Summary The trial for Justine Moritz begins at 11:00 the next morning. Victor suffers silent torture while the entire scene plays out in front of him. Yet, he can do nothing to stop it. Justine carries herself calmly at the trial, answering the charges and getting a sterling defense from […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Chapter 8Summary and Analysis Chapter 7
Summary Victor receives a letter from his father telling him to return home immediately. William, the youngest in the family, has been murdered by strangulation. The family were out on an evening stroll near their home when the young boy ran ahead of the group. He was later found “stretched […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Chapter 7Summary and Analysis Chapter 6
Summary Elizabeth’s letter is the kind one would expect from a concerned family member. It is full of news from home that delights Victor and restores him to better health. Elizabeth tells of Justine Moritz, the Frankenstein’s housekeeper and confidant. Even though Justine was treated poorly by her own family, […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Chapter 6Summary and Analysis Chapter 5
Summary Victor succeeds in bringing his creation, an eight-foot man, to life in November of his second year. Excited and disgusted at “the monster” he had created, he runs from the apartment. He wanders the streets of Ingolstadt until Henry Clerval finds him in poor condition. Henry had come to […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Chapter 5Summary and Analysis Chapter 4
Summary Victor throws himself into his schoolwork, reading all he can about the sciences, particularly chemistry. Gaining a reputation as a scientist and innovator among the professors and fellow students alike. Believing his tenure at Ingolstadt was nearing an end, Victor thinks of returning home to Geneva. However, he launches […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Chapter 4Summary and Analysis Chapter 3
Summary Victor is now 17 years old and ready to become a student at the University of Ingolstadt in Ingolstadt, Germany (near Munich), but an outbreak of scarlet fever at home delays his departure. His mother and “cousin” both fight the disease; Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein dies, and Elizabeth recovers. Before […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Chapter 3Summary and Analysis Chapter 2
Summary Around the age of seven, Victor’s younger brother is born. Up to this point, he and Elizabeth have been the primary receivers of their parents’ love. Their parents decide to settle down in Geneva to concentrate on raising their family. Victor introduces his life-long friend Henry Clerval, a creative […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Chapter 2Summary and Analysis Chapter 1
Summary Victor Frankenstein is now the main narrator of the story from this point on to Chapter 24. He begins his story just slightly before his birth. His father, although as of yet unnamed, is Alphonse Frankenstein, who was involved heavily in the affairs of his country and thus delayed […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Chapter 1Summary and Analysis Letter 4 – To Mrs. Saville, England
Summary This letter, written on three separate days (August 5, August 13, and August 19), begins quietly enough when Walton describes how his ship is stuck in an ice field far from land. On July 31, the crew sees a man “of gigantic stature” trailing a dog sled team going […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Letter 4 – To Mrs. Saville, EnglandSummary and Analysis Letter 3 – To Mrs. Saville, England
Summary Now well into his voyage, on July 7 Robert Walton writes to his sister. A ship, namely a merchantman, returning to Archangel and then England will deliver the letter. Walton’s ship now passes through ice fields and warmer than expected weather. He tells of normal ship operations in the […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Letter 3 – To Mrs. Saville, England