“All looked colder and darker in that visionary hollow than in reality; and that strange little figure there gazing at me, with a white face and arms specking the gloom, and glittering eyes of fear moving where all else was still, had the effect of a real spirit; I thought it like one of the tiny phantoms, half fairy, half imp” (71) “had I been a sanguine, brilliant, careless, exacting, handsome, romping child – though equally dependent and friendless –…
Quotation: “But I feel this Helen: I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must resist those who punish me unjustly. It is as natural as that I should love those who show me affection, or submit to punishment when I feel it is deserved.” “Heathens and savage tribes hold that doctrine, but Christians and civilized nations disown it” (Bronte, 119). Comment: Jane Eyre is discussing with Helen Burns how she feels…
“anxieties attendant on parenting and responsibility seem to be foreground” (Ruston and Smith 237) “the modes and mechanisms by which a better humanity might be nurtured and on the obstacles of the project” (Ruston and Smith 239) “chemists in the early nineteenth century had a particular worldview that meant they saw all forms of matter as temporary states, liable to transform according to physical or chemical processes into new forms” (Ruston and Smith 239) “He believes that just as once-living…
“I learned, from the views of social life which it developed, to admire their virtues, and to deprecate the vices of mankind” (114) “Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence” (116) “Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from…
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley “if I could bestow animation upon lifeless matter, I might in process of time (although I found it now impossible) renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption” (pg 57) “with unrelaxed and breathless eagerness, I pursued nature to her hiding places” (pg 57) “A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind, and never allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquility” (pg 58) “vivid…
Quotation: “The nearer I approached to you habitation, the more deeply did I feel the spirit of revenge enkindled in my heart” (pg 124) Comment: Frankenstein’s creature only feels resentment and wants revenge when he thinks about Frankenstein and any other human after his encounter with the family from the cottage. The Creature had expressed earlier a questioning as to why he was alive and a wish to not have been given life, but this was the first time he…
When most people think of monsters they think of vampires, zombies, and werewolves to name a few. One of the most popular in culture right now is the vampire. They are seen in many different lights such as the villain, the mysterious, sexy man that no one can get close to but everyone wants to, along with others. It is interesting how the feelings about vampires have changed due to teen fiction books and popular movies. In earlier books, vampires…
