Frankenstein: Chapter 3 (1818)
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Chapter questions
- Question 1 · Recall
For about how long did Victor devote himself to chemistry at the university?
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He spent about two years on it, and won great esteem for his work.Reference: Volume I, Chapter 3, Victor's studies at Ingolstadt
- Question 2 · Recall
How tall did Victor plan to make the being he wanted to create?
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About eight feet in height, and large in proportion.Reference: Volume I, Chapter 3, Victor's decision to make a being
- Question 3 · Recall
Where did Victor do his work, and where did he get his materials?
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He worked in a solitary room at the top of the house, and he took materials from the dissecting room and the slaughter-house.Reference: Volume I, Chapter 3, Victor's workroom
- Question 4 · Why
Why did Victor turn to the study of death?
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He believed that to examine the causes of life, one must first turn to death.Reference: Volume I, Chapter 3, Victor's anatomy studies
- Question 5 · Why
Why did Victor choose to make a very large being?
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The smallness of the parts would have been a great hindrance to his work.Reference: Volume I, Chapter 3, Victor's decision to make a being
Chapter summary
After the lecture, Victor gives himself entirely to natural philosophy and chemistry. He works so hard for two years that he improves some chemical instruments and gains great esteem at the university. Professor Krempe asks him with a sly smile how Agrippa is going, while Professor Waldman is pleased with his progress.
Victor grows fascinated by the structure of the human body and the principle of life. He concludes that to understand life he must first examine death, so he studies anatomy and decay and spends time among dead bodies. Then, in a sudden flash of insight, he discovers how to give life to lifeless matter. He decides to make a being about eight feet tall, because very small parts would make the work too difficult. Over several months he collects and arranges his materials, taking them from the dissecting room and the slaughter-house. He works in a lonely room at the top of his house, kept apart from the other rooms by a gallery and staircase.
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