Frankenstein Part 1 Timeline

Frankenstein
Mary Shelly
1818

Part I. Summary of the Plot
In a series of letters, Robert Walton, the captain of a ship bound for the North Pole, tells his sister who is in England about his mission. Victor Frankenstein who was traveling by dog-drawn sledge across ice was very weak. Walton takes him in and nurses him. Frankenstein then tells him his story of how he created a monster. Victor had a great childhood with his parents and his cousin, Elizabeth, and friend Henry Clerval. Later, Victor enters the university of Ingolstadt to study natural philosophy and chemistry. He soon becomes obsessed with creating life. He soon accomplishes that but sees that he created a horrible looking monster and abandons the monster. He finds out that
Walton is a captain on a ship that is trapped in ice at the North Pole. He picks up Victor who is weak from his chase after the monster. Victor tells Walton his life story and then dies. Walton is like Victor in many ways because he is an explorer and is chasing after some kind of knowledge. |

Part III. Vocabulary Chapter and Page | Word | Part of Speech | Definition (as used in the novel) | 1(19) | Syndics | Noun | Person chosen to represent and transact business for a corporation, as a university. | 1(19) | Defatigable | Noun | Capable of being wearied or tired out. | 1(20) | Sustenance | Noun | Life; nourishment, the process of sustaining. | 1(21) | Hitherto | Adverb | Up to this time; until now. | 1(22) | Penury | Noun | Extreme poverty | 1(23) | Chamois | Noun | A medium to grayish yellow color. | 1(23) | Reverential | Adjective | Feeling, exhibiting or characterized by reverence; deep respect.
| 19(166) | Palpitate | Verb (used without object) | To pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc. | 19(167) | Rendezvous | Noun | An agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place. | 19(168) | Irksome | Adjective | Annoying; irritating; exasperating; tiresome. | 19(169) | Benumbed | Verb (used with object) | To make numb; deprive of sensation. | 20(171) | Precarious | Adjective | Dependent on circumstances beyond one’s control; uncertain; unstable; insecure. | 20(172) | Deformity | Noun | The quality or state of being deformed, disfigured, or misshapen. | 20(174) | Spectre | Noun | Specter; a visible spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature. | 20(174) | Barren | Adjective | Not producing or incapable of producing offspring; sterile; unproductive. | 20(174) | Insuperable | Adjective | Incapable of being passed over, overcome, or surmounted. | 20(177) | Sanguinary | Adjective | Full of or characterized by bloodshed. |

Part IV. Syntax Chapter and Page | Sentence | In what way does it vary from the usual?