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Frankenstein quotes
Cards in this deck (8)
- 12 key quotes on friendships reflect various relationships through the book monster/Victor etcVF "I desire the company of a man who could sympathise with me, whose eyes would reply to mine"
Walton: "I bitterly feel the want of a friend" - 2Descriptions of Elizabeth - showing idealisation and spirituality (rather than sensuality)"heaven sent", "ethereal"
her blond hair is a "crown of distinction on her her" - 3Women as possession in terms of how Elizabeth shown"a pretty present"
"mine - mine to protect, love and cherish"
"a possession of my own" - 4Importance of family - contrast of how Victor's family treat him vs how he treats his creationthey had a "deep conciousness of what they owed towards the being to which they had given life"
- 5Victor as an overreacher (bit like Faustus)he has a "fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature"
- 6Examples of foreshadowing"Thus ended a day memorable to me: it decided my future destiny"
"I will be with you on your wedding night" - 7Gothic style references from chapter where the monster is created"a dreary night in November"
"by the dim and yellow light of the moon"
"I thought I saw the dreaded spectre glide into the room" - 8Victor has evil within - internal torments"I bore a hell within me"
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- A-Level English Flashcards on Frankenstein quotes, created by izzieh on 12/06/2016.
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