Read Chapter 23 of Frankenstein and record quotations in all sections of your quote bank. Then post one of your quotations as a comment with a short paragraph explaining what view of human nature it shows.
- Your post needs to be made by our lesson on Monday 17th May.
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'Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change'.
ReplyDeleteThis quotation shows that part of human nature is relying on others around them. Victor Frankenstein had relied on Elizabeth and realises the pain felt by 'The Monster' when she is murdered. The death of Elizabeth also shows the affectionate side of human nature;
'I hung over it and joined my tears to theirs'
This shows how people become attached to those around them. It shows that it is in human nature to care about others, and to feel angry towards those who cause suffering. This relates to the story as Victor realises the feelings of 'The Monster' after the death of Elizabeth. he realises that he has wronged 'The Monster' by bringing him into a world where he is unaccepted , he can now sympathise with the feelings of loneliness that 'The Monster' feels.
'While I still hung over her in agony of despair'
ReplyDeleteThis quotation shows that Victor is mourning the death of Elizabeth, as part of human nature we mourn those who are close to us once they have passed. This shows victor's side of human nature.
'There were women weeping around; I hung over it and joined my sad tears to theirs...'
ReplyDeleteGrieving is part human nature to express the love of a person that has passed away. Victor is grieving over the death of Elizabeth because he loved her and now she is gone.Showing one side of human nature
"Joined my sad tears to theirs ... my thoughts rambled to various subjects, reflecting confusedly on my misfortunes and their cause"
ReplyDeleteThis shows that victor is feeling sorrow and remorse for his actions as they conserquenlty caused the death of those he loves, this is part of human nature to mourn those at which we loved. However victors remorse is just more than his nurture and love of his family and friends, as it is the fact he feels responible for their deaths as he unlashed the monster into the wrold.
"Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change. The sun might shine or the clouds might lower, but nothing could appear to me as it had the day before. A fiend had snatched from me every hope of future happiness; no creature had ever been so miserable as i was; so frightful an event is single in the history of man."
ReplyDeleteThis quotations shows that Victor feels the pain of losing Elizabeth and feels responsible for the horrific events that have taken place by "The Monster". However he feels as though part of it is down to Natutre and the gentics in which "The Monster" has which makes it want to take revenge, also the genes in which Victor inherited and his upbringing that made him go into the career path that he is in and this shows human nature. Victor feels as though all of his happiness has been thrashed because of making such an horrific monster that managed to escape making him weary about it ever returning and what it may do. But "The Monster" did feel rejection and sorrow after learning what it truly was and how prepostrous the act of its maker was bringing it into a world where it will never be accepted.
"i heard a shrill and dreadful scream... as i heard it, the whole truth rushed to my mind, my arms dropped, the motion of every muscle and fibre was suspended; i could feel the blood trickling in my veins and tingling the extremities of my limbs"
ReplyDeletethis shows human nature as victor has an immediate reaction of fear and sudden regret of everything he has done. when people become scared they can often become almost paralyzed, this is the feeling victor descibes. victor loves elizabeth and so he has a human reaction of fearing for her saftey as he hears her scream, this shows victors human nature as he knows he caused it.
"Liberty, however, had been an useless gift to me had I not, as I awakened to reason, at the same time awakened to revenge"
ReplyDeleteNormally, people seek revenge because of an horrible act that came upon them or their loved ones. Therefore he feels unfuriated of the monster killing Elizabeth, and normally a part of human nature is taking revenge on ones who hurt us.
"Elizabeth whom i had loved and cherished"
ReplyDeletethis shows human nature as victor is mourning the death of elizabeth and shows he has natural feelings for elizabeth that all humans have for someone they love.
'The excess of agitation that i edured rendered me incaple of any exertion.'
ReplyDeleteThis quotation shows that although Victor wants to get revenge on the fiend, that he created, the pain and image of Elizabeth's death is stuck in his mind. Making Victor feel guilty for having developed such an evil, nefarious creature.
'I threw down the oar, and leaning my head upon my hands, gave way to every gloomy idea that arose'
This also shows the human nature that once something incredibly depraved has happened to you, your instinct is to avenge that thing. In Victor's case it is taking revenge on his creation for murdering his wife. But also the deaths of William, Justine and Clerval. The images and emotions running through Victor's brain over and over make him feel lifeless and motionless and in his nature defensless as he has already lost the ones that mean most to him.
"But the overflowing misery I now felt, and the excess of agitation that I endured rendered me incapable of any exertion". This is what Victor was saying after Elizabeth was murdered. As part of human nature he was distraught over the death of his wife however through his anger he still felt incapable of releasing any energy to take revenge on the monster straight away.
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