Victor falls in an uncontrollable attack of exhaustion and stress. He explains the cause as “I imagined that the monster seized me; I struggled furiously and fell down in a fit.” Henry becomes Victor’s caretaker for the next few months.
Q. What critical event happens in Chapter 5 Frankenstein?
Summary: Chapter 5 One stormy night, after months of labor, Victor completes his creation. But when he brings it to life, its awful appearance horrifies him. He rushes to the next room and tries to sleep, but he is troubled by nightmares about Elizabeth and his mother’s corpse.
Q. What is Frankenstein’s theme in Chapter 5?
One theme that emerges in this chapter is the importance of family and close friendships—and this will be a major theme of the novel. When Victor Frankenstein “escapes” from the creature he’s made with his own hands, he is terrified and alone.
Q. Why are there so many references to sickness and fever in Frankenstein?
From the many references to sickness we see in the novel, Mary Shelley has purposely created a dark and depressing atmosphere in Frankenstein. She also uses sickness as it insinuates ideas of death amongst the reader.
Q. Why is Dr Frankenstein guilty?
He is guilty because he wanted revenge against Victor Frankenstein for not loving him. While studying at university, Victor Frankenstein creates the Creature and abandons him shortly after creating him. At first Frankenstein agrees, but later when he refuses, the Creature vows revenge.
Q. Why did the monster cry when Victor died?
In Frankenstein, the monster cries when Victor dies because he regrets what he has done to Victor. And without Victor, the monster has lost all reason to keep living. In this moment, he cries partly out of remorse and partly out of despair for himself.
Q. Who are the Cottagers?
The Cottagers, nickname for Fulham F.C., a football club in London. Cottagers, one of the levels of serfdom in feudal societies.
