1. Frankenstein: chapter 5
Monica, Lauren, Caitlin

2. Summary
Victor finishes his creation and realises the horror and runs away
He has a nightmare and wakes up with his creation standing there
Victor bumps into Henry Clerval and forgets about his problems
Victor takes Henry back his apartment and is relieved creation isn’t there
Victor falls ill and Henry looks after him for several months
When Victor has recovered Henry gives him letter from Elizabeth
Monica’s slide

3. Novel/Chapter Analysis
This novel utilises gothic elements
Mary Shelley wrote this chapter while in Geneva during the age of enlightenment
Grotesque description of the monster contrasts with description of God’s creation
“His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; … his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes”
The monster is described as beautiful until alive
“I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful!”
Caitlin’s slide

4. Character Analysis Victor Frankenstein The monster Henry Clerval
Ambitious; blinded by dreams of glory, ignores consequences
Acts as a ’god’ or ‘creator’, yet fails to uphold the duties of one
“I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.”
Anxious, fearful, dismissive
Prejudice towards his creation
“a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me”
The monster
The victim; innocent, discriminated against
“I beheld the wretch, the miserable monster whom I had created”
Starts kind, falls to revenge
Henry Clerval
Loyal, kind, generous
Acts as ‘the nurse’ when Victor falls ill
“I could not have a more kind and attentive nurse than himself”
Lauren’s slide

5. Themes - Prejudice
Victor judges the monster based on appearance (ugly = evil)
“his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips”
"breathless horror and disgust filled my heart"
Victor neglects the monster immediately
“I escaped, and rushed down stairs”
Monica’s slide

6. Themes - Isolation Victor isolates himself
“a little uneasy that they hear from you so seldom”
Isolation leads the monster to feel anger/aggression
Victor isolates the monster, the monster isolates Victor as revenge
Caitlin’s slide

7. Themes - Ambition Themes - Obsession Taken over by ambition
“I beheld the accomplishment of my toils”
Themes - Obsession
Victor in his childhood
Creation of the monster
“with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form”
Lauren’s slide

8. “his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set”
“his hair was of a lustrous black”
“his teeth of a pearly whiteness”
“the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart”
“His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath”

9. Frankenstein: chapter 5
Monica, Lauren, Caitlin