frankenstein quotes

ambition 2

twwtmaswidtd

ambition 2

twwtmaswidtd

"the world was to me a secret which I desired to divine"

(vf)

biblical imagery, dual meaning?

means 'to discover' but also 'of God' - playing God once again

ambition 3

(maybe secrecy)

tlthlongatr

'to learn the hidden laws of nature, gladness akin to rapture'

(vf)

biblical imagery, hyperbole -> too enthusiastic

comparing science to religion

ambition 4

(maybe secrecy)

iwtisohae

tisof

msom

'it was the secrets of heaven and earth'

'the inner spirit of nature'

'mysterious soul of man'

semantic field of mystery, biblical imagery

aims to imitate god/ obtain godlike powers

responsibility 3

ihbtaoue

'i had been the author of unalterable evils'

(vf)

adjective

doesn't want to do anything about it

responsibility 4

wjwmdtw

'whose joint wickedness might desolate the world'

(vf about female monster)

modal verb

possibility of worse situations to add weight to what he is doing

is he refusing to create female monster out of responsibility or reputation?

responsiblity 5

iwbth

'I [...] was bound towards him'

(vf about tm)

past tense

now accepts responsibility but still could be making excuses as he was responsible, maybe not anymore?

prejudice 2

yymcdasmtc

'yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature'
(tm to vf)

prejudice 3

ismei

'I shut my eyes involuntarily'
(vf bout tm)

prejudice 4
ichbwiluhmhs

'i compassioned him but when i looked upon him my heart sickened'

(vf about tm)

really ugly

prejudice 5
witamabutefwamfawamd

'Was I, then, a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled and whom all men disowned'
(tm)

creation and destruction 1
adanoilaf

'after days and nights of incredible labour and fatigue'

(vf)

illusion to childbirth and possibly mocking it?

creation and destruction 3
ipnthhp

'i pursued nature to her hiding places'

(vf)

personification

if he has to 'pursue' something then its probably bad

grief and loss 3
boabecnbs
yeotco

'brightness of a beloved eye can never have been extinguished'

'yellow eye of the creature open'

(both vf)

metaphor, purposeful verb

emphasises his view of death as taking away something personal

education 1
nmnfnkop

'no money, no friends, no kind of property'

(tm)

anapohora

emphasises his desolation

education 2
soiwk

'sorrow only increased with knowledge'

links to VF's situation, message of dangers of knowing too much

education 3
icttmwihosoilalotr

'it clings to the mind when it has once seized on it like a lichen on the rock'

metaphor

knowledge is dangerous and infectious like lichen on a rock

ambition 1
iahttgoywmnbastsyamhb

"I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been"

(vf to rw)

simile, alliteration

biblical imagery: snake in eden

ambition 5
otocop

'one thought, one conception, one purpose'

anaphora

narrow-mindedness, obsessive

ambition 6
wgwatd

'what glory would attend the discovery'

(vf)

rhetorical question

using others to shower himself in praise and glory

ambition 7
tfwie

'the few wants I experienced'

(vf)

noun

implies how little he was wanted, how ambitious he is for science

responsibility 1
bittmftndwa

'but I, the true murderer, felt the never-dying worm alive'

(vf)

metaphor

confesses and takes responsibility but complains right after

responsibility 2
tfhvtmua

'the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts'

(vf)

foreshadowing -> noun, possessive pronoun

many more left to come, blames the arts not entirely himself, unholy and unchristian

prejudice 1
ahc

'a human creature'

(old delacey)

juxtaposition

because old delacey is blind, he judges off personality, not looks

secrecy and isolation 1
ddds

'deep, dark deathlike solitude'

(tm)

alliteration

emphasising his loneliness as it is quite a dental, cold cound

secrecy and isolation 2
iascorcikmwofc

'in a solitary chamber, or rather cell [...] i kept my workshop of filthy creation'

(vf)

oxymoron

ignoring signs (the rime of the ancient mariner)

isolation stemming from secrets

secrecy and isolation 3
ewc
ebfas

'emaciated with confinement' (ch4)

'emaciated by fatigue and suffering (l4)

(rw about vf)

keeping these secrets has hd a physical impct on him

at the beginning as well > MS uses this structurally ro emphasise the danger

secrecy and isolation 4
tsothf
pf

'tremendous secrets of the human frame'

'profane fingers'

VF was experimenting with nature and as a result of that, he created TM

some secrets are never meant to be discovered

creation and destruction 2
comt

'consummation of my toils'

(vf)

possessive pronoun

links to wedding night

implying he has it harder than women going through childbirth

creation and destruction 4
female monster
iambiam

'i am malicious because i am miserable'

(tm)

alliteration, declarative

makes it seem more menacing

creation and destruction 5
female monster
iwwayd

'i will work at your destruction'

(tm)

TM sees it as a mission through the verb: work, elongated campign of work

grief and loss 1
ddar
mie

'dearest ties are rent' ' most irreparable evil'

(vf)

metaphor

emphasises strength of connection between people and destructive nature of grief

grief and loss 2
tvtpitts

'the void that presents itself to the soul'

(vf)

metaphor

how far it has impacted him

voids are never ending > how far it has affected him

grief and loss 4
l
c

'labour'
'concieve'
link between childbirth imagery and mother dying could be his mum had somethng to do with creating TM
could also be arguing his ego taken over, hence personifying grief and wanting to battle it