Frankenstein+SG+Chapters+I+and+II


 * 1) ﻿What plot exposition does Shelley offer the reader in these chapters?
 * 2) What are Frankenstein's parents like? How do they feel about each other and about their child?
 * 3) How are Victor and Elizabeth different? What kind of person is Victor?
 * 4) What quality in young Frankenstein might prove to be his tragic flaw later in life?
 * 5) Who is Henry Clerval? What is he like? How is he different from Frankenstein?
 * 6) What does Victor want to accomplish in life? Why does he turn to the study of mathematics? What prevents him from continuing his study?
 * 7) How is Elizabeth a "typical" Romantic female? Character?
 * 8) How did Cornelius Agrippa and other early scientists affect young Victor?
 * 9) How does Victor view his switch to mathmatics? What does he compare it to?
 * 10) What is foreshadowed at the end of Chapter 2?

Guiding Question = Are we a product of society?

Notes on Chapter 1 and 2 were Friday, August 11, 2006