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| How does the action reach a climax in chapter 5? | Victor's creation is complete and he gives it life. |
| How does Victor react to the creature's appearance? | He feels disgusted by the creature's appearance. The features are ruined by his watery eyes, shriveled complexion, and straight black lips. He runs out of his room in disgust and tries to avoid the creature. |
| What terrible dream haunts Victor? | He imagines that he is about to kiss Elizabeth but she turns into the corpse of his dead mother. |
| Why does Victor reunite with his childhood friend, Henry? | Henry's father has agreed to let him study at Ingolstadt. |
| Who restores Victor back to good health? | Henry Clerval |
| How does the adoption of Justine display the Romantic compassion for the alienated or disenfranchised? | The Frankenstein family adops Justine Moritz who is badly treated by her mother. |
| What does Henry encourage Victor to study at the Univeristy? | the oriental languages, such as Persian, Arabic, and Sanskrit). |
| How has Henry become a guardian angel for Victor? | He saves him when he is on the verge of destruction, emotional as well as spiritual. His health gradually returns to normal. |
| Why is Victor expecting a letter from his family in chapter 7? | he is expecting a letter to give him a fixed date to return home. |
| What does the letter describe instead? | William's murder |
| What are the circumstances of William's murder? | William got lost on a walk and they found him dead lying in the grass. It is presumed that he was murdered and a portrait of Caroline that William was carrying with him was taken. |
| Why does Elizabeth hold herself responsible for William's murder? | She had given William the miniature of Caroline that the murderer was apparently willing to kill for. |
| What does Victor see at the spot where William was murdered? | he sees the monster and realizes that the monster must be William's murderer. |
| Why was Justine Moritz accused of murdering William? | One of the servants has found the miniature of Caroline in the pocket of Justine's dress which confirms her involvement in the crime. |
| What do the events of nature (storms and lightning) symbolize in chapter 7? | It symbolizes the constant turmoil in Victor's mind as he spots the monster again and relives all his past memories. |
| Why doesn't Victor defend Justine? | he fears being labeled a madman |
| How is the concentration on the plight of the innocent within a system of injustice, a common theme in Romanticism, brought to light in chapter 8? | Justine is condemned to death but she is reassured by the fact that the people she holds most dear are sure of her innocence. In other words, her death does not matter as much to her as her innocence. The fact that Elizabeth and Victor are convinced that she is innocent makes it easier for her to die. |
| Why is Victor thrown into despair at Justine's death? | there have been two victims of his ambitions, Justine and William |
