FRANKENSTEIN ACT 3 COMPREHENSION

1. What is different in Frankenstein’s Geneva study to his university study?

1mark
1. There are no shelves of specimens and no benches.
2. Why is Elizabeth upset? (p38) 1mark
2. Elizabeth is upset because she is worried about William, she can’t get him
out of her nightmares.
3. What is the priest carrying? 1mark
3. The priest is carrying William’s body (Frankenstein’s brother)
4. How did Frankenstein’s brother die? 1mark
4. Frankenstein’s brother died when the boy rejected the monster and he
killed him.
5. Why does Elizabeth scream? (p40) 2marks
5. Elizabeth screamed when she saw William’s dead body
6. How does the monster defend his evil actions? 3marks
6. He is very good at arguing, he is very emotional when it comes to what he
says. He just wants peace and goodwill and is willing to be a servant or a
companion, but no one excepts him. Even the dogs look at him with disgust.
He was shoot several times and has had enough from humans
7. What does the monster want Frankenstein to do for him? Why?
2marks
7. The monster wants Frankenstein to create him a companion. The monster
feels like he needs someone to communicate with and to understand he says
that every species has a companion even birds, which makes him want one
even more.
8. Why do you think Frankenstein accepted the monster’s demands?
3marks
8. Frankenstein thinks that he has started something wrong and has to finish
it or it will be a worse act not to. If he won’t then there could be greater
consequences.
 9.CHALLENGE in Act 3 you are told the main theme of the play, can you
identify this theme? Explain why this is the main theme. 5marks
9. I think the main theme is excepting other and not judging them based on
their appearance. I can inference this through the monster’s speeches and
conversation with Frankenstein. From what he has said humans are not open
minded and whenever they see something for the first time their first wish is
to destroy it.