The Theme
I think the theme that starts to build up in chapters 1-6 is secrecy. Victor had a monster back in his apartment but he still invited his childhood friend Henry, in without telling him
anything about the the monster. He worked on Frankenstein for months and
didn't talk to anybody about his project. Even when he was horrified by
what he created he still didn't tell anyone about what he had done. He
also didn't tell Henry while showing him around the university and the
professors, that he felt tormented by going back and seeing the
chemicals and everything that reminded him of what he created.
Chapters 3-6
As chapter three started off, before Victor left Geneva to go to the University of Ingolstadt his mother Caroline gets scarlet fever from Elizabeth and dies. She tells Victor and Elizabeth before she dies that she wants them to get married. When he gets to the University he meets with a professor of natural philosophy M. Krempe, who tells Victor that all of that time he spent on alchemists was wasted. He attends a class of chemistry by Waldman who tells Victor to pursue his studies in Science. From there he started to study how the human body is built and how it falls apart for years. After he felt that he knew all the work his teachers taught him he started to work on discovering the secret of life. It described him as being obsessed, pale and lonely. He didn't talk to anyone or do any of his studies.
Victor finally creates his creation "Frankenstein", but Victor was so horrified of his appearance and described him as the ugliest thing he has seen. He tried to force himself to sleep in the next room and woke up with the monster looking at him smiling. Victor left and tried to avoid going back home, and saw his childhood friend Henry Clerval and invited him to his apartment and the monster was gone. Victor then became sick by the months of working and shock at what he created. When Victor recovered from Henry nursing him, he then gave received a letter from Elizabeth who came to visit while Victor was sick. Her letter told Victor that she is worried about him and she thinks that he should write to his family in Geneva. Victor then introduces Henry to his professors but feels sick when he sees chemicals and the professors, so Victor and Henry wait to go back to Geneva to visit family and enjoy the beauty of nature.
Victor finally creates his creation "Frankenstein", but Victor was so horrified of his appearance and described him as the ugliest thing he has seen. He tried to force himself to sleep in the next room and woke up with the monster looking at him smiling. Victor left and tried to avoid going back home, and saw his childhood friend Henry Clerval and invited him to his apartment and the monster was gone. Victor then became sick by the months of working and shock at what he created. When Victor recovered from Henry nursing him, he then gave received a letter from Elizabeth who came to visit while Victor was sick. Her letter told Victor that she is worried about him and she thinks that he should write to his family in Geneva. Victor then introduces Henry to his professors but feels sick when he sees chemicals and the professors, so Victor and Henry wait to go back to Geneva to visit family and enjoy the beauty of nature.
The Beginning of the book
As chapter one and two started, it didn't start happy. It introduced Alphonse, Caroline, Beaufort, Elizabeth Lavenza, Henry Clerval, and the main character Victor, who the story is being told by. Beaufort is Victor's dads bestfriend, Alphonse. In chapter one Beaufort died and left Alphonse with his daughter, Caroline who Alphonse marries two years later. I thought that was weird because it mentions that Alphonse is older than Caroline and took her because she became an orphan, but he marries her so it tells me that back then it was ohkay to do that.
"Everything was made to yield to her wishes and her convenience. He strove to shelter her, as a fair exotic is sheltered by the gardener, from every rougher wind, and to surround her with all that could tend to excite pleasurable emotion in her soft and benevolent mind." This part caught my eye because it shows how Alphonse loves her but then again treats her like an orphan or someone who should be protected.
It started to get happier though, when Alphonse and Caroline adopted a foster child, Elizabeth Lavenza who Victor calls "cousin". Caroline told Victor the day before she came that she had a present for Victor. Victor took that literally and believed that Elizabeth was his till death. They grew up together being best friends and doing a lot together, which is when he met Henry Clerval who was his schoolmate and an only child as well. As Victor grew up he started to become interested in Natural Philosophy and reading into it.
As I read Frankenstein I looked it up into depth, it mentioned that through out the story it shows that women are PASSIVE in the story. Which means throughout the novel, they rise only at the most extreme moments to demand action from the men around them.Which is true, when Beaufort died Caroline was in need, and when Elizabeth was in need Victor's parents took her in.
"Everything was made to yield to her wishes and her convenience. He strove to shelter her, as a fair exotic is sheltered by the gardener, from every rougher wind, and to surround her with all that could tend to excite pleasurable emotion in her soft and benevolent mind." This part caught my eye because it shows how Alphonse loves her but then again treats her like an orphan or someone who should be protected.
It started to get happier though, when Alphonse and Caroline adopted a foster child, Elizabeth Lavenza who Victor calls "cousin". Caroline told Victor the day before she came that she had a present for Victor. Victor took that literally and believed that Elizabeth was his till death. They grew up together being best friends and doing a lot together, which is when he met Henry Clerval who was his schoolmate and an only child as well. As Victor grew up he started to become interested in Natural Philosophy and reading into it.
As I read Frankenstein I looked it up into depth, it mentioned that through out the story it shows that women are PASSIVE in the story. Which means throughout the novel, they rise only at the most extreme moments to demand action from the men around them.Which is true, when Beaufort died Caroline was in need, and when Elizabeth was in need Victor's parents took her in.
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