On the evening previous to her being brought to my home, my mother had said playfully, "I have a pretty present for my Victor--tomorrow he shall have it." A flash of lightning illuminated the object, and discovered its shape plainly to me; its gigantic stature, and the deformity of its aspect, more hideous than belongs to humanity, instantly informed that it was the wretch, the filthy daemon to whom I had given life. Justine is pretty, which would normally make people like herexcept that, in this case, they think she's a monster. #37: "Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction.". 38 of the best book quotes from Frankenstein. Share. Like Victor Frankenstein, Walton is a man who has ambitions to make a great discovery, and doesnt pay attention to the danger involved. At length lassitude succeeded to the tumult I had before endured, and I threw myself on the bed in my clothes, endeavouring to seek a few moments of forgetfulness. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. She is very clever and gentle, and extremely pretty; as I mentioned before, her mein and her expression continually remind me of my dear aunt. The monster to Victor, on the evolution of his mental development, from at first having virtuous intentions that were appreciated by the cottagers, to feeling shut out, to sinking into misery and unhappiness because he is ugly to others. The monsters mild nature has turned to bitterness and thoughts of revenge. Frankenstein, Chapter 24. Elizabeth Lavenza in her letter to Victor, on how he valued Justine Moritzs great beauty. I was more agile than they and could subsist upon coarser diet; I bore the extremes of heat and cold with less injury to my frame; my stature far exceeded theirs. Walton sees the monster and confirms that he is as terrible looking as Victor said. how do you welcome your wanderer? this is thy funeral, this thy dirge!" Frankenstein, Chapter 8. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.". The beauty of the natural world inspires Walton to continue in his expedition. Frankenstein, Chapter 7. Romantics invariably equated nature with God, attributing magical powers to it. Victor creates the Creature with the ideals of making it a paragon as he states, [] I had selected his features as beautiful. Let me go. In spite of my malignity, it softened and attracted me. Shmoop is as unprejudiced as anyone else, but we have to say we feel for Victor here. (6.9). Creature's ugliness. It was not splintered by the shock, but entirely reduced to thin ribbons of wood. People reject the monster, although good-natured and kind, simply because he is scary looking. The Creature: "His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only . 1. Beautiful! ugly wretch! When I looked around I saw and heard of none like me. What statement does Mary Shelley seem to make about beauty with her novel? He was left alone, even by his creator, and lived a miserable life always escaping people that would attacked [him], until, grievously bruised by stones and many other kinds of missile weapons (Shelley). But on you only had I any claim for pity and redress, and from you I determined to seek that justice which I vainly attempted to gain from any other being that wore the human form. Victor hopes that people will learn from his mistakes, accept their own limitations and not try to be greater than their own nature. He has already had one or two little WIVES, but Louisa Biron is his favourite, a pretty little girl of five years of age. After creating the creature, Victor realises that. Victor's quote on nature, earth and science show how he harnessed the powers of science for personal gain in the creation of his famous monster creature. Frankenstein, Robert Walton in Letter 1. Frankenstein, Chapter 5. She deliberately juxtaposes the exalted vision of Mother Nature with the horrendous spectacle of a man-made monster and his ghastly deeds. His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips. Singer. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bed-chamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep. Frankenstein vol 1 Provide specific quotes from the text as In the story "Frankenstein" the women and children is considered beautiful, Women such as Elizabeth, Safie, Victor's Mother and William. A violent storm greets Victor when he arrives in Geneva, mirroring the raging passions inside him of guilt and fear. I stepped fearfully in: the apartment was empty, and my bedroom was also freed from its hideous guest. As I said these words, I perceived in the gloom a figure which stole from behind a clump of trees near me; I stood fixed, gazing intently: I could not be mistaken. 80 Frankenstein Quotes With Page Numbers | Ageless Investing You must pardon me if I regard any interruption in your correspondence as a proof that your other duties are equally neglected." Nature and the Sublime | Mary Shelley Wiki | Fandom He wants nothing to do with the monster it frightens him so that he deserts it to fend for itself in his apartment not caring about any sort of trouble the monster can cause: I then reflected, and the thought made me shiver, that the creature whom I had left in my apartment might still be in there, alive and walking about. You wish to eat me and tear me to pieces. By her choice of words readers are hooked to think Victor is the antagonist. Satan had his companions, fellow devils, to admire and encourage him, but I am solitary and abhorred., I persuaded myself that when they should become acquainted with my admiration of their virtues, they would compassionate me, and overlook my personal deformity. Aw, William is a cute little boy. Justines beauty makes her an object worth loving. Frankenstein Nature Quotes. I did not dare return to the apartment which I inhabited, but felt impelled to hurry on, although drenched by the rain which poured from a black and comfortless sky (161) Victor saw what huge mistake he made and ignored his problem(s) rather than taking accountability that he has created a monster hideous to the human eye. Frankenstein, Chapter 16. In the end Victors death was caused by his creature or really by his own vengeful pursuit of it (Lowe-Evans). During this short voyage I saw the lightning playing on the summit of Mont Blanc in the most beautiful figures. Romanticism in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: Analysis I expressed these feelings in my answer. he natural imagery in "Frankenstein" is comparable to the best in the Romantic literature. Safie is soooooo pretty. I rushed from my hiding-place and with extreme labour, from the force of the current, saved her and dragged her to shore. On seeing me, he darted towards me, and tearing the girl from my arms, hastened towards the deeper parts of the wood. Looking at representations of beauty and sublimity in the novel, the thesis shows that the rejection, violence, and abuse towards the creature throughout Frankenstein reflects the structural boundaries that keep bodies deemed unacceptably different from participation in a social world. Beauty may only be skin deep, but, as Shmoop's campus gym once advertised, no one can see your brain from twenty feet away. Mary Shelley displays through her writing that outer beauty does not always mean it is the best or the most innocent, but at some points the total opposite. It was a divine spring; and the season contributed greatly to my convalescence. I could have torn him limb from limb, as the lion rends the antelope. Victor selfishly creates the Creature to gain prestige, pretentiously claiming himself as a human god when he succeeds and saying it was for the sake of humanity. The classic, well known quote Beauty is in the eye of the beholder demonstrates what beauty represents throughout the novel Frankenstein. how do you welcome your wanderer? In spite of my malignity, it softened and attracted me. He considers revealing himself to the De Lacey family, hoping they will look beyond his appearance, not prejudge him and accept him like any other person. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a 19th-century epistolary novel associated with both the Romantic and the Gothic genres. To be friendless is indeed to be unfortunate, but the hearts of men, when unprejudiced by any obvious self-interest, are full of brotherly love and charity., Who can describe their horror and consternation on beholding me? She continued her course along the precipitous sides of the river, when suddenly her foot slipped, and she fell into the rapid stream. All praises bestowed on her I received as made to a possession of my own. let me goMy papa isM. Nature and the landscape around him. My papa is a syndiche is M. Frankensteinhe will punish you. The beautiful Justine who wears the appearance of an innocent despite the grave crime she is accused of. I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight. Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change. board with our, See Victor gets himself into such a state over his Williams murder that only one thing can calm him. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her, but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel. Some years ago, when the images which this world affords first opened upon me, when I felt the cheering warmth of summer and heard the rustling of the leaves and the warbling of the birds, and these were all to me, I should have wept to die; now it is my only consolation. The statement Mary Shelley seem to make about her novel is that beauty is usually found threw love, youth and innocence. No wood, however, was placed on the earth, which formed the floor, but it was dry; and although the wind entered it by innumerable chinks, I found it an agreeable asylum from the snow and rain." As I stood at the door, on a sudden I beheld a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak which stood about twenty yards from our house; and so soon as the dazzling light vanished, the oak had disappeared, and nothing remained but a blasted stump. Yet even that enemy of . Frankenstein, Chapter 11. The storm appeared to approach rapidly, and, on landing, I ascended a low hill, that I might observe its progress. Felix seemed ravished with delight when he saw her, every trait of sorrow vanished from his face, and it instantly expressed a degree of ecstatic joy, of which I could hardly have believed it capable; his eyes sparkled, as his cheek flushed with pleasure; and at that moment I thought him as beautiful as the stranger. While I watched the tempest, so beautiful yet terrific, I wandered on with a hasty step. 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 and fearfully took refuge in a low hovel, quite bare, and making a wretched appearance after the palaces I had beheld in the village. When we visited it the next morning, we found the tree shattered in a singular manner. No mortal could support the horror of that countenance. Over him hung a form which I cannot find words to describegigantic in stature, yet uncouth and distorted in its proportions.As he hung over the coffin, his face was concealed by long locks of ragged hair; but one vast hand was extended, in colour and apparent texture like that of a mummy.