1. Chapters 6-10 Frankenstein Chapter Summaries
Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein
Chapters 6-10
Chapter Summaries
Shelley’s Writing Technique
More Themes & Allusions!
The Great Chain of Being

2. Frankenstein Chapters 6-10 Chapter Summaries Mary Shelley’s Chapter 6
Elizabeth writes Victor
Elizabeth misses Victor
Family is doing well
Introduction to Justine (servant/family friend)
Mention of youngest brother, William, and how good he has become
Tours with Henry to calm his soul
Chapter 7
Victor receives news from father
William dead, Elizabeth in anguish
Victor goes home, sees what looks like Creature near where William was murdered (pathetic fallacy, too!)
Victor concludes Creature murdered William
Circumstantial evidence suggests Justine murderer; Justine falls ill
Chapter 8
Elizabeth defends Justine in court
In court, Justine admits to crime but later says it is a lie (wanted God’s forgiveness)
Justine dies; Frankenstein starts seeing seriousness of his actions
Chapter 9
Victor cannot tell the truth; wants to commit suicide but won’t so he won’t further hurt family
Victor lives in daily fear of seeing the monster again. Victor is filled with remorse and guilt; his family is in mourning. His father’s heath suffers.
Leaves and goes on trip to escape Creature (literally and figuratively)
Chapter 10
Victor wanders Swiss Alps, finding some peace
Shelley’s poem, “We rest…”
Meets up with Creature
Chastises creation for all it has done; Creature expected this
Victor calls creature Devil; Creature calls itself Adam (Biblical allusions); Fallen Angel
Monster tells how lonely life is; otherwise will be “scourge of life”

3. SETTING UP THE PLOT: WRITING TECHNIQUES
Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein
Chapters 6-10
Writing Techniques
SETTING UP THE PLOT: WRITING TECHNIQUES
CHAPTER 6 LETTERS
TECHNIQUES FOR INTRODUCING NEW ELEMENTS OF NOVEL:
Letter from Elizabeth introducing characters, (Justine and William)
Pros of this style
Cons of this style
CHAPTER 7 LETTERS
PLOT DEVELOPMENT:
Letter from Father introducing significant plot developments
Does this technique work?
Quotes/Poetry
Shelley also uses allusions and specific references to other poems (P. Shelley; Coleridge). What is the effect?
Remember:
The entire novel is writing using the “tell you a story” technique. Is it effective?

4. Frankenstein Chapters 6-10 Guilt Themes Mary Shelley’s
Isolation
Guilt
Family
Other:
HOW: __________________________
HOW: __________________________
HOW: __________________________
HOW: ____________________

5. Frankenstein Chapters 6-10 Biblical Allusions Mary Shelley’s MONSTER:
GOD
THE DEVIL
ADAM

6. Frankenstein Chapters 6-10 Great Chain of Being GOD (Perfection)
Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein
Chapters 6-10
Great Chain of Being
A philosophy important in Shakespeare’s time; ordered and linked the universe
GOD
(Perfection)
ANGELS
(Intuition)
MAN
(Existence, Growth, Passion, Reason)
ANIMALS
(Existence, Growth, Passion)
PLANTS
(Existence, Growth)
Tampering with the Great Chain (through betrayal, murder, or trying to “overstep bounds” leads to chaos and tragedy
MINERALS
(Existence)