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Nature

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“region of beauty and delight”

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Nature

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“country of eternal light”

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Nature (Waldman)

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“They penetrate into the recesses of nature and show how she works in her hiding places”

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Nature (Victor)

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“These sublime and magnificent scenes afforded me the greatest consolation that I was capable of receiving”

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Nature (Victor)

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“I was quickly restored by the cold gale of the mountains”

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Nature (Creature)

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“The desert mountains and dreary glaciers are my refuge”

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Nature (Creature)

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“A gentle light stole over the heavens and gave me a sensation of pleasure”

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Nature (Creature)

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“I shall no longer see the sun or stars, or feel the winds play on my cheeks”

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Pursuit of glory (Walton)

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“you cannot contest the inestimable benefit which I shall confer on all man-kind”

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Pursuit of glory (Walton)

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“This expedition has been the favourite dream of my early years”

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Pursuit of glory (Walton)

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“I voluntarily endured cold, famine, thirst and want of sleep”

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Pursuit of glory (Walton)

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“I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path”

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Pursuit of glory (Walton)

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“But success shall crown my endeavours.”

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Pursuit of glory (Walton)

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“What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?”

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Pursuit of glory (Walton)

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“One man’s life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge ”

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Pursuit of glory (Walton)

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“…slave of passion” (referring to Victor’s story)

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Pursuit of glory (Victor)

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“It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn…”

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Pursuit of glory (Victor)

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“penetrate the secrets of nature.”

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Pursuit of glory (Victor)

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“…I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation.”

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Pursuit of glory (Victor)

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“…I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter.”

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Pursuit of glory (Victor)

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“Learn from me… how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world…”

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Pursuit of glory (Victor)

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“A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me.”

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Pursuit of glory (Victor)

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“I had begun life with benevolent intentions, and thirsted for the moment when I should put them in practice and make myself useful to my fellow beings.”

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Pursuit of glory (Creature)

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“I am malicious because I am miserable”

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Pursuit of glory (Creature)

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“if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear”

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Pursuit of glory (Victor)

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“I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul”

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Pursuit of glory (Victor)

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“a race of devils”

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Pursuit of glory (Victor)

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“seek happiness in tranquillity, and avoid ambition”

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What it means to be human (Walton)

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“…the safety of others is committed to my care.”

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What it means to be human (Victor)

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” I was so guided by a silken cord that all seemed but one train of enjoyment to me.”

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What it means to be human (Victor)

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“I had deprived myself of rest and health.”

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What it means to be human (Creature)

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“I felt sensations of a particular and overpowering nature: they were a mixture of pain and pleasure…”

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What it means to be human (Creature)

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“If such lovely creatures were miserable, it was less strange that I, an imperfect and solitary being , should be wretched”

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What it means to be human (Creature)

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“but when I found that in doing this I inflicted pain on the cottagers, I abstained, and satisfied myself with berries, nuts, and roots…”

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What it means to be human (Creature)

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“What was I?”

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What it means to be human (Creature)

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“I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition”

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What it means to be human (Creature)

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“Evil thenceforth became my good”

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What it means to be human (Victor)

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“I thought I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms”

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Suffering/ revenge (Victor)

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“destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction.”

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Suffering/ revenge (Victor)

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“…the print of the murderer’s finger was on his neck.”

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Suffering/ revenge (Victor)

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“I was seized by remorse and the sense of guilt”

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Suffering/ revenge (Victor)

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“avenge the deaths”

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Suffering/ revenge (Creature)

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“Have I not suffered enough that you seek to increase my misery? Life…is dear to me.”

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Suffering/ revenge (Creature)

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“Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?”

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Suffering/ revenge (Creature)

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“I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind”

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Suffering/ revenge (Victor)

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“I devote myself, either in life or death, to his destruction”

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Suffering/ revenge (Victor)

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“revenge kept me alive”

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Suffering/ revenge (Victor)

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“satisfy my vengeance in his death.”

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Knowledge (Victor)

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“…I beheld a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak… and so soon as the dazzling light vanished, the oak had disappeared, and nothing remained but a blasted stump.”

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Women (Walton)

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“…I may receive your letters on some occasions when I need them most to support my sprits.”

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Women (Victor)

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“…she presented Elizabeth to me as her promised gift. I… looked upon Elizabeth as mine… a possession of my own.”

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Society (Victor)

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“all judges had rather that ten innocent should suffer than that one guilty should escape.”

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Society (Creature)

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“The guilty are allowed, by human laws, bloody as they are, to speak in their defence before they are condemned.”

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Society (Creature)

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“barbarity of men”

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Society (Creature)

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“barbarous villagers”

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Society (Creature)

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“Was man indeed, at once so powerful, so virtuous, and magnificent , yet so vicious and base?”

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Society (Creature)

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“Am I thought the only criminal, when all human kind sinned against me?”

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Isolation (Walton)

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“I have no friend”

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Isolation (Walton)

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“I desire the company of a man”

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Isolation (Creature)

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“I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. “

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Isolation (Creature)

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“am I not alone, miserably alone?”

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Isolation (Creature)

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“I eagerly longed to discover myself to the cottagers”

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Isolation (Creature)

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“I have no relation or friend upon earth”

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Prejudice (names creature is called)

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“Catastrophe” “wretch” “daemon” “monster”

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Prejudice (Victor)

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“…the miserable monster whom I had created.”

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Prejudice (Victor)

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“A flash of lightning illuminated the object”

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Prejudice (Victor)

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“wretched mockery of justice”

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Prejudice (Victor)

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“Relieve me from the sight of your detested form.”

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Prejudice (creature)

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“The whole village…attacked me… “

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Prejudice (creature)

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“I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am”

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Prejudice (creature)

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“a fatal prejudice clouds against me”

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Characterisation (Creature’s appearance)

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“dull yellow eye of the creature” 
“yellow skin”
“watery eyes” 
“shrivelled complexion” “straight black lips”
"Horror and misfortune"
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Characterisation (Victor)

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“I resolved to remain silent”

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Characterisation (Creature)

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“I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but rather I am thy fallen angel”

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Characterisation (Creature)

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“I shall die”

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Characterisation (Creature)

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“Where can I find rest but in death?”

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Responsibility (Victor)

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“It was to be decided, whether the result of my curiosity and lawless devices would cause the death of my fellow-beings…”

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Responsibility (Victor)

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“heart-sickening despair that I then endured.”

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Responsibility (Victor)

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“I had been the author of unalterable evils”

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Responsibility (Victor)

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“I, not in deed, but in effect, was the true murderer.”

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Responsibility (Victor)

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” I felt what the duties of a creator towards his creature were”

82
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Responsibility (Victor)

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“extinguish the spark that I so negligently bestowed”

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Responsibility (Victor)

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“did I not as his maker, owe him all the portion of happiness that it was in my power to bestow?”

84
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Responsibility (Victor)

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“I was the slave of my creature”

85
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Responsibility (Victor)

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“I am the assassin of those most innocent victims”

86
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Responsibility (Creature)

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“You are my creator, but I am your master-obey!”

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Responsibility (Walton)

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“I cannot lead them unwillingly to danger, and I must return”

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