Frankenstein ch 1-6 volume 2 on November 4th

Chapter 1

• Victor returns to Geneva after William’s death.

• He visits the spot where William dies and sees the creature surrounded by lightning.

• He realizes the creature is the murderer

• Justine Moritz is accused of the crime because William’s locket is found in her pocket.

Chapter 2

• Victor climbs to the glacier of Montanvert.

• The Creature appears and approaches him.

• Victor curses him and threatens to attack.

• The Creature does not fight but asks Victor to listen to his story before judging him.

• He says: “I am thy creature: I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel.”

• He convinces Victor to come to a cave so he can explain everything that has happened since his creation.

• The Creature begins telling his story — and this starts the Creature’s narrative in Chapter 3.

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📍 Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Victor travels to the Valley of Chamounix, alps

Chapter 4

the creature appears at Montanvert

the creatures asks Victor to listen and states that he was born good but became evil due to feelings of rejection

Chapter 5

• The Creature watches the De Lacey family for months, it notices they are poor —sometimes the children give up their food for their father.

• the creature gathering wood at night.

• By listening to them speak, he learns language.

• A foreign woman named Safie arrives to learn their language, and the Creature learns by listening to their lessons.

Chapter 6

The creature watches Felix, Agatha, and their blind father.

• Safie, a Turkish Christian woman, unable to speak French, is taught by Felix. The Creature eavesdrops, and he learns to speak and read.

• Paradise Lost by John Milton (he relates to Satan and Adam)

• The creature discovers Victor’s journal pages from when Victor abandoned him

• The Creature waits until the blind father ( De Lacey) is home. when Felix, Agatha, and Safie return.

• They panic → Agatha faints → Safie runs → Felix attacks the Creature and it runs into the woods.