Frankenstein: chapter 5 Monica, Lauren, Caitlin

Summary Victor finishes his creation and realises the horror and runs away He has a nightmare and wakes up with his creation standing there Victor bumps into Henry Clerval and forgets about his problems Victor takes Henry back his apartment and is relieved creation isn’t there Victor falls ill and Henry looks after him for several months When Victor has recovered Henry gives him letter from Elizabeth Monica’s slide

Novel/Chapter Analysis This novel utilises gothic elements Mary Shelley wrote this chapter while in Geneva during the age of enlightenment Grotesque description of the monster contrasts with description of God’s creation “His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; … his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes” The monster is described as beautiful until alive “I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful!” Caitlin’s slide

Character Analysis Victor Frankenstein The monster Henry Clerval Ambitious; blinded by dreams of glory, ignores consequences Acts as a ’god’ or ‘creator’, yet fails to uphold the duties of one “I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.” Anxious, fearful, dismissive Prejudice towards his creation “a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me” The monster The victim; innocent, discriminated against “I beheld the wretch, the miserable monster whom I had created” Starts kind, falls to revenge Henry Clerval Loyal, kind, generous Acts as ‘the nurse’ when Victor falls ill “I could not have a more kind and attentive nurse than himself” Lauren’s slide

Themes - Prejudice Victor judges the monster based on appearance (ugly = evil) “his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips” "breathless horror and disgust filled my heart" Victor neglects the monster immediately “I escaped, and rushed down stairs” Monica’s slide

Themes - Isolation Victor isolates himself “a little uneasy that they hear from you so seldom” Isolation leads the monster to feel anger/aggression Victor isolates the monster, the monster isolates Victor as revenge Caitlin’s slide

Themes - Ambition Themes - Obsession Taken over by ambition “I beheld the accomplishment of my toils” Themes - Obsession Victor in his childhood Creation of the monster “with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form” Lauren’s slide

“his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set” “his hair was of a lustrous black” “his teeth of a pearly whiteness” “the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” “His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath”

Frankenstein: chapter 5 Monica, Lauren, Caitlin