Frankenstein Flashcards
P.35 - Victor wins best dad award
No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve their’s
Victor’s work ethic
Midnight labours
Secret toils
Elizabeth mirrors the monster
I will melt the stony hearts of your enemies by my tears and prayers
Both are Frankenstein???
My own spirit let loose from the grave
Elizabeth thinks men are the monsters
Men appear to me as monsters thirsting for each other’s blood
How is Walton similar to the monster?
The desire I had always felt of finding a friend who might sympathise with me
How does Victor describe the result of ambition to Walton?
A serpent to sting you
How does Victor’s childhood differ from the monster’s?
My improvement and health were their constant care, especially as I remained for several years their only child.
How helpful does Victor think science is?
Scarcely ever fail in ultimitely turning to the solid advantage of mankind
How powerful is science?
They can command the thunders of heaven
How does Victor feel about M.Krempe as a teacher
With a repulsive physiognomy and manners, but not on that account less valuable
Victor gets a bit obsessed with death
I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human body
What is a church-yard to Victor?
Merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life
What did Victor do to succeed in making a monster?
Tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?
Victors making of the monster
‘Disturbed with profane fingers’
‘Workshop of filthy creation’
The monster is just a baby
He muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks
When Victor thinks the murderer has been caught, what is his hypocritical reaction?
One might as well try to. Overtake the winds, or confine a mountain-stream with a straw.
Victor doesn’t think his creation is a human
Every human being, was guiltless of this murder
The difference between Elizabeth and Victor?
I would sacrifice my life to your peace
The church hates Justine
He threatened excommunication and hell fire i my last moments, if I continued obdurate
