chapter 3.3 Flashcards
‘she might become ten thousand times more malignant than her mate’
actions have consequences
‘she also might turn with disgust from him to the superior beauty of man’
do we understand the consequences of our actions?
promethean ideal
didn’t originally ask questions
‘a race of devils would be propagated upon the earth who might make the very existence of the species of man a condition precarious and full of terror’
overestimating his power
hubris
‘a ghastly grin wrinkled his lips as he gazed on me’
devious - frankenstein’s interpretation
happy - making a new friend
‘trembling with passion, tore to pieces the thing on which i was enraged’
treatment of the female body
destroys it - doesn’t want to but does
‘i shall be with you on your wedding night’
gothic
will ruin what could’ve been - what frankenstein did
revenge