Frankenstein
Key quotes and some analysis relating to Victor Frankenstein
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- Victor Frankenstein
- Self-orientated
- "I suffered living torture" p. 62
- Justine might die but he only thinks of his own woes.
- Doesn't stop to console his family.
- Promethean imagery
- "my manner... was impressive but calm" p.152
- Intent upon appearing the way he wants
- "corrected and augmented" p. 160
- Changes Walton's account of events so it suits him.
- "my destiny" p. 129
- Doesn't think Elizabeth might be hurt; only thinks of himself.
- "Our conversations are not always confined to his own history and misfortunes" p. 160-161
- Walton speaking about Frankenstein.
- "self-devoted being" p.167
- Creature talking to Frankenstein's corpse
- "I suffered living torture" p. 62
- Self-pity
- "no creature had ever been so miserable as I was" p. 151
- "creature" parallels with his "creature"
- "I had money" p. 155 He always had support whereas creature had none.
- "no mortal could support the horror of that countenance" p. 46
- Putting his pain beyond what humans can manage
- Implying he isn't "mortal"
- Putting his pain beyond what humans can manage
- "Why did I then not expire?" p. 149
- "the tortures of the accused did not equal mine" p.66
- "no creature had ever been so miserable as I was" p. 151
- Hell imagery
- "eternal hell" p. 155
- Reference to Satan in "Paradise Lost"
- "all hell surrounded me" p. 155
- Another reference to "Paradise Lost"
- "I am chained in an eternal hell" p. 161
- Promethean imagery
- "I was cursed by some devil" p.155
- "chains and darkness" p.151
- "eternal hell" p. 155
- Semantic field of revenge
- "revenge kept me alive" p. 154
- "satisfy my vengeance in his death" p. 159
- Speaking to Walton before "Walton, in continuation"
- "I vow vengeance" p.156
- "I awakened to reason, at the same time awakened to revenge" p.151-152
- suggests his revenge is with reason.
- Admitting/ avoiding guilt
- "I am the cause of this - I murdered her" p. 141
- "they all died by my hands" p. 141
- "I was innocent" p.133
- "He was the murderer" p. 60
- Shifting blame to Creature.
- "I was guiltless" p.124
- Confused narrative - wants to appear in certain lights at certain times.
- Social classes
- "all those bad qualities which often characterise that class" p. 136 talking about the working class.
- Stereotyping
- "I could not rank myself with the herd of common projectors" p. 161
- "my family is one of the most distinguished"p. 26
- 1st thing he says
- "all those bad qualities which often characterise that class" p. 136 talking about the working class.
- Gothic imagery
- Obscurity
- "obscured in darkness" p. 148
- "everything was obscure" p.131
- "I looked on the heavens, which were covered by clouds" p.131
- "our dark world" p.43
- Wanted to bridge "the gap that leads to immortality" p.
- The revenant
- F was "bound" to C p.165
- Obscurity
- Self-orientated
- "He was the murderer" p. 60
- Shifting blame to Creature.
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