AQA English Lit-Gothic

Frankenstein Quotes- Gothic

"and i call on you, spirits of the dead..."
"his soul is as hellish as his form"
shelley refers to the novel as "my hideous prodgeny"
life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which should first break through and pour a torrent of light in to our dark world."
"The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occured from which my rage and misery could not extract its food"

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'black and comfortless sky'
'I sat one evening in my laboratory; the sun had set, and the moon was just rising from the sea'.
'I saw, by the light of the moon, the daemon at the casement'
'by the dim and yellow light of the moon'.
'the thunder burst at once with frightful loudness from various quarters of the heavens'.
'Dear mountains! My own beautiful lake!'
the dashing of the waterfalls around, spoke a power might of Omnipotence'.
'It had then filled me with a sublime ecstasy, that gave wings to the soul, and allowed it to soar from the obscure world to light and joy'.
'I was tempted to plunge into the silent lake, that the waters might close over me and my calamities forever'.

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"Lifeless and inanimate, thrown across the bed, her head hanging down and her pale distorted features covered by her hair"
"Men appear to me as monsters thristing for each others blood"
"The saintly soul of Elizabeth shone like a dedicated lamp in our peacefil home"
"I looked upon Elizabeth as mine... possession of my own"
Safie described as a woman of "angelic beauty and expression"
Safie- "allowed only to occupy herself with infantile amusements"

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"I was bewildered in a cloud of wonder and horror"
"I saw, by the light of the moon, the demon at the casement"
"When i thought of him, i gnashed my teeth, my eyes became inflamed"
"I had worked for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life in to an inaminate body"
"I kept my workshop of filthy creation"
"Begone, vile insect! or rather stay, that i may trample you to dust!"
"It was on a dreary night of November"
“I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open"
"The beauty of the dream vanished and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart"
"Learn my miseries and do not seek to increase your own"
"i swear to pursue the daemon... unitl he or i should perish in mortal combat"
"i thought i held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms"
"i beheld the wretch- the miserable monster whom i had created"

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"I find it arise, like a mountain river, from ignoble and almost forgotten sources"
"The light became more and more opressive to me"
"I remember a strong light pressed upon my nerves so i was obliged to shut my eyes"
"A gentle light stole over the heavens, and gave me a sensation of pleasure"
"The ninth circle of hell...all the sinners are stuck in frozen water up to their shoulders neck or eyes"
"It was a dreary night in November... the rain pattered dismally against the panes"
"Glorious presence-chamber of imperial nature"
Frankenstein "pursued nature to her hiding places"
"The rain pured down in torrents and thick mists hid the summits of the mountain...the rain depressed me" (Reflection of inner turmoil showed through external weather)
"The waves continually threatened the safety of my little skiff"
"i might be driven into the wide Atlantic and feel all the tortures of starvation or be swallowed up in the immeasurable waters that roared and buffeted around me." (melodramatic)
"we are still surrounded by mountains of ice, still in imminent danger of being crushed in their conflict"
"the cold is excessive and many of my unfortunate comrades have already found a grave amidst this scene of desolation.
'Ruined castles hanging over precipices of piny mountains'.

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"i will glut the more of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends"
i ought to be thy Adam, but i am rather the fallen angel
Satan had his companion...but i am alone and detested
beware, for i am fearless and therefore powerful
"i will be with you on your wedding night"
"in my joy i thrust my hand in to the live embers..."
"I distinguished the insect from the herb and by degrees one herb from another"
"The thought was madness; it stirred the fiend within me- not i, but she shall suffer; the murder i have committed because i am forever robbed of all that she could give me, she shall atone!"
"the uncouth and inarticulate sounds which broke from me frightened me into silence again"
"i am malicious because i am miserable"
“I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity.”
"The minutest description of my odious and loathsome person is given, in language which painted your own horrors and rendered mine indelible.”
"Misery made me a fiend"
"Unearth the ugliness rendered it almost too horrible for human eyes"

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