Frankenstein - Themes Flashcards
“I w t p a t i a s b - t c, t i a h m b o t b H”
Family, Duty and Relationships
Victor
“I was their plaything…”
“I was their playing and their idol and something better - their child, the innocent and helpless monster bestowed on them by Heaven”
“A n s w b m a i c a s; m h a e n w o t b t m”
Family, Duty and Relationships
Victor
“A new species would…”
” A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me”
“Y y, m c, d a s m, t w t a b b t o d b t a o o o u”
Family, Duty and Relationships
The Creature
“Yet you, my creator…”
” Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us”
“A m v w v u t s m o t t, y I p s w a I u w t e”
Language and Communication
The Creature
“Although my voice was…”
“Although my voice was very unlike the soft music of their tones, yet I pronounced such words as I understood with tolerable ease”
“I d h h f f h f a s, “C, w i t m o t? I d n i t h y; l t m””
Language and Communication
The Creature
“I drew his hand forcibly…”
“I drew his hand forcibly from his face and said, “Child, what is the meaning of this? I do not intend to hurt you; listen to me””
“I d s o w w b a t y u o a t, s a ‘g’, ‘d’, ‘u’”
Language and Communication
The Creature
“I distinguished several other words…”
“I distinguished several other words without being able to yet understand, or apply them such as ‘good’, ‘dearest’, ‘unhappy’”
“M l m h p i e a l, b I p g t e e t w p i m p”
Ambition
Walton
“My life might have…”
“My life might have passed in ease and luxury; but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path”
“Ifia,lamrfiafs:bsaip,ibttw,iic,hsaamhaj”
Ambition
Victor
“I find it arise…”
“I find it arise, like a mountain river, from ignoble and forgotten sources; but swelling as it proceeded, it became the torrent which, in its course, has swept away all my hopes and joys”
“S h a t, i i b o t a i o o d y i s a d”
Ambition
Victor
“Seek happiness and tranquility…”
“Seek happiness and tranquility, even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries”
“Ihhpmfwtd,btcs,aootwf.Twvwr;sf,sam,u,gbbsamokomw,Iettoc”
Prejudice
The Creature
“I had hardly placed my foot…”
“I had hardly placed my foot within the door, before the children shrieked, and one of the women fainted. The whole village was roused; some fled, some attacked me, until, grievously bruised by stones and many other kinds of missile weapons, I escaped to the open country”
“W t m s m d n, h a a g, w h c, a m b, a f”
Prejudice
The Creature
“When the man saw me…”
“When the man saw me draw near, he aimed a gun, which he carried, at my body, and fired”
“H j o, a h m s i s, w a g w h c. H m h s, b I d n h; o h w s o, s t d m
Prejudice
Victor
“His jaws opened…”
“His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me”
“TfokagwIhebafmbgpthragot.Ibp,Ivehavtam”
Revenge
The Creature
“The feelings of kindness and gentleness…”
“The feelings of kindness and gentleness which I had entertained but a few moments before gave place to hellish rage and gnashing of teeth. Inflamed by pain, I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind”
“I g u m v, a m h s w e a h t”
Revenge
The Creature
“I gazed upon my victim…”
“I gazed upon my victim, and my heart swelled with exultation and hellish triumph”
“I w p b a m r w I t o h, a d a a p t I m h h w m g”
Revenge
Victor
“I was possessed by…”
“I was possessed by a maddening rage when I thought of him, and desired and ardently prayed that I might have him within my grasp”
