Frankenstein Questions 10-15

Chapter 10 1. According to Victor, how is man different from animals?

2. What happens IMMEDIATELY after Victor prays to “wandering spirits”?

3. CONTRAST the way Victor reacts to the Creature with the Creature’s behavior toward Victor.

4. What does the Creature insist about his own nature?

What changed his nature?

5. What does the Creature want from Victor?

6. List TWO reasons why Victor decided to comply with the Creature’s request:

Chapter 11 7. Identify TWO of the Creature’s earliest memories: a.

8. What paradoxical lesson does the Creature learn about fire?

9. How do the first humans with who the Creature comes in contact with react upon seeing him?

10. After he seeks shelter in a hovel adjacent to a small cottage, how does the Creature learn about the family living in the cottage?

11. How many people live in the hut?

Chapter 12 12. According to the Creature, how do the cottagers feel about life, and how does this affect the way he sees himself?

13. Why does the Creature STOP stealing from the cottagers, AND what does this say about his personality?

14. What does the Creature do to further help the family?

15. Where does the Creature first see his own image AND how does HE respond to himself?

16. What HOPE does the Creature harbor? 17. At the chapter’s end, how does the Creature respond to nature?

18. What are the two young cottagers’ names?

Chapter 13 19. Who is Safie and why does her arrival alter the cottagers’ spirits?

20. WHAT LANGUAGE does the Creature learn to speak?

21. Name the book from which Felix instructs Safie:

22. What TWO things does the Creature learn from this text? (find your answer in the paragraph that begins “These wonderful narrations inspired me with…”)

Chapter 14: List FOUR main pieces of information from this chapter OR WRITE a short summary of what happened to the De Lacy family.

Chapter 15 23. Name the THREE BOOKS that the Creature finds and indicate what he learns from each book: a. b. c.

24. After reading these books, how does the Creature feel about VIRTUE and VICE? (pg. 123 – or 6th paragraph)

25. What is the result of the Creature’s efforts to make himself known to the De Lacys?