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Frankenstein — Quotes

6 quotes with full 6-part analysis

1
REGRESS

“I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel”

MILTONIC ALLUSION / BIBLICAL TYPOLOGYANTITHESIS — ADAM vs FALLEN ANGEL

The Creature · Chapter 10

2
REGRESS

“I beheld the wretch — the miserable monster whom I had created”

DEHUMANISING LEXIS / DISTANCING LANGUAGEPOSSESSIVE SHAME — 'WHOM I HAD CREATED'

Victor Frankenstein · Chapter 5

3
REGRESS

“If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!”

ANTITHETICAL CONDITIONAL / ULTIMATUMEXCLAMATION MARK — EMOTIONAL RUPTURE

The Creature · Chapter 17

4
PROGRESS

“Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is t…”

DIDACTIC ADDRESS / FRAME NARRATIVE FUNCTIONFAUST MOTIF — FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE

Victor Frankenstein · Chapter 4

5
REGRESS

“Was I, then, a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled and whom …”

RHETORICAL QUESTION / SELF-INTERROGATIONUNIVERSAL QUANTIFIERS — 'ALL MEN'

The Creature · Chapter 13

6
STAGNATE

“Even broken in spirit as he is, no one can feel more deeply than he does the bea…”

CONCESSIVE CLAUSE / PARADOXTHE SUBLIME — NATURE'S OVERWHELMING BEAUTY

Robert Walton · Letter 4

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