Characters: Victor Frankenstein- A determined man who keeps everything to himself. He is strong, brave, and smart. The creature- A kind soul that is misunderstood because he is so ugly. He killed people only because Victor wouldn’t make him a wife. Plot- In the first five chapters you learn about where Victor lives and about his hometown. His family and friends are also told about. He also gives life to the creature.

In chapters six through ten Victor returns home and finds out William was murdered. Victor sees the creature near his town and thinks it was him who killed William. A girl named Justine was also accused for Williams’s death and was found guilty in court. She was killed for the crime she didn’t do. In the next five chapters you find out about the creatures life and how he learned to speak and read. He tells the story of his life to Victor.

In chapters sixteen through twenty the creature finishes the story of his life and asked Victor to make him a female so he could move to the rainforest with her in South America. Victor and a friend Clerval went to London and many other countries. Clerval later left Victor and Victor went to an island in Scotland to work on a female. One night Victor decided he was not going to create the female and tore her body parts apart. After that the creature walked in and said, ” I will be with you on your wedding day and then left.

The next day night Victor left on a boat and threw the body pieces in the ocean. He got back to the Island and was accused of murder. In the last chapters Victor saw the body of Clerval’s and became sick for many days. When he got home he married Elizabeth and she was killed the first night they were together. Soon after Elizabeth’s death Victor’s father died. Victor chased the creature till he himself died in Antarctica. After Victor died the creature disappeared forever.

Robert Walton and his crew are on an expedition to the North Pole when they come across Victor Frankenstein near death. Walton restores Victor back to health and Victor explains the circumstances which have brought him into the artic regions in this condition. When Victor was a college student at The University of Ingolstadt, he became obsessed with the natural sciences and vowed to be the first to create life.

Victor collected body parts from cadavers until he had gathered enough to form one gigantic body. He successfully instilled life within this body and, in fear and disgust, he ran from the new being. The being was left to survive on his own with no knowledge or guidance. He made several attempts to befriend people. but everyone either ran from him in fear or attacked him. The being became educated and learned of his origin.

After continuous rejections and hostility from society, the being decided to get revenge on his creator who gave him this pitiful life. The being murdered Victor’s brother and Victor’s friend. The being promised to stop murdering if Victor agreed to create a companion for the creature. Victor agrees to do so, but after close consideration and deep contempt for his actions, he destroyed the being that he promised to his creation.

The being killed Victor’s best friend and wife in protest, and left Victor to wallow in his misery. Victor vowed to avenge his friends’ and wife’s murders and he set out to find the monster. After an arduous journey following the beast (which has brought him to Walton,) Victor dies. The being, unable to bear his horrible crimes and his master’s death, reveals his plans to commit suicide to Walton and leaves. After learning of Victor’s self-destruction, Walton decides to end his voyage and he and his crew head south.