What tragic event happens before Victor is to go to college?
The Tragedy of Caroline The first really bad thing to happen to Victor in his entire life happens when he’s seventeen, right before he is scheduled to leave for the University of Ingolstadt. Elizabeth, who has always been a delicate child, catches scarlet fever.
How does Victor feel about leaving for college?
He is concerned with leaving so soon after her death for several reasons. “It appeared to me sacrilege so soon to leave the repose, akin to death, of the house of mourning and rush into the thick of life” (Shelley).
Which of the following events occurs before Victor leaves for the University?
At the age of seventeen, Victor leaves his family in Geneva to attend the university at Ingolstadt. Just before Victor departs, his mother catches scarlet fever from Elizabeth, whom she has been nursing back to health, and dies. On her deathbed, she begs Elizabeth and Victor to marry.
What happens to Victor’s mother right before he leaves for the University?
What happens to Victor’s mother right before he leaves for the university? She runs off on a long journey. She falls in love and remarries. She catches scarlet fever and dies.
What does the monster realize when he is able to understand those around him?
What does the monster do to help Felix and Agatha? What does the monster realize when he is able to understand those around him? that he is disfigured and alone. How is Felix related to Safie?
What books does the monster read and what does he think about when he reads each of them?
The monster reads Milton’s Paradise Lost, portions of Plutarch’s Lives, and Goethe’s Sorrows of Young Werther.
What does the monster vow when he is rejected by the De Lacey family?
The De Lacey family rejects the creature after the blind Monsieur De Lacey’s children return and see with whom their father has been keeping company. The creature is enraged and vows to retaliate against all mankind, not just Victor.
Where does the monster live while he is watching the family in the mountains?
He leaves in August and first travels through the Arve Valley. He stays in the village of Chamounix.
What does the monster see himself as different from Adam?
The correct answer is D: Adam came into the world happy and protected, whereas the monster entered the world confused and alone. The creature sees himself as another Adam because he was created apparently united by no link to any other being in existence.
Why does the monster see himself as the biblical Adam?
The story of Adam’s creation made the monster question the whereabouts of his creator and wonder if his creator abandoned him like God cast down Satan. The monster likens himself to Adam, the first human created in the Bible. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
What is the significance of the papers the monster finds in his clothing?
What is the significance of the papers the monster finds in his clothing? The paper’s from Victor’s journal. He discovers the horrid way in which he was conceived and how his creator regarded him.
Who does the monster reveal himself to?
Dismayed by these discoveries, the monster wishes to reveal himself to the cottagers in the hope that they will see past his hideous exterior and befriend him. He decides to approach the blind De Lacey first, hoping to win him over while Felix, Agatha, and Safie are away.