Frankenstein quotes

• life and death appealed to me in ideal bounds which I should first break through
• it was on a dreary night in November when I beheld the accomplishments of my toils

• pathetic fallacy foreshadows the dire consequences of victors actions
• Natue is sick and weakened
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  diana goddess of the moon - feels sick at frankensteins actions ‘the dim and yellow light of the moon’
• believe me frankenstein, I was benevolent, my soul glowed with love and humanity: but am I not alone, miserably alone?

• 'My limbs were paralysed with cold and terror' - Victor
• 'I was enveloped by darkness' - Victor
• 'My limbs were bound together by an iron chain.' - Creature
• 'my heart sank within me' - Victor
• 'a new species would bless me as its creator and source' - Victor
• I the miserable and the abandoned am an abortion to be spurned at, kicked and trampled on’ - the monster
• The saintly soul of Elizabeth shone like a shrine dedicated lamp in our peaceful home
• I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation
• Seek happiness in tranquility, and avoid ambition
• I desired the company of a man who could sympathise with me - Walton
• I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend - the monster
• Tabula rasa - blank slate
• Am I to be thought the only criminal when all humankind sinned against me?

  the monster. He doesn’t deny his role in the violent deaths but insists he also is a victim to society As others have been so cruel. Tabula rasa. Links to the idea that he is the fallen angel
• Revenge kept me alive

  • the monster
• When I reflected on his crimes and malice, my hatred and revenge burst all bounds
• Men appear to me as monsters thirsting for each others blood

  the legal system is corrupt and despite Justine and victor did not commit under and were framed by the monster. Justice was inprisoned and executed
• The monster has no name because he doesnt want one. It shows how he feels like an outcast from society. The fact that he wants to remain nameless suggests that he is trying to hide himself away from society. This could suggest that he is ashamed of who he is or what he looks like. However it may also show that he is trying to avoid being caught by Victor. If he had a name then people would know who he was and this would make him more vulnerable to capture.
• I bitterly feel the want of a friend

  • Walton
• Feminism / women

  victor is shown as the opposite of feminie values and because he can’t embody these values, it inevitable leads to his demise
• Víctor violates the laws of mothers and maternity and the consequences are dire - shows Shelley’s feminist values from her mother
• Would a female character behave differently towards her creature ?

  ?could a woman do what victor had done?
• One man’s life or death were but a small price to pay for the aqquirement of the knowledge I sought - walton
• It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn