Lynd Ward's Illustrations for _Frankenstein_ (1934)

This illustration appears as a heading for Volume II, Chapter 8, when the Creature has just been rejected by the DeLacy family and driven into the woods. In the previous chapter, the Creature reveals himself to the family and becomes enraged by their reaction to him, which includes both physical and emotional abuse. Felix DeLacy has beaten him with a stick, Agatha faints, and Safie runs away, frightened by his appearance. The Creature reacts violently to this rejection in Chapter 8, despairing of ever being accepted by anyone, and once alone in the forest, he becomes like a wild beast” and…

     This illustration is first described to us in Volume II, Chapter seven, of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. In the Illustration, the creature was just attacked by Felix. Before this event, Safie, Agatha, and Felix went on “a long country walk” leaving their father Mr. DeLacy -the old blind man- home alone to play his guitar (Shelley 99). Seeing this the creature decides that it’s his chance to go talk to Mr. DeLacy and prove that he too has a place in society.

     However the creature heard the children's footsteps…

This illustration appears as a heading in Volume II Chapter 7, when the Creature has realized his appearance through viewing his reflection in the water. Leading up to this moment in the chapter, the Creature had discovered a satchel out in the woods that contains some clothing and books. The books catch the attention of the Creature and he begins to study them, eventually comparing his creation to the character Adam in the book Paradise Lost.  They were both “created apparently united by no link to any other being in existence,” but Adam was created “from the hands of God” and was…

   This illustration appears as a heading for volume II, chapter III, when the villagers stone the monster. In the beginning of this chapter, the creature is on his journey through the woods. The creature is on his own and starts to experience what it's like to feel thirsty, hungry, tired, and cold. He also starts to figure out how darkness is night and light is day. One day, the creature wakes up around noon and starts his travels again for the day. On this day, the Creature stumbles upon a village and is confused on how “miraculous”…