Letters 1-4, Ch. 1-3 Flashcards
(Letter 1) Walton believes he deserves a … after living a life of … and …
He deserves to … something incredible
greater purpose; ease; luxury; discover
(Letter 2) sense of …: demands a friend with a …, …., someone to … him and … him on
even though he has people around him who are perfectly decent
entitlement; cultivated mind; ceaseless patience; console cheer;
(Letter 2) Walton says that writing is a poor way of
communicating feeling
(Letter 2) Walton says that the 1 thing that separates him from others is that his … are more… than others
relates to Mary, she would daydream, this book derived from a dream
daydreams; magnificent
(Letter 2) Walton wants a friend who will not call him
Romantic
(Letter 2) Walton doesn’t like the lieutenant because he’s too …, even though he’s …
Walton is … even though he’s friendless
quiet; honorable; picky
(Letter 2) Walton is a person at … with …
odds with himself
(Letter 2) Walton as one at odds with himself:
he thinks that he’s so .., …, experiencing something so … that he can’t describe it in …, but he desperately wants to … it –> “half .., half …”
valuable; unique; powerful; words; communicate it; pleasurable; fearful
(Letter 2) “half pleasurable, half fearful” expresses huge Romantic notion of … and … of nature
awe; wonder
(Letter 2) awe is a mix of … and …, it is a … experience
terror; greed; speechless
(Letter 2) Walton says he will not kill an …, and he will not return as …
albatross; Ancient Mariner
(Letter 2) in talking about the albatross and Ancient Mariner, Walton is alluding to …, written in the … by … and …
The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner; Lyrical Ballads; Coleridge; Wordsworth
(Letter 2) The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner:
about a …
grumpy old man at wedding who tells story of how he was going to go to …
above his ship was a … –> …
wedding; the North Pole; giant white bird; albatross
(Letter 2) The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner (cont):
Captain shoots the bird down with an …, from that moment their story becomes …, all crew members … but him
arrow; tragic; die
(Letter 2) albatross around your neck means being really … about something
guilty
(Letter 2) Walton expects to be … This is what he means by he will not kill an albatross (he’s gonna follow all signs, warnings, etc.)
victorious
(Letter 2) Something inside Walton’s soul that he does not …, this is the very thing that puts him in this position –> he is … by something within him
Walton believes that this something may be a … of the …, but he is unsure
understand; compelled; belief; marvelous
(Letter IV) can’t stop writing this 1 letter
ship is encased in …, which breaks off into … when it …
ice; icebergs; thaws
(Letter IV) The crew see something that has the “…” of “…
shape of a man; gigantic stature
(Letter IV) man on sledge was like the one that came before
savage: anything other than
European
(Letter IV) They refer to the creature as a “….” of the North Pole but refer to Victor as …, not merely describing him as a “…”
savage inhabitant; human being; shape of a man
(Letter IV) words to note: … and … —> they … Victor back to … by rubbing … all over his body and forcing him to drink some, they also gave him …
animation; restoration; restore; animation; alcohol; soup
(Letter IV) Walton refers to Victor as an …. –> he overreacts to …, constantly looking over his should as if waiting for …, has a … about him
interesting CREATURE; kindness; something terrible; wildness
(Letter IV) Victor says he was chasing a …
demon
(Letter IV) demon has 2 meanings/spellings:
1: …, refers to the … in …
2: …, means …, 1/2 …, 1/2 …, semi- … spirit
demon; damned souls; Hell; daemon; inferior divinity; mortal; immortal; divine
(Ch 1.) Victor is by birth a
Genevese
(Ch 1.) Victors ancestors had been .. and ..
counsellors; syndics
(Ch 1.) Victor’s father was friends with a … named …., who fell into poverty and retreated with his daughter to the town of …
merchant; Beaufort; Lucerne
(Ch 1.) Victor’s father searched for Beaufort after he concealed himself, and it took him … to find him. Beaufort was hoping to be employed in a … but when waiting was doing nothing and losing money. His grief became worse and he became …
10 months; merchant’s house; sick
(Ch 1.) Beaufort’s daughter, …., tried to gain money by …. –> … but her father died and Victor’s father took care of her and brought her to …. Later, after …, they got married
Caroline Beaufort; plaiting straw; sewing; Geneva; two years
(Ch 1.) everything victor’s father did was made to yield to Caroline’s wishes and convenience. Before they got married, Victor’s father quit his public functions, and after they got married they moved to … and visited …. and …
Italy; Germany; France
(Ch 1.) Victor was born in … Victor says that during every hour of his infant life he received a lesson of …, …, and …
Naples; patience; charity; self-control