Plot of Frankenstein

Plot of Frankenstein

1. letters

   • Walton meets victor Frankenstein shortly after seeing a creature 'of gigantic stature' on ice raft speed away from his ship, which has become trapped in ice somewhere in the arctic. victor is very ill and is looked after Walton, who has complained in his letters of not having a companion to share his feelings. as the two become friends, victor begins his tale; one he hopes will be a warning to Walton about the dangers of ambition and the pursuit of knowledge

2. chapters 1 - 3

   • Victor was brought up by a wealthy and caring family in Geneva, Switzerland. he adores, and is adored by, his foster sister, Elizabeth, and his another great friend in Henry Clerval. However, tragedy strikes when his mother does of fever just before he leaves to study at the University of Ingolstadt. when victor at University his earlier interest in science becomes an obsession - in particular, he wants to discover the secret of life itself

3. Chapters 4 - 5

   • victor cuts himself off from his friends and does not see his family for years. he becomes ill through work, victor manahes to construct a creature made of huge body parts stolen from the numberof different graves and brings it to life on adrery night of November. he is immeditately disgusted by it and what he has done . he abandons the creature, assuming it wil die of neglect. victor then falls further into illness himself, before being rescued by the arrival of cleral, who looks after him in the following weeks.

4. Chapters 6 - 9

   • victor recovers and becomes more like his ol, happy self. he stops his experiments. in a letter from Elizabeth, he learnsthat the 'very clever and gentle, and and extremely pretty' Justine has become a greatly loved servant of his family, and tha this youngest brother William is 'rosy with health'. but just before he finally returns to home Geneva, victor hears of William's death murder. he sees the monster lit up by lighting during a thunderstorm and rightly guesses it was to blame. Justine was put on trial for the murder and was executed

5. Chapter 10

   • the monster and victor meet for the first time since it was created. it wants victor to admit some responsibility and show sympathy for what it has gone through. the end of the chapter the monster hints to victor that it will leave mankind alone if he agrees to listen to its story

6. chapters 11 - 16

   • the monster tells of how it has suffered terribly at the hands of man, mainly because of its appearance - something it cannot be blamed for. it learnt how to speak and read while spying on the De Laceys as they taught Safie their language. De Lacey, a old man, shows kindness towards the monster. his son misinterprets the monster's intention and throws him out of the cottage. the monsters grief quickly becomes a desire for revenge on mankind when, after saving a peasant girl from drowning, the monster is shot. it tells of how it then came across young William and approached him in a friendly way, only to be insulted and abused yet again. on hearing that his father was a Frankenstein he strangles young William to death. the monster ask victor to make him a wife and never trouble mankind again

7. chapters 17 - 19

   • victor agrees to the monster's request to build another creature. weeks later, victor has still not started work on the second creature due to fear of what might happen. his father thinks that he should marriage Elizabeth to make him happy

8. chapters 20 - 22

   • one moonlit night, on seeing the monster grinning at his window as he works. victor wakes up and lands on the irish coast. he is immediately surrounded by angry strangers and accused of murder. he is taken to see the a corpse and is devastated to discover it is Clerval. victor is foundnot guilty and is taken back to Geneva to marry Elizabeth

9. chapters 22 - 24

   • victor and Elizabeth get married, but victor is reminded frequently of the monster's threat to be with him on his wedding night. victor leaves to find the monster the monster finds Elizabeth and victor finds Elizabeth dead on the bed with 'the murderous mark of the fiend's grasp'. victor chases after the monster across Europe and Russia and towards the north pole

10. the last letters

    • when the ice breaks, Walton agrees the crews wishes to return home. victor asks Walton to kill the monster if he comes across it. he tells Walton to 'avoid ambition'. soon after, a noise attracts Walton to the cabin where victor's body rests and he discovers the grieving monster. it tells Walton it is sorry for what it has done. the monster tells Walton that he will kill himself in ' the agonies of torturing flames '. Walton watches as it heads off to its death becoming ' lost in darkness and distance'