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Frankenstein Critic Quotes
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- 1Percy Shelley (1817)"the being in Frankenstein is, no doubt, a tremendous creature"
- 2Percy Shelley (1817)"His original goodness was gradually turned into revenge"
- 3Hugh Reginald Hawels (1886)"deep insight into the natural workings of the human heart"
- 4Hugh Reginald Hawels (1886)"the subject is somewhat revolting, the treatment is somewhat hideous"
- 5Christopher Small"Frankenstein himself is clearly and to some extent must intentionally have been a portrayal of Shelley"
- 6Christopher Small"If he is not Shelley, he is a dream of Shelley"
- 7George Levine"he is destroyed by his own nature"
- 8George Levine"the monster and Frankenstein are doubles, two aspects of the same being"
- 9George Levine"there is simply no way to define the relationship with parents and offspring in this novel"
- 10Ellen Moers"the trauma of afterbirth"
- 11Ellen Moers"he defies mortality by giving birth"
- 12Ellen Moers"death and birth were hideously mixed"
- 13Barbara Johnson"the story of Frankenstein is the story of a man who usurps the female role by giving birth"
- 14Anne Mellor"Victor cannot do scientific research and think lovingly of Elizabeth and his family at the same time"
- 15Anne Mellor"Victor's most passionate relationships are with men rather than women"
- 16Anne Mellor"nature pursues Victor"/"nature punished Victor"
- 17Marilyn Butler"when it comes to parenting, Frankenstein himself is a monster"
- 18Lawrence Lipking"is the creature a natural man or an unnatural monster?"
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