Isolation/Gothic Sublime

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''Summer months passed while...
i was thus engaged, heart and soul''
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''Like one, on a lonesome road who...
.... Doth close behind him tread''
2 of 16
''I longed to join them...
but dared not'' (monster)
3 of 16
''Felt sensations of a peculiar...
and overpowering nature''
4 of 16
''the church of Ingolstadt...
...been my asylum''
5 of 16
''I fear I have gained him only to....
know his value, and lose him’’ (monster)
6 of 16
‘’my soul glowed with love and humanity....
: but am I not alone, miserably alone?’’
7 of 16
“I am alone and miserable. Only...
someone as ugly as I am could love me.''
8 of 16
''I contemplated the lake; the waters were placid, all around was calm and the snowy mountains...
the calm and heavenly scene restored me and I continued my journey toward Geneva.”
9 of 16
''I spoke of my desire of finding a friend,...
of my thirst for a more intimate sympathy with a fellow mind’’ (Walton)
10 of 16
''these bleak skies I hail, for they are...
kinder to me than your fellow creatures .” (monster)
11 of 16
''But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul;...
...what I shall soon cease to be -- a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others, and intolerable to myself.’’ (monster)
12 of 16
''’I have no friend...
Margaret'' (Walton)
13 of 16
''Was I, a monster, a blot upon the earth from ....
which all men fled and whom all men disowned?’’ (monster)
14 of 16
''I am alone and miserable:....
man will not associate with me;’’ (monster)
15 of 16
‘’ The fallen angel becomes the malignant devil. Yet...
even the enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.’’ (monster)
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Card 2

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.... Doth close behind him tread''

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''Like one, on a lonesome road who...

Card 3

Front

but dared not'' (monster)

Back

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Card 4

Front

and overpowering nature''

Back

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Card 5

Front

...been my asylum''

Back

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