inds; especially choice dishes.14.vestige: a trace, mark, or sign of something that once existed but has disappeared.1.Robert Walton is the narrator of the novel. The time period in which the story is told is in the 1800’s.2.The characters of the story are Victor Frankenstein, the “monster”, Robert Walton, Alphonse, Caroline, Ernest, and William Frankenstein, Elizabeth Lavenza, Justine Mortiz, Henry Clerval, M. Krempe, M. Waldman, M. De Lacy, Felix De Lacy, Agatha De Lacy, Safie, Mr. Kirwin, and Margaret Saville.3.The setting takes place in Europe. 4.The general themes of the novel are use of knowledge for good and evil purposes, the use of new technology in modern life, the treatment of the poor and uneducated, and the powers of nature and the human physiology. 5.Brief Synopsis:The novel begins with the explorer Robert Walton looking for a new passage from Russia to the Pacific Ocean. After weeks at sea, the crew of Walton’s ship finds a man, Victor Frankenstein, floating on an iceberg near death. In Walton’s series of letters to his sister in England, he retells Victor’s story. Victor goes off to the University of Ingolstadt to pursue his dream. But before this happened, Victor’s mother Victor Frankenstein grew up in Switzerland with his adopted sister Elizabeth. Alphonse and Caroline were their caring parents. Growing up, Victor, had an extreme love for the sciences and he one day and Elizabeth become ill with scarlet fever, his mother dies of this horrible disease. At the university, Victor meets with his two professors. Here he becomes very involved with his studies. He devises a plan to re-create a being out of dead body parts through chemistry, alchemy, and electricity. After bringing the creature to life, Victor feels that he is not ready to take care of this “monster”. He then runs away in fear and disgust of his creation and conscience. Meanwhile, the monster wanders throug...
