Frankenstein: Themes & Quotes

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GCSE English Literature (Frankenstein) Flashcards on Frankenstein: Themes & Quotes, created by . Rasbash on 13/03/2017.
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Ambition and Fallability Victor, Letter 4 "You seek for knowledge and wisdom as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been"
Family, Society and Isolation Walton, Letter 2 " I have no friend Margaret: when I am glowing with the enthusiasm of success, there will be no-one to participate my joy"
Romanticism and Nature Victor, Chapter 2 "natural philosophy is the genius that has regulated my fate"
Revenge Monster, Chapter 16 "For the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred filled my bosom, and I did not strive to control them..."
Prejudice Monster, Chapter 10 " all men hate the wretched"
Lost Innocence Victor, Chapter 5 " the beauty of the dream vanished and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart"
Family, Society and Isolation Monster, Chapter 12 "When I looked around I saw and heard of none like me. Was I, a monster, a blot upon the Earth from which all men fled and whom all men disowned?"
Ambition and Fallability Victor, Chapter 4 "... how dangerous the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier is the man who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow"
Romanticism and Nature (also a motif and convention of gothic literature) "a black and comfortless sky"
Revenge Monster, Chapter 20 "You can blast my other passions, but revenge remains—revenge, henceforth dearer than light or food! I may die, but first you, my tyrant and tormentor, shall curse the sun that gazes on your misery. Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful. "
Prejudice Monster, chapter 20 " man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself will not deny herself to me"
Family, Society and Isolation Monster, Final Letters "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"
Ambition and Fallability Victor, Final Letters " seek tranquillity and avoid ambition, even if it be only the apparently innocent ones of distinguishing yourself of science and discoveries"
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