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- Elizabeth catches scarlet fever. Victor's mother nursing her back to health. ''Elizabeth had caught the scarlet fever; her illness was severe, and she was in the greatest danger. During her illness many arguments had been urged to persuade my mother to refrain from attending upon her'' (Shelley 39)
- While Victor' s mother nursing Elizabeth back to health, she catches the illness. And on her deathbed, she tells Victor and Elizabeth that she wants them to get married. ''On her deathbed the fortitude and benignity of this best of women did not desert her. She joined the hands of Elizabeth and myself. 'My children,' she said, 'my firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union. This expectation will now be the consolation of your father' (Shelley 39)
- Victor's mother dies. Victor stilling in grief, Victor says goodbye to Clerval, Elizabeth, and his father and leaves to study at Ingolstadt. ''My departure for Ingolstadt, which had been deferred by these events, was now again determined upon'' (Shelley 41)
- A few weeks later, Victor goes away to study at Ingolstadt University in Germany. He is only seventeen years old. ''The day of my departure at length arrived. Clerval spent the last evening with us (Shelley 41)
- When he is in Ingolstadt he finds a place to live and start chatting up professors. He meets a Natural Physiology professor named M.Krempe who tells Victor that his previous studies have all been a waste of time. ''I replied carelessly, and partly in contempt, mentioned the names of my alchemists as the principal authors I had studied. The professor stared. 'Have you,' he said, 'really spent your time in studying such nonsense?' (Shelley 43)
- Victor then attends a class with M. Waldman, a chemistry professor, whose lecture on the power and recent successes of science inspire Victor to dedicate himself to revealing "to the world the deepest mysteries of creation." ''He then took me into his laboratory and explained to me the uses of his various machines, instructing me...'' (Shelley 48)
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