Death Quotes Flashcards

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1st point

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concepts of life and death are controlled by authority figures, demonstrating the effects of an abuse of power

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HT 1 - concepts of life and death are controlled by authority figures, demonstrating the effects of an abuse of power

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They’ve removed anything you could tie a rope to

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HT 2 - concepts of life and death are controlled by authority figures, demonstrating the effects of an abuse of power

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maybe none of this is about control.. even as far as death

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Frankenstein 1 - concepts of life and death are controlled by authority figures, demonstrating the effects of an abuse of power

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I beheld the corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life

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Frankenstein 2 - concepts of life and death are controlled by authority figures, demonstrating the effects of an abuse of power

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Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds which should first break through and pour a tourent of light into our dark world

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What is the 2nd point

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death and patriarchy, the male characters allowing the tragic plots to unfold

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HT 1 - death and patriarchy, the male characters allowing the tragic plots to unfold

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“We live in blank white spaces at the edges of the print. It gave use more freedom, we lived in the gaps between the stories.” - the handmaids serve the male figures, failing to do so can cause them to meet the face of death

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HT 2 - death and patriarchy, the male characters allowing the tragic plots to unfold

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“The commander could give me away to easily by a look, by a gesture”

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Frankenstein 1 - death and patriarchy, the male characters allowing the tragic plots to unfold

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“Justine died; she rested; and I was alive. The blood flowed freely in my veins, but a weight of despair and remorse pressed on my heart’ - the death of female characters is frequent and almost ineventible

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Frankenstein 2 - death and patriarchy, the male characters allowing the tragic plots to unfold

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“The deathly languor and coldness of the limbs told me that what I now held in my arms had ceased to be the Elizabeth whom I had loved and cherished”

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What is the third point?

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Themes of death and responsibility are linked which becomes morally troubling for the protagonist

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HT 1 - Themes of death and responsibility are linked which becomes morally troubling for the protagonist

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“You know the rules for a Particicution” “You wait until I blow the whistle. After that, what you do is up to you” - during the Particicution the handmaids are forced into responsibility

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HT 2 - Themes of death and responsibility are linked which becomes morally troubling for the protagonist

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“Death makes me hungry. Maybe its because i’ve been emptied or maybe its the bodies way of seeing to it that I remain alive”

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Frankenstein 1 - Themes of death and responsibility are linked which becomes morally troubling for the protagonist

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“You may give up your purpose but mine is assigned to me by heaven, and I dare not” - victor takes responsibility of the deaths at the hands of the creature

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Frankenstein 2 - Themes of death and responsibility are linked which becomes morally troubling for the protagonist

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“I am weak but surely the spirits who assist my vengeance will endow me with sufficient strength” - Walton concludes the story by writing to his sister about Victors death and finds the monster lamenting over the dead body

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