugly as he is, and reasons that since he is shunned by humans, he deserves someone of his own.
M says he hates V and wishes to destroy him…says “you will curse the hour of your birth” to V.
M says that he and his female companion will travel to South America and never bother V or his family again.
V agrees to the newest “creation”
Dedicates himself to a hateful task.
Returns to Chamounix to start the creation.
M vows to watch and make sure the project is complete.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Notes Chapters 9 and 10 of Frankenstein
Chapter 9 and 10 Notes
Frankenstein
Chapter 9 – Victor’s story continues
Victor feels a great pain because he cannot act on what he knows about his creature who has destroyed two lives: William and Justine.
V: unable to sleep, wanders in despair and remorse, once again his mental and physical health suffers because his conscience is not clear.
Chapter 9 – Victor’s dad
Victor’s father notices the change in his son, and tries to reason with him.
The family goes to a vacation home for rest and relaxation. V spends many hours on the lake in a boat. He is tempted to plunge into the lake, but knows he cannot do anything to hurt himself because it would cause more sadness for his family and Elizabeth.
Chapter 9 – Victor lives in daily fear of seeing the monster again.
Victor is filled with remorse and guilt; his family is in mourning. His father’s heath suffers.
Elizabeth is also sad and despondent.
The injustice against Justine hurts all of the Frankensteins.
Victor’s grief/guilt intensifies and he tries to escape: wandering the Alpine valleys, wishes to travel back to Chamounix, which he does and then falls into a deep sleep.
Chapter 10: Victor meets his creation
Victor wanders, enjoying the sublime beauty of the mountains. Rested well at night, one more time. Dreams of a group of very large shaped beings surrounding him (foreshadowing).
Wakes and rides to the summit of a mountain; he embraces the idea that aloneness is best for a human, and reaches the top of the mountain around noon.
V begins to feel some joy in his journey, and then sees a man, traveling at a very quick pace, coming toward him. He realizes it is his creation.
Chapter 10 – Victor and the Creature Meet
V calls the creature “Devil” and chastises it for approaching him and all of the bad things the creature has done to people he loved.
The monster, who speaks eloquently, admits that he expected V to feel this way, but implores V to hear his story.
The monster calls himself “Adam,” but realizes he is really a “fallen angel.”
Monster continues to talk to V
The monster talks about how awful it is to be alone, and he asks V why he created him if he hates him.
Monster asks V to listen to his story, and then destroy him if that is what he wishes. Asks V to hear his tale, which is lengthy and strange, and says that V must do this so the creature can live a harmless life (if not he will be the “scourge of your fellow creatures”).
V agrees to listen, and seated by the fire, the creature begins his tale (which actually starts in Chapter 11).
Frankenstein
Chapter 9 – Victor’s story continues
Victor feels a great pain because he cannot act on what he knows about his creature who has destroyed two lives: William and Justine.
V: unable to sleep, wanders in despair and remorse, once again his mental and physical health suffers because his conscience is not clear.
Chapter 9 – Victor’s dad
Victor’s father notices the change in his son, and tries to reason with him.
The family goes to a vacation home for rest and relaxation. V spends many hours on the lake in a boat. He is tempted to plunge into the lake, but knows he cannot do anything to hurt himself because it would cause more sadness for his family and Elizabeth.
Chapter 9 – Victor lives in daily fear of seeing the monster again.
Victor is filled with remorse and guilt; his family is in mourning. His father’s heath suffers.
Elizabeth is also sad and despondent.
The injustice against Justine hurts all of the Frankensteins.
Victor’s grief/guilt intensifies and he tries to escape: wandering the Alpine valleys, wishes to travel back to Chamounix, which he does and then falls into a deep sleep.
Chapter 10: Victor meets his creation
Victor wanders, enjoying the sublime beauty of the mountains. Rested well at night, one more time. Dreams of a group of very large shaped beings surrounding him (foreshadowing).
Wakes and rides to the summit of a mountain; he embraces the idea that aloneness is best for a human, and reaches the top of the mountain around noon.
V begins to feel some joy in his journey, and then sees a man, traveling at a very quick pace, coming toward him. He realizes it is his creation.
Chapter 10 – Victor and the Creature Meet
V calls the creature “Devil” and chastises it for approaching him and all of the bad things the creature has done to people he loved.
The monster, who speaks eloquently, admits that he expected V to feel this way, but implores V to hear his story.
The monster calls himself “Adam,” but realizes he is really a “fallen angel.”
Monster continues to talk to V
The monster talks about how awful it is to be alone, and he asks V why he created him if he hates him.
Monster asks V to listen to his story, and then destroy him if that is what he wishes. Asks V to hear his tale, which is lengthy and strange, and says that V must do this so the creature can live a harmless life (if not he will be the “scourge of your fellow creatures”).
V agrees to listen, and seated by the fire, the creature begins his tale (which actually starts in Chapter 11).
Friday, February 27, 2009
Notes Chapter 6-8 Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Chapters 6-8
Chapter 6
V receives a letter from Elizabeth, who is desperate for him to return home.
She says that his father is well, and Ernest is now 16.
William, the youngest, is described as being a happy child.
Justine Moritz’s story begins with this chapter. She becomes a part of the Frankenstein family, and though called a servant is much more than that to them.
Chapter 6 (con’t
Justine’s young life is troubled at times, and foreshadowing appears in quotes such as: “Poor Justine was very ill, but other trials were reserved for her.”
V recovers from his illness and despair in about a fortnight (14 days). He cannot feel joy in his progress, because he is worried about what the fruit of his labors may be doing.
Victor introduces Henry Clerval to his professors.
As Waldman praises V, it makes him feel even less joy than before. In trying to please Victor with praise, Waldman actually torments V.
Krempe is not nice about V and his emotional stuggles.
Clerval does not like the sciences like V. He is a fan of literature and languages.
V plans to go home in the fall; he has been away for 6 years.
Chapter 6 - conclusion
V and Henry take a long walking tour, and V feels happy again, somewhat…but embedded in his musings is the fact that he knows it this happiness is only temporary.
Chapter 7: Bad news from V’s dad
William is dead, murdered while he left the family to play hide and seek.
Possible motive for the murder is the theft of a very valuable miniature that once belonged to Caroline (V’s mom).
Victor makes plans to go to Geneva immediately. The journey home is melancholy. Stops for two days at Lausanne to try to calm his nerves.
C. 7 - continued
V stops at the place where William was murdered since he arrives at Geneva when the city gates are closed.
A thunderstorm with lightening ensues, and Victor sees the glimpse of a figure that looks like it might be his creation.
He wonders if the monster may be the actual murderer, and then concludes that the creature is the one! Thinks of pursuing the creature, but sees that the monster is hanging on some mountain rocks, out of range.
V goes to his dad’s home
V desperately wishes to tell what he know about who the murderer might be, but cannot.
Arrives at his father’s home, and Ernest tells him that the murderer has been found – Justine!
Circumstantial evidence against Justine:
She was ill and taken to her bed for a few days. While ill, a servant discovered the miniature in her clothing. She was also out all night the evening of the murder, and acted strangely when told of William’s death.
Chapter 8: The Trial
Justine is calm; evidence is presented. Says she is innocent, but says that her protests will probably not acquit her.
Mentions seeing a man late that evening (who might that be?)
Says she spent the night in a barn since the city gates were locked.
Conjectures that the murderer might have placed the jewel on her, but then takes her statement back.
C. 8
Elizabeth testifies as to Justine’s character, and even though it is powerful, it is not helpful.
V starts acting like a stereotypical mad scientist.
Justine then confesses to the murder, and then calls it a lie. Says she confessed, so she can obtain absolution. “I leave a sad and bitter world.” She dies and V feels devastation at how many lives have been lost because of him.
Victor
Victor is in turmoil; he has caused William’s death, and now Justine’s, and despairs over “…the first hapless victims [of]my unhallowed arts.”
Chapters 6-8
Chapter 6
V receives a letter from Elizabeth, who is desperate for him to return home.
She says that his father is well, and Ernest is now 16.
William, the youngest, is described as being a happy child.
Justine Moritz’s story begins with this chapter. She becomes a part of the Frankenstein family, and though called a servant is much more than that to them.
Chapter 6 (con’t
Justine’s young life is troubled at times, and foreshadowing appears in quotes such as: “Poor Justine was very ill, but other trials were reserved for her.”
V recovers from his illness and despair in about a fortnight (14 days). He cannot feel joy in his progress, because he is worried about what the fruit of his labors may be doing.
Victor introduces Henry Clerval to his professors.
As Waldman praises V, it makes him feel even less joy than before. In trying to please Victor with praise, Waldman actually torments V.
Krempe is not nice about V and his emotional stuggles.
Clerval does not like the sciences like V. He is a fan of literature and languages.
V plans to go home in the fall; he has been away for 6 years.
Chapter 6 - conclusion
V and Henry take a long walking tour, and V feels happy again, somewhat…but embedded in his musings is the fact that he knows it this happiness is only temporary.
Chapter 7: Bad news from V’s dad
William is dead, murdered while he left the family to play hide and seek.
Possible motive for the murder is the theft of a very valuable miniature that once belonged to Caroline (V’s mom).
Victor makes plans to go to Geneva immediately. The journey home is melancholy. Stops for two days at Lausanne to try to calm his nerves.
C. 7 - continued
V stops at the place where William was murdered since he arrives at Geneva when the city gates are closed.
A thunderstorm with lightening ensues, and Victor sees the glimpse of a figure that looks like it might be his creation.
He wonders if the monster may be the actual murderer, and then concludes that the creature is the one! Thinks of pursuing the creature, but sees that the monster is hanging on some mountain rocks, out of range.
V goes to his dad’s home
V desperately wishes to tell what he know about who the murderer might be, but cannot.
Arrives at his father’s home, and Ernest tells him that the murderer has been found – Justine!
Circumstantial evidence against Justine:
She was ill and taken to her bed for a few days. While ill, a servant discovered the miniature in her clothing. She was also out all night the evening of the murder, and acted strangely when told of William’s death.
Chapter 8: The Trial
Justine is calm; evidence is presented. Says she is innocent, but says that her protests will probably not acquit her.
Mentions seeing a man late that evening (who might that be?)
Says she spent the night in a barn since the city gates were locked.
Conjectures that the murderer might have placed the jewel on her, but then takes her statement back.
C. 8
Elizabeth testifies as to Justine’s character, and even though it is powerful, it is not helpful.
V starts acting like a stereotypical mad scientist.
Justine then confesses to the murder, and then calls it a lie. Says she confessed, so she can obtain absolution. “I leave a sad and bitter world.” She dies and V feels devastation at how many lives have been lost because of him.
Victor
Victor is in turmoil; he has caused William’s death, and now Justine’s, and despairs over “…the first hapless victims [of]my unhallowed arts.”
Monday, February 23, 2009
Frankenstein notes Chapters 1 - 5
Frankenstein
The Letters through Chapter Two
Letters of Robert Walton to Margaret Saville
Letter One: December
St. Petersburgh (Russia)
Plans to go where no man has gone before
Not afraid of:
Ice/storms – it should be summer-like at N. Pole
Danger
He first thought of this dream to explore while reading his Uncle Thomas’ letters about voyages.
Letter One (Continued):
Walton was an unsuccessful poet for a year.
6 years have passed since he began this project.
Could have had a life of luxury and ease.
Will sail in June.
Letter Two:
Location – Archangel, March
Has found a ship and sailors.
Desires to find a friend who is his equal.
Read Uncle Thomas’ book for the first 14 years of his life.
Shipmaster – courageous Englishman
Master-uneducated, silent, generous man
Letter Three:
Brief letter, July
As he travels North, conditions are more summer-like.
Gales, ice are no problem for the ship and its crew.
Walton is confident of his success, and promises his sister he will not encounter danger
Letter Four:
August, “a strange accident”
Surrounded by ice and fog
“perceived a low carriage, fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs, pass on towards the North…a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature, sat in the sledge and guided the dogs.”
Four (Continued):
Another sledge with a human, a European in a poor state of exhaustion.
Two days pass before the stranger can speak.
Says he is looking for “one who fled from me.”
August: “Broken spirit” of a man becomes Walton’s friend, and begins to tell his story.
Chapter One
Victor’s life and family
Father – Alphonse
Mother – Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein (daughter of one of Alphonse’s friends)
Brothers – Ernest (middle child)
William – youngest son
Distinguished family
Chapter One (Continued)
Victor’s parents traveled extensively and on one of the travels to Italy, they adopted Elizabeth Lavenza (daughter of an Italian nobleman, living in poverty when the Frankensteins meet her)
Chapter Two
One year age difference between Victor and Elizabeth.
Victor tells of his happy childhood, and how passionate he is about life and learning.
Victor’s school friend – Henry Clerval is interested in heroes, action of mankind.
Elizabeth – calm, saintly, soft voice, sympathetic
Chapter Two (Continued)
Victor’s interest in “natural philosophy” makes him wish to read Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, and Alberto Magnus.
Science is his focus and he feels that he must always strive to learn more.
Searches for the “elixir of life.”
Witnesses a thunderstorm while 15, and becomes interested in the laws of electricity.
Chapter Two (Continued)
Victor changes his studies to math and science built on a secure foundation after reading Sir Isaac Newton.
Chapter ends with foreshadowing:
“Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction.”
Chapter 3 Frankenstein
Victor enters college at 17.
University of Ingolstadt.
Elizabeth gets scarlet fever.
Caroline (V’s mom) nurses Elizabeth to health, but falls ill.
On her deathbed, Caroline joins Victor’ and Elizabeth’s hands and wishes for them to marry someday.
Chapter Three (Continued):
Victor meets his professors.
M. Krempe (Monsieur): professor of natural philosophy. Uncouth, repulsive.
M. Waldman: opposite of Krempe. Benevolent, dignified. Helps decide Victor’s future. Focus on chemistry.
Chapter Four:
Victor makes rapid progress in his studies. He improves some chemical instrumentation at the university and receives accolades.
Becomes interested in the structure of the human frame. Says to examine life, one must look at death, so he goes to graveyards to observe the normal decay of the human body.
Chapter Four (continued):
Victor visits charnel houses, vaults, and looks at the decaying effects of death on the human body.
Realizes that he is becoming “..capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter.”
Becomes concerned about how to enact reanimation.
Decides to make the creature gigantic in size, so the parts will be easier to manipulate in the lab.
Victor, himself, becomes an absolutely, exhausted wreck (time in school, lab, and prowling graveyards at night).
Chapter Five:
On a dreary night in November, Victor is ready to infuse life into his creation.
Description of the creature/wretch:
Dull, yellow, watery eyes, deep eye sockets
Proportionate limbs, black shiny hair
Yellow skin, stretched tightly around his arteries, muscles
White teeth, black lips, shriveled complexion
Chapter Five (continued):
Took two years to make the creature.
Victor ruins his own health during the creative process.
Victor becomes horrified and disgusted as he looks at the monster.
After finally sleeping, Victor awakes and sees the creature stretching his hand out toward the creator.
Victor escapes from his apartment to his courtyard below, and runs into Henry Clerval the next day who has a letter from Elizabeth for Victor.
The Letters through Chapter Two
Letters of Robert Walton to Margaret Saville
Letter One: December
St. Petersburgh (Russia)
Plans to go where no man has gone before
Not afraid of:
Ice/storms – it should be summer-like at N. Pole
Danger
He first thought of this dream to explore while reading his Uncle Thomas’ letters about voyages.
Letter One (Continued):
Walton was an unsuccessful poet for a year.
6 years have passed since he began this project.
Could have had a life of luxury and ease.
Will sail in June.
Letter Two:
Location – Archangel, March
Has found a ship and sailors.
Desires to find a friend who is his equal.
Read Uncle Thomas’ book for the first 14 years of his life.
Shipmaster – courageous Englishman
Master-uneducated, silent, generous man
Letter Three:
Brief letter, July
As he travels North, conditions are more summer-like.
Gales, ice are no problem for the ship and its crew.
Walton is confident of his success, and promises his sister he will not encounter danger
Letter Four:
August, “a strange accident”
Surrounded by ice and fog
“perceived a low carriage, fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs, pass on towards the North…a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature, sat in the sledge and guided the dogs.”
Four (Continued):
Another sledge with a human, a European in a poor state of exhaustion.
Two days pass before the stranger can speak.
Says he is looking for “one who fled from me.”
August: “Broken spirit” of a man becomes Walton’s friend, and begins to tell his story.
Chapter One
Victor’s life and family
Father – Alphonse
Mother – Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein (daughter of one of Alphonse’s friends)
Brothers – Ernest (middle child)
William – youngest son
Distinguished family
Chapter One (Continued)
Victor’s parents traveled extensively and on one of the travels to Italy, they adopted Elizabeth Lavenza (daughter of an Italian nobleman, living in poverty when the Frankensteins meet her)
Chapter Two
One year age difference between Victor and Elizabeth.
Victor tells of his happy childhood, and how passionate he is about life and learning.
Victor’s school friend – Henry Clerval is interested in heroes, action of mankind.
Elizabeth – calm, saintly, soft voice, sympathetic
Chapter Two (Continued)
Victor’s interest in “natural philosophy” makes him wish to read Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, and Alberto Magnus.
Science is his focus and he feels that he must always strive to learn more.
Searches for the “elixir of life.”
Witnesses a thunderstorm while 15, and becomes interested in the laws of electricity.
Chapter Two (Continued)
Victor changes his studies to math and science built on a secure foundation after reading Sir Isaac Newton.
Chapter ends with foreshadowing:
“Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction.”
Chapter 3 Frankenstein
Victor enters college at 17.
University of Ingolstadt.
Elizabeth gets scarlet fever.
Caroline (V’s mom) nurses Elizabeth to health, but falls ill.
On her deathbed, Caroline joins Victor’ and Elizabeth’s hands and wishes for them to marry someday.
Chapter Three (Continued):
Victor meets his professors.
M. Krempe (Monsieur): professor of natural philosophy. Uncouth, repulsive.
M. Waldman: opposite of Krempe. Benevolent, dignified. Helps decide Victor’s future. Focus on chemistry.
Chapter Four:
Victor makes rapid progress in his studies. He improves some chemical instrumentation at the university and receives accolades.
Becomes interested in the structure of the human frame. Says to examine life, one must look at death, so he goes to graveyards to observe the normal decay of the human body.
Chapter Four (continued):
Victor visits charnel houses, vaults, and looks at the decaying effects of death on the human body.
Realizes that he is becoming “..capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter.”
Becomes concerned about how to enact reanimation.
Decides to make the creature gigantic in size, so the parts will be easier to manipulate in the lab.
Victor, himself, becomes an absolutely, exhausted wreck (time in school, lab, and prowling graveyards at night).
Chapter Five:
On a dreary night in November, Victor is ready to infuse life into his creation.
Description of the creature/wretch:
Dull, yellow, watery eyes, deep eye sockets
Proportionate limbs, black shiny hair
Yellow skin, stretched tightly around his arteries, muscles
White teeth, black lips, shriveled complexion
Chapter Five (continued):
Took two years to make the creature.
Victor ruins his own health during the creative process.
Victor becomes horrified and disgusted as he looks at the monster.
After finally sleeping, Victor awakes and sees the creature stretching his hand out toward the creator.
Victor escapes from his apartment to his courtyard below, and runs into Henry Clerval the next day who has a letter from Elizabeth for Victor.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Frankenstein Letters
FrankensteinThe Letters
Letters of Robert Walton to Margaret Saville
Letter One: December
St. Petersburgh (Russia)
Plans to go where no man has gone before
Not afraid of:
Ice/storms – it should be summer-like at N. Pole
Danger
He first thought of this dream to explore while reading his Uncle Thomas’ letters about voyages.
Letter One (Continued):
Walton was an unsuccessful poet for a year.
6 years have passed since he began this project.
Could have had a life of luxury and ease.
Will sail in June.
Letter Two:
Location – Archangel, March
Has found a ship and sailors.
Desires to find a friend who is his equal.
Read Uncle Thomas’ book for the first 14 years of his life.
Shipmaster – courageous Englishman
Master-uneducated, silent, generous man
Letter Three:
Brief letter, July
As he travels North, conditions are more summer-like.
Gales, ice are no problem for the ship and its crew.
Walton is confident of his success, and promises his sister he will not encounter danger
Letter Four:
August, “a strange accident”
Surrounded by ice and fog
“perceived a low carriage, fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs, pass on towards the North…a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature, sat in the sledge and guided the dogs.”
Four (Continued):
Another sledge with a human, a European in a poor state of exhaustion.
Two days pass before the stranger can speak.
Says he is looking for “one who fled from me.”
August: “Broken spirit” of a man becomes Walton’s friend, and begins to tell his story.
Letters of Robert Walton to Margaret Saville
Letter One: December
St. Petersburgh (Russia)
Plans to go where no man has gone before
Not afraid of:
Ice/storms – it should be summer-like at N. Pole
Danger
He first thought of this dream to explore while reading his Uncle Thomas’ letters about voyages.
Letter One (Continued):
Walton was an unsuccessful poet for a year.
6 years have passed since he began this project.
Could have had a life of luxury and ease.
Will sail in June.
Letter Two:
Location – Archangel, March
Has found a ship and sailors.
Desires to find a friend who is his equal.
Read Uncle Thomas’ book for the first 14 years of his life.
Shipmaster – courageous Englishman
Master-uneducated, silent, generous man
Letter Three:
Brief letter, July
As he travels North, conditions are more summer-like.
Gales, ice are no problem for the ship and its crew.
Walton is confident of his success, and promises his sister he will not encounter danger
Letter Four:
August, “a strange accident”
Surrounded by ice and fog
“perceived a low carriage, fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs, pass on towards the North…a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature, sat in the sledge and guided the dogs.”
Four (Continued):
Another sledge with a human, a European in a poor state of exhaustion.
Two days pass before the stranger can speak.
Says he is looking for “one who fled from me.”
August: “Broken spirit” of a man becomes Walton’s friend, and begins to tell his story.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Bell Schedule for Feb. 23-March 6th
RUN-UP TO TAKS SCHEDULE
February 23-March 6
Period Time
1 8:00-8:45
2A 8:50-9:35
2B 9:40-10:25
3 10:30-11:15
Lunch Class
4 “A” Lunch 11:15-11:45 11:50-12:40
Class Lunch Class
4 “B” Lunch 11:20-11:45 11:45-12:15 12:20-12:40
Class Lunch
4 “C” Lunch 11:20-12:10 12:10-12:40
5A 12:45-1:30
5B 1:35-2:20
6 2:25-3:10
February 23-March 6
Period Time
1 8:00-8:45
2A 8:50-9:35
2B 9:40-10:25
3 10:30-11:15
Lunch Class
4 “A” Lunch 11:15-11:45 11:50-12:40
Class Lunch Class
4 “B” Lunch 11:20-11:45 11:45-12:15 12:20-12:40
Class Lunch
4 “C” Lunch 11:20-12:10 12:10-12:40
5A 12:45-1:30
5B 1:35-2:20
6 2:25-3:10
Monday, February 16, 2009
Romantic Period - Frankenstein Notes
Romantic Period
1780-1830
Age of Revolution
Political
Many countries at war
American Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Educational Revolution
The literature of the time reflect events immersed in turmoil.
Romantic Period
Literature changed from creative to sophisticated writing.
Concerns of the writers:
Intelligence, high level thinking
Science=Enlightenment
Intricacies of the mind, psychology
Books and Literacy
The general public read more than previous time periods.
Libraries were readily available.
Affordable books.
Rise of periodicals.
Self help books on subjects such as math, science, were popular.
Concerns of the scientist
Can man create life?
Powers of life and death.
Who is responsible for life/death concerns?
Psychology
Nature vs. nurture issue
Human nature itself – what effects it?
Born with? Tabula rasa (blank slate?? OR
Family/social environment – how important is the way one is raised/treated?
Frankenstein
Characters:
Captain Robert Walton
English explorer (18th century) navigating his way to the North Pole.
Goal= Find glory, help mankind
Desires a friend
Responsible for his crew
We meet him in letters as the story begins.
Margaret Saville
Sister of the explorer
Recipient of letters
Not an active character in the story
Frankenstein’s family
Sons:
Victor
William
Ernest
Adopted sister:
Elizabeth Lavenza
Other characters
Victor’s parents
Henry Clerval – Victor’s friend
Justine Moritz- long time family servant
Monster (he has no name, but is called by many synonyms for monster – notice them)
DeLacey family
Structure of the novel
Multiple narrators
Begins with letters
Themes – coincide with Romantic period interests.
1780-1830
Age of Revolution
Political
Many countries at war
American Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Educational Revolution
The literature of the time reflect events immersed in turmoil.
Romantic Period
Literature changed from creative to sophisticated writing.
Concerns of the writers:
Intelligence, high level thinking
Science=Enlightenment
Intricacies of the mind, psychology
Books and Literacy
The general public read more than previous time periods.
Libraries were readily available.
Affordable books.
Rise of periodicals.
Self help books on subjects such as math, science, were popular.
Concerns of the scientist
Can man create life?
Powers of life and death.
Who is responsible for life/death concerns?
Psychology
Nature vs. nurture issue
Human nature itself – what effects it?
Born with? Tabula rasa (blank slate?? OR
Family/social environment – how important is the way one is raised/treated?
Frankenstein
Characters:
Captain Robert Walton
English explorer (18th century) navigating his way to the North Pole.
Goal= Find glory, help mankind
Desires a friend
Responsible for his crew
We meet him in letters as the story begins.
Margaret Saville
Sister of the explorer
Recipient of letters
Not an active character in the story
Frankenstein’s family
Sons:
Victor
William
Ernest
Adopted sister:
Elizabeth Lavenza
Other characters
Victor’s parents
Henry Clerval – Victor’s friend
Justine Moritz- long time family servant
Monster (he has no name, but is called by many synonyms for monster – notice them)
DeLacey family
Structure of the novel
Multiple narrators
Begins with letters
Themes – coincide with Romantic period interests.
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