Adapted by:

Marla DeweyMuscogee County School District

Jessie Moreau Gwinnett County Public Schools,

2006/07

FrankensteinBy Mary Shelley

Prologue

Captain Walton journeys to the North Pole.

Captain Walton discovers Dr. Victor Frankenstein trapped in the ice. The Captain brings Victor aboard the ship.

Dr. Frankenstein

tells the Captain

the story of his

creature.

Chapter 1

Victor Frankenstein is born in Italy to a

wealthy family.

When he is 5 years old,

his parents adopt a girl

named Elizabeth.

She has fair skin and

golden hair.

Victor and Elizabeth are

best friends.

They grow up in Switzerland

at the foot of the Alps.

They are good friends with a boy named Henry.

At 17 years old, Victor goes to the

University. He studies the human body and

hopes to create life.

Victor visits graveyards to get

spare body parts.

Chapter 2

Dr. Victor Frankenstein puts

the body parts together.

He ZAPS his creation with

ELECTRICITY to bring him to life.

The monster is so ugly --

• His skin is yellow

• His lips are black

• His teeth are white

• His eyes are red

Victor becomes sick with disgust and runs away.

He is so sick that

his friend, Henry,

takes care of Victor

for several months.

Victor receives

a sad letter from home.

His brother William

has been killed.

When Dr. Frankenstein goes home,

he sees the creature in the woods.

He knows that the monster

has killed his brother.

Justine, the maid, is found

with William’s locket.

Even though she did not

murder him, the maid

confesses. Justine is

found guilty and is put

to death.

Victor hates the monster for killing his brother

and wants revenge.

He travels to France

Victor climbs to the top of

Mt. Montavert to talk to God.The

monster

surprises

Victor there.

The

monster then

tells his side

of the story.

Chapter 3The Monster’s Story

I am good and

full of love.

Only suffering makes

me do bad things.

After I was born, I was

hungry,

thirsty,

and in pain.

Everyone was horrified

when they saw me.

I found a cabin where I could hide

and watch the family who lived there:

and a young woman.

an old man, anda young man,

The family was very poor.

They were kind.

I liked to help them.

I learned by watching and listening

to them.

I was happy when I learned

how to speak.

Then I could tell them how good

I really was.

I read a book and found out

how I was created.

I was very angry at my creator,

Dr. Frankenstein,

because he made me so ugly.

I finally decided to talk to the family

in the cabin.

They got scared

and attacked me.

I hate myself.

I hate all men.

He was scared of me, too.

He said his father, Dr. Frankenstein,

would punish me.

I went to Switzerland.

I saw a young boy andwanted to be his friend.

I was so mad I strangled

the boy.

I took his locket and hid it

with the sleeping girl

in the barn.

Doctor,

if only I had a friend,

I would be happy.

Then I wouldn’t do these

awful things!

Chapter 4

Dr. Frankenstein

says he will

make a bride

for the monster.

Victor Frankenstein goes

to England

with Henry to study.

Victor works on

the bride but is very

nervous about it.

The doctor decides he doesn’t want the

monster and his bride to have children.

Dr. Frankenstein

destroys

his bride creation

before it is done.

The monster sees his bride destroyed

and vows revenge.

Victor goes to Ireland

to see Henry.

The doctor finds out

Henry has been

murdered.

The monster

has killed his

friend.

Victor is sick

with grief.

When the doctor

gets better,

he goes home

to Switzerland.

Victor then marries

Elizabeth.

Victor and Elizabeth

honeymoon in Italy.

Elizabeth goes to bed.

Victor fears that the monster has

followed them.

He leaves the house, searching for the monster.

There is a bad storm.

The monster strangles Elizabeth.

Elizabeth dies.

Dr. Frankenstein is heartbroken.

He goes to an insane asylum.

This time, when the

doctor gets better,

he vows

to find the monster

and kill him.

Victor chases

the monster

to the North Pole.

Dr. Frankenstein

meets Captain Walton

on the ship.

and tells him

the whole story.

Then Victor dies.

The Captain meets the

monster when

the monster climbs onto

the ship.

The Captain hates

the monster for

the awful things

the monster has done.

But the monster hates himself

even more.

The monster

runs away into

the darkness

to hide forever.

The End