key quotes

Question 1

‘i may there discover the power of the needle’

Answer 1

walton is going to antarctica to research the power of magnetism

male ambition

Question 2

‘tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man’

Answer 2

hubristic - wants to make his mark and leave a legacy

corruption of male ambition

Question 3

‘how heavily i bore the disappointment’

Answer 3

the price one has to pay to reach ambitions

isolate yourself

Question 4

‘do i not deserve to accomplish some great purpose?’

Answer 4

arrogant, sense of privilege

believes he can bring benefit to mankind therefore, he is superior to everyone else

Question 5

‘i have no friend’

Answer 5

consequences of ambition?

hates solitude and the desire for a companion is human nature

horrors of isolation

not interested in affection; he wants another person who is exactly like him. his conception of friendship is someone who is identical to him in essence so that he can get encouragement and sympathy. He views people only as a means to an end. there is an accumulating critique of the romantic male identity.

Question 6

‘there is something at work in my soul, which i do not understand’

Answer 6

something driving him which is more than just ambition

Question 7

‘success shall crown my endeavours’

Answer 7

no other option but to be successful

all he thinks about

hubris

Question 8

‘what can stop the determined heart’

Answer 8

if he wants it, he can get it

Question 9

‘why not proceed over the untamed yet obedient element?’

Answer 9

wants power over nature and the outcome

Question 10

‘the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature’

Answer 10

the creature

this is the end of the text

in medias res

Question 11

‘the daemon’

Answer 11

paradise lost reference

gives an evil impression if the creature

Question 12

‘i begin to love him as a brother’

Answer 12

walton feels as if he has a friend

natural growth of friendship - increasing of love as time passes

Question 13

‘let me reveal my tale, and you will dash the cup from your lips’

Answer 13

frankenstein’s story is a warning

consequences of ambition

Question 14

‘i have lost everything every thing and cannot begin life anew’

Answer 14

clearly affected by his actions

rime of the ancient mariner reference

hopes that by purging his guilt, through a confession, he will be able to meet the destiny that he knows he must meet.

Question 15

’he may suffer misery and be overwhelmed by disappointments, yet when he has retired into himself he will be like a celestial spirit’

Answer 15

depressed genius

frankenstein is based on percy shelly

Question 16

‘nothing can alter my destiny’

Answer 16

gothic trope

can’t escape fate

Question 17

‘melancholy sweetness’

Answer 17

walton is a metaphor for what frankenstein was like before the creature

oxymoron

Question 18

‘my mother’s tender caresses and my father’s smile of benevolent pleasure while regarding me are my first recollections’

Answer 18

idealistic version of parenting

when creating the monster, he repeatedly thought about how he was going to be like a god; how amazing it would feel to create life. This adoration was supposed to be felt by something of his own creation. however, the monster’s first memory was pain, hatred, and sorrow.

victor from childhood has an enormous ego, as his parents fulfil his every whim.