Discussion questions

Q1
Who is the real monster in this story, Victor or the creature?
Q2
Was the creature born good? What changes him?
Q3
What does Victor owe the creature, and does he ever give it?
Q4
Why do you think Mary Shelley tells the story through three narrators: Walton, Victor and the creature?
Q5
Should Victor have made the female companion? Why did he destroy it?
Q6
How is Walton like Victor? Does he learn from him in the end?
Q7
What does the creature learn from Paradise Lost?
Q8
Which modern inventions raise the same questions as Victor's experiment?

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