Frankenstein Study Guide with 100% Correct Answers

Frankenstein Study Guide with 100% Correct Answers 1. Who is writing Letter 1 (and all the letters)? *Ans* Robert Walton 2. To whom is he writing? What is their relationship? *Ans* He is writing to Margaret, his sister. 3. Where is Robert Walton when he writes Letter 1? Why is he there? What are his plans? *Ans* When Walton writes Letter 1 he is at the St. Petersburg. He is there because he needs to hire a crew for his ship. Plans to sail to the North Pole in order to discover magnetisms' secrets. 4. What does Robert Walton tell us about himself? *Ans* Self educated, loves to read, father died, loves adventure and discovery. Wishes he had a friend along to share it with. 5. Where is Walton now? What do you think of Walton's question "What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man"? *Ans* Walton is sailing to the north. Walton's question shows his faith in the Romanticism. Emotion over reason 6. How much time has elapsed between Letter 3 and Letter 4? What "strange accident" has happened to the sailors? *Ans* One month has gone by. The ship is trapped in ice and fog 7. Why does the man picked up by the ship say he is there? What shape is he in? *Ans* He says he is looking for the one who fled from him. He asks for which direction the ship is sailing. He is near death and very weak. 8. What sort of person does he seem to be? How does Walton respond to this man The man appears to be mysterious. *Ans* "This person" is Victor: Educated, well-spoken, refined. Walton is fascinated by him. 9. How much time has elapsed when Walton begins writing again? What has happened in the meantime? How does the man respond to Walton's project? How is Walton responding to the man? *Ans* Walton begins writing the biography of this man the very next day. This man has slowly regained his strength and his health. The man tells Waldon that his quest for knowledge and and his project will end in misery. Walton becomes intrigued and wants to hear his side of the story. 10. How much time has elapsed when Walton begins writing again ? What has happened in the meantime? How does the man respond to Walton's project? Why does the man agree to tell his story? *Ans* The man agrees to tell his story because he can see that Walton is looking for knowledge as he once was. Victor hopes that it won't end in a disaster for Walton as it did for him