Frankenstein Reading Questions

Frankenstein Reading Questions Chapters 22-24 Benson

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1. After he is released from prison, does Victor tell his father about the creature? Why or why not?

2. Why do Victor and Alphonse go to Paris?

3. What does Elizabeth think about Victor’s desire to marry her?

4. How does Elizabeth feel about Victor?

5. How does Victor behave in the days leading up to his wedding?

6. What does Victor think the monster plans are to do on Victor’s wedding night?

7. Where do Victor and Elizabeth go for their honeymoon?

8. What is the foreshadowing event that lets us know that something bad will happen on the wedding night?

9. What happens to Elizabeth?

10. How does Victor react? 11. How does the magistrate react when Victor tells him his story?

12. What is Victor’s response to the magistrate?

13. What happens to Victor’s father?

14. What are Victor’s plans for the creature now?

15. As Victor pursues the creature, what is the one thing that gives him pleasure?

16. How does the creature keep Victor in the chase?

17. How does the creature survive and keep running?

18. How does Victor come to be stranded on the ice?

19. How does Victor move his ice raft towards Walton’s ship?

20. When Walton’s crew wants to return home, what does Victor advise them? Why does he give this advice?

21. Although Frankenstein wanted to destroy the monster, in his speech over Victor’s body, what does the creature say would have been a more satisfying revenge?

22. How does the creature seem to feel about Victor after Victor’s death?

23. What happens to the creature after he visits Victor’s body?

24. What are the intentions of the creature for the remainder of his life?