Chapter 5

• “it was a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils.”
• “my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open”
• “the wretch”
• “Beautiful! – Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes”
• I had selected his features as beautiful.
• “I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.”
• "thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health [...] as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms"
• “his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks.”
• “one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped”
• “by the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way through the window shutters, I beheld the wretch”
• “I took refuge”
• The demonical corpse to which I had so miserably given life.
• I felt the palpitation of every artery
• “when those muscles and joints were rendered capable of motion, it became such a thing as even Dante could not have conceived.”
• “Like one who, on a lonely road, Doth walk in fear and dread, And having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread” [Quoted from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner]
• “his presence brought back to my thoughts my father, Elizabeth, and all those scenes of home so dear to my recollection.”
• 'he has permitted me to undertake a voyage of discovery to the land of knowledge.'
• “I hope, I sincerely hope, that all these employments are now at an end, and that I am at length free.”
• “I imagined that the monster seized me; I struggled furiously, and fell down in a fit.”
• “I was lifeless”
• “the unbounded and unremitting attentions of my friend could have restored me to life.”
• “‘Is that all, my dear Henry? How could you suppose that my first thoughts would not fly towards those dear, dear friends whom I love, and who are so deserving of my love.’”
• I grasped his hand, and in a moment forgot my horror and misfortune; I felt suddenly, and for the first time during many months, calm and serene joy.”