Frankenstein quotations with analysis

Key Quote for: Victor Frankenstein Chapter 5

This suggests murmuring or whispering. This is because Victor has to keep his creation secret from the rest of society and it mat also suggest shock as he can't fully communicate his horrors.

Alliteration suggests confusion and shock.

This is one of the only times we see Victor take responsibility for his actions. This realisation is shattered by his obvious prejudice towards the monster.

WAGOLL

The monster describes his nature as "benevolent". However the use of the past tense, "was benevolent" has a certain poignancy to it as "benevolent and good" appear to have been replaced by the monster's description and awareness of himself as a "fiend". Shelleys use of a semi-colon serves to highlight the contrast between the monster's past, "good", nature and his new title as "fiend" or evil character. In addition,the personification of "misery", making the monster a fiend suggests that the monster's evil nature was nurtured by society and it's rejection of him. On the other hand the reader may consider that this is a third person narrative so how far is the monster's justification of his own fiendish behaviour reliable? Although, in answer to this a contemporary audience would understand that Shelley's sympathetic depiction of the monster reflects the ideas of Rosseau who believed that all people are born naturally innocent, therefore reminding society or the reader of their collective responsibility towards others.