frankenstein themes

the words induced me to turn towards myself

isolation, the monster, metaphor

but where were my friends and relations?

isolation, the monster, rhetorical question

i shall become a thing of whose existense everyone will be ignorant

isolation, the monster, dehumanising language

the scene was perfectly solitary

isolation, victor, oxymoron

the world was to me a secret, which i desired to discover

ambition, victor, metaphor

this was indeed a godlike science and i ardently desired to become acquainted with it

ambition, the monster, cyclical structure

until he or i shall perish in mortal conflict

ambition, victor, imperative

i felt as if i were destined for some great enterprise

ambition, victor

We witnessed a most violent and terrible thunderstorm

science and the natural order, victor, pathetic fallacy

wind tore up whirlwinds of water

science and the natural order, victor, pathetic fallacy

the moon had reached her summit in the heavens and was beginning to descend

science and the natural order, victor, pathetic fallacy

I am surrounded by mountains of ice

science and the natural order, walton, pathetic fallacy

the birth of that passion, which afterwards ruled my destiny

birth and creation, victor, metaphor

I ardently wished to extinguish that life which I had so thoughtlessly bestowed

birth and creation, victor, metaphor

the light became more and more oppressive to me

birth and creation, the monster, metaphor

that it was the wretch whom i had created

birth and creation, victor, dehumanising language

i gazed on the picture of my mother, which stood over the mantlepiece

family, victor metaphor

But where were my friends and relations? No father had watched my infant days, no mother had blessed me with smiles and caresses

family, the monster, rhetorical question

neither hopes or fears arise to disturb our domestic calm

family, victor's dad, forseshadowing

but the appearance of my father was to me like that of a good angel

family, victor, simile

weighed down by horror and despair

excessive emotion, victor, metaphor

i swear inextinguishable hatred

excessive emotion, the monster, metaphor

I, a miserable wretch, haunted by a curse

excessive emotion, victor, metaphor

Why did I not die?

excessive emotion, victor, rhetorical question

I am an unfortunate and deserted creature

identity, monster, declarative

Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come?

identity, the monster, triadic structure

I am malicious because I am miserable

identity, the monster, alliteration

what the became of me?

identity, victor, rhetorical question

I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel

religion, the monster, edenic allusion

I was cursed by some devil, and carried about with me my eternal hell

religion, victor, metaphor

Like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell

religion, victor, biblical imagery

the fallen angel become the malignant devil

religion, the monster, cyclical structure