Ch 13-15
66. Who arrives at the cottage in the spring? What is Safie's background? How does her language problem help the creature? Which of them learns faster?
67. How does the creature learn about reading? What book does Felix use to teach Safie ?
68. What does the creature learn from this book? How much of a monster can someone be who can say "but when I heard details of vice and bloodshed, my wonder ceased, and I turned away with disgust and loathing" ?
69. What happens when the creature begins to think about himself? How does he compare with the humans described in the book? What questions does he ask himself? How does his knowledge make him feel?
70. What does he learn about human relationships, and how does this make him feel?
71. How did the De Lacey family come to be living in the cottage?
72. How did Safie come to find and join them?
73. What does the creature find in the woods?
74. What are the three books that the creature reads, and what does he learn from each?
75. What else does the creature read and what does he learn from it ?
76. How long has it been since the creature came to life ? What is Victor doing at this point? (See chapter 6.)
77. What does the creature hope will happen when he talks to De Lacey? What actually happens?
Ch 16-18
78. What happens to the De Lacey family after the events of chapter 15? How does the creature respond, and what does he do to the cottage?
79. How does the creature travel? Does this remind you of any other people's travels?
80. What event during the creature's travels confirms his hatred of humans ?
81. What event happens when the creature is near Geneva ? Who is the boy? Who is the woman?
82. When Victor visits the site of William's death in chapter 7, he says "I had turned loose into the world a depraved wretch, whose delight was in carnage and misery" . After reading the creature's version of events, do you agree?
83. What does the creature demand from Victor ?
84. How does Victor at first respond to the creature's demand? What response does he expect from the creature? What approach does the creature say he will take?
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85. How effective is the creature in convincing Victor?
86. What does the creature say will happen if Victor creates a female for him ?
87. What does Victor decide ? What does the creature say he will do while Victor is at work?
88. How does Victor appear and respond to his family when he returns home?
89. Why does Victor's father think Victor might not want to marry Elizabeth?
90. Why does Victor want to visit England? What do you make of his talk of slavery ?
91. What is the effect of Victor's return to the present?
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