Frankenstein Part 3 Chapter 5
En route to Geneva, they stop in Paris so Victor can regain his strength. His father tries to help by getting him to enga
society, but Victor feels he has no right to. Victor even tells his father he murdered Justine, William, and Clerval. His f
considers him deranged, and Victor says no more. While in Paris, Victor receives a letter from Elizabeth. She expresse
desire to marry Victor, but worries he may have taken another lover during his long absence. Victor remembers the
monster's vow to "be with him" on his wedding night, and decides that whether he kills it or it kills him, at least he w
free. Victor writes back that he wants to marry immediately, but adds that he has a terrible secret he will tell her the
after they are married. A week later Victor and his father arrive in Geneva. The wedding takes place ten days later. Ye
Victor and Elizabeth sail to a cottage by Lake Como in Italy for their honeymoon, Victor's fear of facing the monster d
his happiness. Elizabeth tries to cheer him by pointing out the beauty in nature. It doesn't work
Themes – highlight themes and add a quote for each that are Links to HT
present.
Social status/class Victor’s fractured mental state is evident in his a
Loneliness and Isolation conjunctions and frequent exclamations ‘Oh not
Violence abhorred!’ so we see this sort of breakdown in sa
Language and Power This particularly could be paralleled to the chara
Playing God Janine who slowly becomes more and more dam
Relationships and family the treatment of the society in which she lives. S
Treatment of women in terms of language, Atwood often constructs O
Science moments of mental struggle using fractured and
Mankind and nature disjointed memories, intermixed with her memo
Victims the past; allowing the reader to experience a sim
Warnings feeling of confusion and disorientation. Thereby,
Quotes explore the effects of society on mental stability
focus on the breakdown of individual characters
Loneliness and isolation- Despite his happiness that he will terms of language but also actions.
finally marry Elizabeth, Victor cannot help but constantly think of
the creature, and his threat, so even in his happiness, Victor feels The way in which Elisabeth must endure her wor
isolated from those he loves. This is obvious in the way that he lack of happiness with her life, as she marries a t
talks about his hatred of the fact that he no longer feels part of Victor, is comparative to the brave face worn by
mankind ‘I abhorred the face of man’ however he immediately handmaids, and the way that they must appear a
contradicts this statement, which all the more emphasises his way to other people; especially men.
fragile state, but also the fact that he does not actually hate man,
he just feels apart from them ‘Oh, not abhorred! They were my However, Victor also makes a certain discussion
brethren, my fellow beings, and I felt attracted even to the most point of keeping up appearances, in reference to
repulsive among them’, this statement is made all the more marriage in general ‘ all wore a smiling appearan
ridiculous by the fact that Victor is able to fee affection for even with the unnatural expression of ‘smiling’ given
the worst of humankind, but not the creature whom he created; expression of ‘appearance’ creating an image of
he considers him abhorred, simply because he does not appear happiness, a mask to hide the troubles ‘the deco
wholly human. of my tragedy’ as Victor describes it. This also lin
to the Handmaids’, though in particular what we
Relationships- Elisabeth’s letter to Victor comes right in the experience from Offred’s first person narrative, o
middle of this chapter. She not only consoles Victor’s worries but importance of keeping up appearances and mask
expresses her own worry that Victor may no longer want to your emotions, within society.
marry her ‘I conjure you, by mutual happiness; with simple truth-
Do you not love another?’ ; Victor’s isolation from Victoria, and
the fact that he is emotionally withdrawn, has made Elisabeth
feel as though Victor does not have romantic feelings for her,
and though he professes to , his feelings are still restricted by the
worry of the creature’s threat ‘I will be with you on your wedding
