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ambition: do i not..

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“Do I not derserve to accomplish some great purpose”
“preferred glory”
- walton pg 17

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Ambition: success

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” success shall crown my endeavours”

- walton

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Ambition: how gladly

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“how gladly i would sacrifice my fortune, my existence, my every hope to the furtherance of my enterprise”
“one mans life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of knowledge which i sought for”
- walton pg 29

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ambition: wealth,

banish disease

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“wealth was an inferior object but what glory would attend the discovery”
“banish disease from the human frame”
- victor

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ambition: engaged

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” engaged, heart and soul, in the pursuit of some discoveries” - victor pg 51

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ambition: lost

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“lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit”

“dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave” pg 55

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ambition: rendered

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“rendered me unsocial” - victor pg 71

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ambition: the result

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” the result of my curiosity and lawless devices” - victor pg 83

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ambition: enthusiastic

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” enthusiastic frenzy had blinded me” victor pg 169

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ambition: mere, wasted

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“mere skeleton” “wasted frame” = effects of ambition

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ambition: mad

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“the mad enthusiasm”

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knowledge: i shall

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” i shall satiate my ardent curiosity”
“secret of the magnet” - walton pg 16
“my education was neglected”

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knowledge: “ one mans”

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“one mans life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of knowledge wish i sought for” - pg 29 victor

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knowledge: you seek

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you seek for knowledge and wisdom” - result = “ a serpent to sting you” pg 31 about walton said by victor

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knowledge “the world”

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” the world was to me a secret which i desired to divine” “learn the hidden laws of nature”

pg 38 - victor

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knowledge: thirst

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“thirst for knowledge”

“could banish disease from the human frame” - pg 41 victor

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knowledge: ardently

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” ardently desired the acquisition of knowledge” - pg 46 - victor

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knowledge: how dangerous

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“how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge”

“how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world” “than who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow” pg 54 victor

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knowledge: bestow

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“bestow animation upon lifeless matter pg 55

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knowledge: fatal

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“fatal passion” pg 63 - describes his passion for knowledge as almost deadly which is ironic because he does die

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knowledge: the result

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“the result of my curiosity and lawless devices” - result of pursuit of knowledge
- victor

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knowledge: engaged

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” engaged heart and soul in the pursuit of some discoveries” - victor

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knowledge: ardently desired

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“ardently desired to understand them”
“speedily master the language
“reading gave him extreme delight” - the creature

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h/nm/m: share

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” share my madness” pg 29 - victor

finally realises his ambition was mad and he accepts and takes responsibility for it

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h/nm/m: what they

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“what they owed towards the being to which they had given life” pg 35 victor expected his parents to nurture him and that they “owed” him that much however victor didnt return that to the being in which he had given life to

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h/nm/m: destiny

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“destiny was too potent” pg 43 victor- lack of responsibility blamed on fate rather than himself

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h/nm/m: would

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“would be looked upon as madness by the vulgar” pg 81 victor, wouldnt tell the truth about what really happened to william taking no responsibility.

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h/nm/m: unfeeling

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” unfeeling heartless creator”

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h/nm/m: owe

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” owe him all the portion of happiness that it was in my power to bestow pg 148 - he finally recognised his responsibility as creator

30
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h/nm/m: you are

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“you are distant to me” elizabeth about victor pg 171

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h/nm/m: i knew

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” i knew my silence disquieted them” pg 56 victor

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h/nm/m: diabolically

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“diabolically murdered” - pg 102 creature

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h/nm/m: murdered

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“murdered the lovely and the helpless” - creature

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h/nm/m: my soul

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“my soul glowed with love and humanity”
“goodness and compassion”
- pg 103 creature

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h/nm/m: sympathised

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“sympathised in their joys” - creature about delaceys

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h/nm/m: saved

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“saved a human being from destruction” - creature shows natural instinct is not to kill yet show compassion

37
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responsibility: what they

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“what they owed towards the being to which they had given life” pg 35 - victor. expected responsibility for parents yet had none for himself

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responsibility: destiny

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“destiny was too potent and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction”
“avert the storm that was even then hanging in the stars” pg 43
- shows victors lack of responsibility for his actions and blames it on destiny rather than himself,

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responsibility: decided

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“decided my future destiny”

pg 50 victor- shows victors lack of responsibility for his actions

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responsibility: stretched

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“one hand was stretched out (towards victor)
“stretched out my hand to him (victor to alphonse)
- the creature stretches out his hand to victor as victor does to his dad, victor expects his father to be there for him however he refuses to for the creature. rejects parental responsibility.

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responsibility: would be look

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“would be look upon as madness by the vulgar” - pg 81 victor no responsibility for justine

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responsibility: the result

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“the result of my curiosity and lawless devices pg 83

- realises responsibility in the trial of justine was due to his misguided creation

43
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responsibility: true

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“true murderer
“was the work of my thrice accursed hands”
-victor takes responsibility as the true murderer but not enough to tell everyone

44
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responsibility:” begun

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“begun life with benevolent intentions pg 93- vitor tries to make up for his actions saying its not his fault because intentions were good.

45
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responsibility: do your

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” do your duty towards me”

creature to victor

46
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responsibility: felt

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“felt what the duties of a creator towards his creature were” pg 104

47
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responsibility: abandoned

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“abandoned me” pg 134 creature to victor

“unfeeling heartless creator” pg 148

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responsibility: tore

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“tore to pieces”
“future ages might curse me as their pest
“inflict this curse upon everlasting generations”
pg 171

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