Frankenstein Flashcards
I collect…
I collect the instruments of life around me
I held the…
I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms
[..] I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of flannel.
I longed to join….
I longed to join them, but dared not. I remember too well the treatment I had suffered the night before from the barbarous village.
Was man….
Was man, indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous and magnificent, yet so vicious and base?
I remembered Adam’s….
I remembered Adam’s supplication to his Creator. But where was mine? He had abandoned me, and in the bitterness of my heart I cursed him.
Cursed, cursed…..
Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live?
The wretch saw me….
The wretch saw me destroy the creature on whose future existence he depended for happiness.
I ought to be thy……
I ought to be thy Adam ; but I am rather the fallen angel. Whom thou drive set from joy for no misdeed
Man..
Man child
Who is Aldini and Galdini
Aldini- conducted experiments on criminals
Galdini- conducted experiments on frogs