frankenstein Flashcards
I pursued
Nature into her hiding places
The saintly soul of elizabeth
Shone like a shrine dedicated lamp
Elizabeth was of a calmer and more concentrated disposition
but with all my ardour i was capable of a more intense application
Have my murderous machinations
Deprived you of like Clerval- my dearest friend, my benefactor
I have a pretty
Present for my victor
It was the secrets of heaven and
Earth that i desired to learn
I became myself capable of
Bestowing animation upon lifeles s matter
A new species would
Bless me as its creator and source
I kept my
Workshop of filthy creation
His hair was of
Lustrous black and flowing
His shrivelled complexion and
Straight black lips
One hand was stretched out
Seemingly to detain me
I could not have had a
More kind and attentive nurse than him!
Justine was the
Most grateful little creature in the world
She appeared to me the most
Aimbale and benevolent creatures of the world
I did confess but i confessed a
Lie so that i might obtain absolution
And on the morrow
Justine died
The criminality of
The saintly sufferer
The first hapless
Victims of my unhallowed arts
Solitude was my only
Consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude
Men appeared to me as
Monsters bursting for each others blood
do your
Duty towards me and i will do mine to the rest of mankind
I ought to be thy adam but
I am rather thy fallen angel
I was benevolent and good;
Misery made me a fiend
You accuse me of murder yet you with
A satisfied conscience would destroy your own creature
I saw, felt, heard and
Smelt at the same time
I was a poor
Helpless, miserable wretch
countenance of
angelic beauty
a head of shining raven black
and curiously braided