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Frankenstein: Literature Study Questions (Unit 3)

Chapter 13


1. Who arrives at the De Lacey home in the springtime, and what is her background? How does the creature benefit from her language barrier?

2. What sort of book does Felix use to teach Safie?

3. What impression about mankind does the creature gain after hearing the history lessons in this book?

4. What does the creature realize about himself when he begins to compare how humans gain power and respect to how he achieves those things? How does this new self-awareness make him feel?

5. What does the creature learn about family and parental relationships? How does that make him feel about himself?

Chapter 14

6. What did Felix do in Paris that resulted in his family being exiled from France and forced to live in this cottage in Germany?

7. How did Safie manage to avoid the fate of having to return to Arabia with her dastardly father, and instead make her way to the De Lacey cottage?


Chapter 15


8. After reading the books that he finds in a satchel in the forest, what comparison/contrast does the creature make between himself and Adam from the Bible?

9. What other reading material does the creature suddenly find in his coat pocket? Now that he can read, what does he learn about Victor from this material?

10. What is going on in Victor’s life during this part of the creature’s life? (Peek back at Chapter 6 if necessary.)

11. How does the creature plan to gain his first entry into the cottage and acceptance from Felix, Agatha, and Safie? How does his plan go wrong?


Chapter 16


12. What do the De Lacey’s decide to do with their cottage after the awful scene at the end of Chapter 15? With what feelings does the creature react to this decision, and what does he do to the cottage as a result?

13. What takes place as the creature travels through the forest on his search for Victor that makes him “vow eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind”?

14. Who is the boy that wanders near while the creature was resting in the forest? What does the creature plan to do with him before he learns the boy’s identity?

15. Who is the woman the creature finds asleep in a barn? What “mischief” does he decide to do while holding the portrait and watching her sleep?

16. What demand does the creature make at the end of Chapter 16, and why?

Chapter 17

17. How does Victor react to the demand? What consequence does he expect to get for his reaction?

18. What promise does the creature make if Victor will agree to his demand?

19. Why does Victor find it hard to believe this promise?

20. What decision does Victor finally announce to the creature about his demand? What is the creature planning to do while Victor carries out his decision.

Answer 1

1. Safie arrives and she is from Turkey. Her father was wrongly accused and thrown into prison. Felix teaches her French. The monster observes the reading lessons and learns faster than Safie does.
2.
He uses Volney’s 'Ruins of Empires'.
3.
The creature learns about the history of civilization and all the wars man has waged on one another.

4. The creature realizes he is the only one like himself that exists and he is monstrously ugly and utterly alone. He asks “What am I?” and “Who am I?” He is in pain and misery.

5.
He watches the de lacy family and learns about their love and compassion for one another. He longs for companionship and feels wretched.
6.
They tried to help Safie's father escape.

7.
She found letters intended for her father that included the directions to Felix.
9.
He finds Victors notes and learns who his creator is.

10.
He is hiking and resting in Geneva.

11.
The creature does things like clear their path for them and bring them firewood. He also learns to speak so that he can talk to them. The are frightened by him instead.

12.
They fled the cottege. The creature acts out of anger and burns their cottage down.

13.
He sees a drowning girl and tries to save her but her boyfriend tries to shoot the creature.

14.William Frankenstein is the boy. He wanted to raise William to not hate him.

15. Justine is sleeping in the barn. He put the necklace in her pocket.
18. He agrees to live in the deserts of South America and stay away from humans.
19. He knows the creature craves human interaction.
20. He decides to make the female companion for the creature. The creature says that he will stay and monitor Victor.