What is Chapter 3 of Frankenstein about?
Summary: Chapter 3 At the age of seventeen, Victor leaves his family in Geneva to attend the university at Ingolstadt. Just before Victor departs, his mother catches scarlet fever from Elizabeth, whom she has been nursing back to health, and dies. On her deathbed, she begs Elizabeth and Victor to marry.
What happens at the end of Chapter 3 Frankenstein?
By Mary Shelley Elizabeth catches scarlet fever. She recovers, but Victor’s mother catches the illness while nursing her back to health and dies herself.
What is meant by Victor’s statement at the end of this chapter Thus ended a day memorable to me it decided my future destiny?
The theme of the Romantic notion that technology is not entirely good enters the novel at this point. Victor calmly recounts that his time was well spent and a portent of his future fate, by saying “Thus ended a day memorable to me; it decided my future destiny.”
What is Walton’s plan in letter 4?
What is Walton’s Plan? Walton’s plan is to take notes on the stranger’s stories and to memorize them to use for later on in his journey for knowledge.
How is the story of Victor’s mother’s death ironic?
How is the story of Victor’s mother’s death ironic? As the mother was trying to save Elizabeth from scarlet fever, she got ill herself and died. What does Victor contemplate in the first hours of his departure? How do these thoughts indicate his future?
What is the first misfortune of Victor’s life?
My departure was therefore fixed at an early date, but before the day resolved upon could arrive, the first misfortune of my life occurred—an omen, as it were, of my future misery. Elizabeth had caught the scarlet fever; her illness was severe, and she was in the greatest danger.
Who is the narrator of Frankenstein Chapter 4?
Victor throws himself into his schoolwork, reading all he can about the sciences, particularly chemistry. Gaining a reputation as a scientist and innovator among the professors and fellow students alike.