Frankenstein
Kuvakäsikirjoitus Teksti
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
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- Chapter 16
- This chapter tells the story of the De Lacey family. According to the monster, the family was previously well-known in France for their wealth and social status. Felix assists Safie's father in a scheme to overthrow the corrupt French legal system and save the Turkish businessman from the gallows. The De Lacey family is ruined when the conspiracy is discovered by the French authorities, who seize the De Lacey family's fortune in exchange for their assistance in the escape of Safie's father. Safie must also overcome her own challenges in order to locate her donors in a new land.
- Chapter 17
- In the neighboring woods, the monster begins his own schooling by reading the books and notes that he discovered in Victor's jacket. Milton's Paradise Lost, Plutarch's Lives of Illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Goethe's Sorrows of Werter are all in the jacket pocket. The list is essentially a mandatory reading list of novels influenced by England's Romantic period. Finally, the monster comes upon Victor's personal notes, which reveal how the monster came to be. When the monster discovers how he came to be, he is both interested and terrified.
- Chapter 18
- By the end of this chapter, the monster and Victor have caught up in time. This chapter is crucial because it unifies the two perspectives into a single narrative. When the monster notices his family leaving their home, he burns it down and moves to the countryside to live off the earth. His adventures lead him to Geneva, where he encounters Victor's younger brother, William Frankenstein. When the monster realizes who the youngster is, he murders him and places the locket in Justine's dress pocket. Victor's final wish to the monster is to make him a mate.
- Chapter 19
- In a lodge on the Montanvert mountains, the monster and Victor conclude their talk. The monster meets his creator with an all-or-nothing proposition: "create me a mate or I will destroy you" in this crucial chapter. He persuades Victor to re-create the method that was initially utilized on the monster. Victor understands the monster's point of view and decides to help him find a spouse.
- Victor returns to Geneva to begin planning how he would construct a second monster; he wants to keep up with the newest scientific breakthroughs. He regains consciousness and informs his father that he desires to take a tour of London. He assures his father that he will marry Elizabeth when he returns. He leaves Geneva in September and travels via France to Germany, Holland, and finally London. Victor is accompanied on his travels by his best buddy Henry Clerval. During the latter days of December, the two arrive in London.
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- Victor and Henry spend the winter in London, seeing the city and planning trips around England. Henry enjoys the visit, however Victor broods and only visits philosophers who have the most up-to-date scientific knowledge. They travel to Oxford, where they are invited to visit Scotland by a friend. Victor advises they part ways at this point; he goes forward with his plan, unaware of Henry's presence, and settles on a poor, largely deserted island in the Orkney Islands chain. Victor can do his task in peace and out of sight of anybody who would question his motives. He obtains the most up-to-date knowledge about advancements in his profession, but he stays despondent at the prospect of having to do it all over again.
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