Victors Transgression

Question 1

_____ gazed upon my midnight _____

Answer 1

moon and labours
- typical gothic convention of the moon
- gradual transgression

• the fact he’s doing it at midnight
• hiding it from society and secretive - aware it’s immoral
• in the dark - purposefully turns a blind eye to his ambition
• ominous and secluded nature
• enshrouded by ambition

Question 2

stars often _______

Answer 2

disappeared
- diminishing hope for victors redemption
- no light = no guidance
- reflect his desire to keep his ambition hidden
- stars represent heaven and show how he’s distanced from god

Question 3

workshop of ______

Answer 3

filthy creation
- surrounded by corruption
- foreshadows the monsters unnatural and sinful creation

Question 4

I pursued ______ in her hiding place

Answer 4

nature
- unnatural and incessant desire - he’s obsessed
- personification of nature heightens his immorality
- actively seeking forbidden knowledge
- lack of respect and boundaries

Question 5

_____ houses
Hallow damps of ____ graves

Answer 5

charnel
Damps

• liminal settings show victors desire to have power over life and death
• godlike attributes
• AO3: Prometheus and arrogance
• threatens the natural order by wanting to transcend nature

Question 6

life and death ______ to me as the ideal bounds to ______

Answer 6

appealed and break

• appealed - tempted by his ambition
• selfish desire

Question 7

I paid no visit to ____

Answer 7

Geneva
- AO3 Industrial Revolution
- removal of all innocence and good in victor
- destructive nature of ambition and how quickly it takes over

Question 8

cell
____ chamber
____ wrapt up in this

Answer 8

solitary
Solely

• costly price he has to make to pursue forbidden knowledge
• compromises his freedom and happiness (foreshadows his fate)
• entrapped and bounded to his desires - no escape

Question 9

AO3 Industrial Revolution

Answer 9

• romantics had a wary viewpoint against the IR
• destruction of nature and the natural simple way of living
• rapid progressions
• humans are in content and greedy

Question 10

AO3 - science

Answer 10

galvanism
Aldini and galvani
Familiar to the reader