Lesson
Objective: Victor thinks he can create life or create a creature like himself. Victor begins taking pieces of discarded corpses and using them to create this creature, working himself into exhaustion and failing to keep in contact with his family and friends. The objective of this lesson is to discuss theme.
1. Why would Victor want to build and give life to a creature?
Victor would want to build and give life to a creature because he wanted to feel in control, no other person could do this feat, therefore he is over them. This is a god-like doing, Victor wanted to have all power.
2. Why does Victor use his chosen materials for this creature?
Victor uses his chosen materials for this creature because the materials of different dead animals and a person have cells in them, even if they are dead cells. I feel like the more dead cells there are, the more thrilled he becomes.
3. Does Victor really expect to have success with this experiment?
Yes, Victor fully expects to have success with this experiment.
4. Why does Victor become so obsessed that he stops communicating with his family and friends?
Victor becomes obsessed with creating the creature and stops communicating with his family and friends because he wants to succeed so badly.
5. What does this suggest about Victor’s relationships with his family, about his purpose in this experiment?
Victor wants to feel good enough, his family feels as if he was never good enough. Because of this, Victor wants to succeed in creating the monster so much.
6. (Using SCDISCUS) Research theories about death and the idea of restoring life that were popular at the time in which the novel is set.Write a detailed paragraph about your research along with your conclusions connecting your research with Victor’s actions.
It is said that wetlands can help the cause of making human restoration possible. The environment's vegetation and algae are helpful towards this also. Some people do not believe in life after death, some people do. Even the people who do believe in life after death have a hard time of believing this. Victor became a madman to complete this project; it took up all of his time. This drove him insane.
7. Write a detailed paragraph discussing the theme of death as it is illustrated in this section of the novel. You should use quotes from the novel to support your conclusions.
In this section of the novel, dangerous knowledge is the theme, this means that death will occur because people know too much, or they think they do. The power of the creature was unknown because he was very strong and not at all what Victor thought he was creating. Death was in this section of the novel because William Frankenstein, Victor's brother, gets choked to death in the woods by the creature. The death of his brother deeply hurt Victor and made him feel guilty about ever creating the monster. This quote shows that Henry wants victor to find Elizabeth. "Come, dearest Victor, you alone can console Elizabeth. She weeps continually, and accuses herself unjustly as the cause of his death; her words pierce my heart." This shows that Elizabeth feels great remorse for the death of him.
8. Analyze Victor’s desire to find a way to reverse the processes of death. Use quotes from the novel to support your conclusions. Respond in a detailed paragraph.
Victor wants to find the way to reverse the process of death because he and everyone else knows that someone coming alive after death is supernatural. This feat would only be done in the eyes of God himself. "So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein—more, far more, will I achieve; treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation." In this quote, Victor speaks about how what he hopes to accomplish successfully is supernatural and hard to believe. Victor Frankenstein wants to be in control and have all of the power. 
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