Ch. 10-15 Frankenstein Flashcards
(44 cards)
(Ch. 10) all the creature wants is for Victor to … to him, and he wants this more than …
listen; happiness
(Ch. 10) Victor says that this is the first time that he felt … towards creature, but acknowledges that it feels slim
responsibility
(Ch. 11) moment that creature has with fire relates to Prometheus myth:
creature wants to …
creature has to discover fire …. and as such, it … him unlike in Prometheus myth in which humans are given fire
hold fire; for himself; harms
(Ch. 11) Prometheus, fire thing reflects the warning of book: … leads to …
discovery; harm
(Ch. 11) warning of not learning given to …, …, and …
Walton; Victor; creature
(Ch. 12) creature is a
vegetarian
(Ch. 12) creature discovers need for and capacity for … as well as the needs of … and how they …
language; people; vary
(Ch. 12) creature spends his days … other …
studying; other human beings
(Ch. 13) the creature learns of all of human history in terms of the … and … of …
rise; fall; empires
(Ch. 13) history for the creature is presented in this pattern:
… –> … –> …
creature learns history in a … period of …
genius; decadence; decline; short; time
(Ch. 13) the more the creature learns about humanity, the more he is filled with … and ….
disgust; loathing
(Ch. 13) BUT the creature understands the value of … –> greatest honor is to be a …
goodness; virtuous man
(Ch. 13) the creature’s goal is to be
virtuous
(Ch. 13) the creature is also learning how things work: some have … and some have …
a lot; nothing
(Ch. 13) the creature thinks 2 other things are valuable:”
being a descendant of … and having … of your own
those who make … have these qualities, and if you only possess one of these things, you would still be …
rich people; wealth; history; accepted
(Ch. 13) The creature doesn’t consider himself a part of the …., in a physical manner, and he wonders whether or not he is a …
human gene pool; monster
(Ch. 14) the family’s surname is … and they are of a … family. A few months prior they had lived in … in luxury
De Lacey; noble; Paris
(Ch. 14) Safie’s father led to their misfortune. He was a wealthy … who was unjustly … by the Parisian government due to his … Felix was appalled by this and vowed to liberate him
Turkish merchant; imprisoned; Islamic faith
(Ch. 14) To encourage Felix, Safie’s father promised Felix his
daughter’s hand in marriage
(Ch. 14) Safie’s father, though, loathed the idea of his daughter marrying a … and planned to … Felix and take his daughter with him to Turkey
Christian; betray
(Ch. 14) Safie did not want to return to Turkey. Her mom was Christian, and she wanted the greater … enjoyed by women in …
freedom; Europe
(Ch. 14) Felix freed the merchant the night before his scheduled …., and as Felix was bringing the fugitives across the countryside, the French government imprisoned Agatha and the older De Lacey. As such, Felix returned to … and asked the merchant to keep Safie in … until he could meet her there
execution; France; Italy
(Ch. 14) the De Laceys were stripped of their fortune and condemned to live in …, and the merchant merely sent some …, which was insulting. The De Laceys then moved to ….
The merchant, afraid of being apprehended, fled Italy
exile; coins; Germany
(Ch 15) The creature finds a leather satchel with three books: …., …, and …
Milton’s Paradise Lost, Plutarch’s Lives, and Goethe’s Sorrows of Werter