As the figure moved into the room and shut the door behind them I was relieved to discover that it was not a monster, but a man. With a few more steps he stepped into the light and I was able to clearly see the his face including all of the little details that made up his appearance. From observation alone I could see that he was much older than me, his hair was short and white but with no signs of any thinning. He also had a small beard that didn't come out very far, but I imagined that it suited him far better than long one. As he came closer I saw that his eyes were a light grey colour and above them sat a pair of thin eyebrows that were as white as the hair on his head. Further down his face I noticed how pale his lips were and that his …show more content…
"You must be quite confused my friend", said the man, "waking up in a strange room that is filled with strange people". I was unable to find my voice at the time so I answered him with a simple nod. "My granddaughter found you lying in a street not too far from here; you're quite luck that she did, otherwise you would have died there and then if it wasn't for her". My mind was slowly piecing together how I had collapsed in an ally and woken up in a house, but with the mystery solved I smiled and stretched out my hand to thank him for his help. "Thank you", I said with some effort and the old man smiled as I shook his hand. When I looked down at my status I saw that he had done a very good job of healing me, the state of my health bar had greatly improved and all of my other needs had been tended to as well. But as we talked I suddenly felt a sharp pain rip across my abdomen and I removed the bedsheets to see that my torso had been wrapped tight with bandages. At first I was more surprised than in pain, I began to question how it was even possible to be in this state after being supposedly healed. In fact the in-game pain filter should have …show more content…
I knew that some players had become shop owners, blacksmiths and various other roles that differed from standard questing, but from the way he looked and spoke it was as though he was living his life as though everything was normal, like he had just simply accepted Aincrad as his real home. I was intrigued about the person who was sitting across from me but I felt too weak to start inquiring about his life, so I decide to listen to the man and answer to the best of my ability in order to rest my healing vessel. When he had finished with his menu he turned to speak to me more; "the girl who you just saw was my granddaughter; Atsuko, she knows that she isn't allowed to disturb you but I can't do much to fight against the curiosity of a child, I just hope that she didn't give you any bother". I smiled and shook my head which seemed to please Daisuke who then turned to call out the child's name, seconds later the girl re-entered the room and stood by the door. She bowed to me and introduced herself with a quiet voice; "hello, I'm Atsuko... nice to meet you", and with that out of the way she quickly dashed back out of the room before I could even voice a reply. "Don't worry", said Daisuke, "she'll warm up to you eventually. Now young man, do you mind telling me your own name and as to how you ended up lying unconscious in an
Scanning my mind and listening. The creature could be a vagabond, an upright being without wings? Two arms, two legs, incomparable to any other animal. Why was it not speaking English ? Was it trying to convey something? What kind of reaction was it looking for? What circumstances could this encounter lead up to? Was the encounter premeditated, meant to be chaotic? Incomprehensible? But in actually, it is a reality. Did the creature have wings? When the creature came closer it was becoming determined to have our attention, it's not disputed. Yet it draws suspicion, specifically the creature did not impart itself completely, but stays on the inner edge of darkness hiding his corporeal self, simoustanly encroaching himself on us. However,
Page 1 of 2 Far away setting- “I accompanied the whale-fishers on several expeditions to the North Sea; I voluntarily endured cold, famine, thirst, and want of sleep; I often worked harder than the common sailors during the day and devoted my nights to the study of mathematics, the theory of medicine, and those branches of physical science from which a naval adventurer might derive the greatest practical advantage” (letter 1 Walton) Far away unexplored areas like the Artic were very mysterious to people of the 1700’s. This setting creates a tense feeling for the reader because they don’t know much about where the characters are and what could be hiding there. Dark and gloomy places- “We saw many ruined castles standing on the edges of precipices,
In the passage Shelley skillfully paints an intense image in the audience’s mind. Although it should be an exciting moment for Victor, Shelley purposely makes the scene dark, drab, and dreary. She chooses illustrate this scene in a sinister way because this moment is only the beginning of the horrors come. She achieves her dark image by incorporating details such as the lighting, weather, time of day, and even the time of year. All of these details come together to effectively paint a vivid picture of Victor and his creation as he breathes life into it. The imagery in this passage also greatly affects the tone of the passage.
In Chapter 10 of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the monster employs an array of compelling rhetorical questions to underscore his anguish and despair in the hopes of winning his creator’s sympathy and understanding. Upon enduring Victor’s barrage of execration, the monster fitfully cries out, “Have I not suffered enough, that you seek to increase my misery?” (Shelley 81). Distraught, the monster demands for what higher purpose does the arbiter of his future whimsically desire to torture and “increase” his “misery”. Like clinging onto a frayed rope, the monster hopes that his pitiful coagulation of naive optimism and sorrow has the ability to trigger a sense of sympathy in his creator that would mark the end of his isolated and disheartened state.
“No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself. My parents were possessed by the very spirit of kindness and indulgence. We felt that they were not the tyrants to rule our lot according to their caprice, but the agents and creators of all the many delights which we enjoyed. When I mingled with other families I distinctly discerned how peculiarly fortunate my lot was, and gratitude assisted the development of filial love.”
Letter 1 Explain what is established in the first passage/letter who is narrating? Why is he making this voyage? When and where is this taking place? To whom is he writing the letter?
Humans are known for bestowing their judgment irrationally and based on the “book cover” of a person, they may degrade their fellow human into the worst positions of the social ladder. Mary Shelley, in her novel Frankenstein, expands on this perspective by using mood and tone to parallel with the circumstances of an event occurring in her novel with shifts throughout the context of the book, symbolized by the changes in nature and seasons. This shift is made frequently between the agonized, desperate, frightful, maybe even suicidal mood and tone with the occurrence of dreadful acts of murder and execution, to the more calming, soothing, optimistic and life-full during a physical and spiritual recovery.
The Creature begins to show curiosity as soon as he is created. He starts to observe the people and see that their actions are slightly different than his and he learns everyone has their own way of doing everything. Eventually the creature starts to gain interest in the way humans communicate and he strives to learn to communicate with them. The creature learns to speak through small lessons that he observes given to Agatha from Felix. “My days were spent in close attention, that i might more speedily master the language” (Shelley 50). As the Creature is learning how to speak he also is catching on to learning to read. “I also learned the science of letters as it was taught to the stranger, and this opened before me a wide field for wonder and delight.” (Shelley
In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, we discover that the search for now knowledge has a good and a bad side. Suffering is something we all go through at some point. We try to avoid it but our search for knowledge will always lead to suffering. In Frankenstein Victor had set out on a search for knowledge, he was relentless. His search consumed all his time, destroyed relationships, and lead to the death of not only himself but his friends and family. All of those negative effects originated from the monster Victor had created on his search for knowledge. Although Victor may have achieved his end goal, at what cost did this come to? Victor’s search
"Do you think, Victor," said he, "that I do not suffer also? No one could love a child more than I loved your brother" (tears came into his eyes as he spoke); "but is it not a duty to the survivors, that we should refrain from augmenting their unhappiness by an appearance of immoderate grief? It is also a duty owed to yourself; for excessive sorrow prevents improvement or enjoyment, or even the discharge of daily usefulness, without which no man is fit for society." (78)
Mary Shelley creates a murky and ominous mood in chapter 5 by using descriptive language and pathetic fallacy when she describes the setting. She writes: “It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplish of my toils’. This shows the time and the weather of the day that victor finished making his creation. It was very spooky and bad weather, al it was a dark night. Furthermore, it also told that ‘ It was already one in the morning, the rain pattered dismally against the panes’; Victor was still working on his experiment until the morning.
Victor Frankenstein worried about everyone else and playing God, rather than trying to do right, morally. Victor had to go through a lot of steps and difficulties to create the monster. After the creation of the monster, everyone including Victor abandoned him. Victor refused to create a girl creature to avoid a lot of problems, but he did not realize the hell the monster would end up causing him. Victor regrets trying to play God because his action would cause him great troubles and consequences.
Frankenstein was first published in 1818 which was two years after she got the idea. In Mary’s life she went to Switzerland to carry on with her life but a year later she gave birth to a child which unfortunately passed away. This period in her life then haunted her for the rest of her life until one year later used it as a story in a contest. In this book Shelly used a literary technique called Foreshadowing; foreshadowing are small indications of what is going to happen in the book for example ““One man’s life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought, for the dominion I should acquire and transmit over the elemental foes of our race,” which foreshadows what the price Frankenstein will actually
Fictionally, the greatest-written villains in history possess attributes that give them cause for their behavior, with the most universal and essential of these core traits being a deep, personal backstory behind their acts. For instance, in classic stories like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the Monster presents thorough reason to its Creator in terms of why it has turned to wickedness. The Monster does not kill purely for the sake of being evil, its actions are resulted from its desire to be loved by man, yet failing at every attempt to achieve it. Motivation behind monstrous acts is necessary in works of fiction because non-fictionally, people labeled as monsters by society possesses motivation behind their actions as well, whether it be
Frankenstein was a scientist who thought that the world was a secret, which he desired to discover in the scientific field. He worked to find out the relationship between humans and animals. He was attracted by the structure of the human body, any animal related with life, and the cause of life. One day, Victor Frankenstein made an experiment where he included many different human parts from different dead people. This resulted in a human being and a strange creature never seen before in life, which made Frankenstein very scared. This creature or monster was tall enough to scare people by his height and with muscles that were well proportioned.