Frankenstein Quotes Part 2

“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.”

“Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room”.

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

Manfred tells us how he perceives his fate and expresses feelings similar to those of Victor. Manfred feels doomed in his cruse and after several attempts to escape it sees no other option than death itself. Victor perceives the same for himself in the later half of Frankenstein.

The fear of living in isolation or being isolated from everyone else has been something people have tried staying away from. Sometimes people end up going into isolation without knowing it until it becomes too late. All your family and friends start to stray away and you are left alone with nobody by your side. When he isolates himself from society and his family, Victor Frankenstein pushes everyone out of his life to become an inventor, showing that pushing your family away is acceptable only when the outcome has an impact on the world.

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

The existence of fate and free will also play a huge part of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. Shelley uses the foil characters of Victor and his monster to illustrate the differences between the beliefs in fate versus free will. While Victor Frankenstein listened to his professor speak on the powers of modern science, Frankenstein feels as if the professor’s words were “the words of fate”, that they prompted him to find the secrets of creation, and that that day “decided [his] future destiny” (Shelley 27-29). This quote prepares the audience for the upcoming events and that to Victor, those events were fully prompted by fate. Victor uses the existence of fate to rationalize his actions which helps the audience understand his motives more thoroughly. This quote also features a slippery slope

In Chapter 7 of The Wave, Christy Ross asks her husband Ben, “So how is your experiment going, Dr. Frankenstein? Have your monsters turned on you yet?” In the novel The Wave, Ben Ross is a high school teacher who begins an experiment called “The Wave” to demonstrate to his students how Germans went along with Adolf Hitler’s heinous plan to start World War II. In voicing this statement about Ben Ross’s experiment, Christy Ross compares Ben Ross to Dr. Victor Frankenstein, who is a fictional scientist in the novel Frankenstein, compares Ben Ross’s students to monsters, and compares Victor Frankenstein’s endeavor in creating a monster to Ben Ross’s experiment in recreating an example of life in Nazi Germany.

This quote is from page sixty-four. The monster had just finished telling a tale about a kingdom that was ruled by a king who was thought to have been poisoned by the queen. After the king’s death, the queen ruled the kingdom just as the king had and the villagers were very happy. During this time, the king’s grandson married a farmer’s daughter and later she was found murdered. The prince told everyone that the queen killed her and tried to frame him for the murder. All the villagers believed the prince, so they stormed the castle and dragged the queen out to be burned alive. However, the monster saved her and took her away. The prince replaced the queen as ruler of the kingdom and went on to be a much beloved king. Conor was upset that the

Escaping From The Guilt “... for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body… I had deprived myself of rest and health” (Shelley 43). Victor admits to letting his health go, proving that he is aware of his actions. Instead, he lets his bad health take over in order to distract himself from life. Victor Frankenstein says these words after he finishes the creature he has worked on for more than two years.

Log #1: Intros & Letters Theme: Life and Death pg 9, “What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?... But I must finish.” (Robert Walton) Even though the journey may endanger his life or result in death, Robert Walton says that he must continue and not stop because of it’s dangers. Also, Walton has a lot of faith in himself as he says that nothing can stop his determined heart and that he must finish this journey.

“ Scoffing devil! Again do I vow vengeance; again do I devote thee, miserable fiend, to torture and death. Never will I give up my search, until he or I perish” (249). This quote is significant because this shows Victor's reaction to the creatures message of fighting each other to the death. After the murder of Victor’s friends and family, he vows to avenge his loved ones for the pain and suffering that they have gone through. Which leads him on a journey to hunt down his own out of body doppelganger and end him once and for all. The word doppelganger is significant in the novel because Victor's creation is his own out of body double. It also demonstrates how they are similar and different from each other. Victor had a very happy childhood, he is surrounded by love and happiness. Meanwhile the creature is forced into isolation and is physically harassed and tormented when he comes in contact with humans. Which is why the creatures vow of revenge is stronger then Victors, since he was the one who suffered more. Along with the fact that the creature has the ability to control Victor in a way that when Victor was close to death on his pilgrimage, the creature left a hare for Victor so to continue his revenge. Which in turn eventually led them to their demise, since they allowed their passion for revenge over power their sense of reason.

FM is a complex character, whose initial intentions are benevolent. However, due to the isolation he experienced and the disrespect he faced from humans, he was driven to commit cruel crimes in a spur of the moment rage. He is truly not a bad creature, yearning for acceptance and respect. An example of FM's kind intentions being turned to violence, in a childlike manner, is shown when he approached William in the woods, on his way to find Victor: "Child, what is the meaning of this? I do not intended to hurt you; listen to me”(98). He states his intentions to the boy and show no signs of violence. However, once he discovers William is a part of the Frankenstein family he becomes so enraged he kills the boy. This shows that his initial intentions are benevolent, but once he is faced with mistreatment from humans he becomes enraged, altering his mindset and hindering his initial intentions.

A lot of interesting things happen in these two chapters. First, Alex gets manipulated into spending New Year’s Eve at the nursing home, with Laurie. When Laurie asks about Alex’s sentence and how much time he has left, and Sol hears, things go wrong. Sol becomes very agitated with Alex about how he was just a punishment (then more mad when he learns what Alex did). Laurie later attempts to convince Alex to go back to the home, but he doesn’t and they sleep at his house. In Chapter 12, Alex’s dad gets reintroduced when his parents reveal to Alex that they are back together (even after, according to Alex, spending twelve months and $30,000 fighting each other in court).

There's a creature looming in front of you with blood red eyes and teeth the size of butcher knives.