He says, “When I found so astonishing a power placed within my hands, I hesitated a long time concerning the manner in which
I should employ it
.” This acknowledgment of the danger is significant as it displays Victor’s conscious and his willingness to disregard it, or his inability to obey it.
What page is this quote on in Frankenstein a new species would bless me as its creator and source many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me no father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve theirs?
Victor thought he was doing a service by creating a new human. He says, “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me. It makes Victor like a human god. …
What does Victor Frankenstein do paragraph 4?
I doubted at first whether I should attempt the creation of a being like myself
, or one of simpler organization; but my imagination was too much exalted by my first success to permit me to doubt of my ability to give life to an animal as complex and wonderful as man.
What was the most gratifying consummation of my toils?
After so much time spent in painful labour,
to arrive at once at the summit of my desires
was the most gratifying consummation of my toils. But this discovery was so great and overwhelming that all the steps by which I had been progressively led to it were obliterated, and I beheld only the result.
What do you think of Victor Frankenstein’s decision to run from his creation and explain why?
Frankenstein believes
that by creating the Monster, he can discover the secrets of “life and death
,” create a “new species,” and learn how to “renew life.” He is motivated to attempt these things by ambition. He wants to achieve something great, even if it comes at great cost.
Am I to be thought the only criminal when all humankind sinned against me?
Am I to be thought the only criminal, when all humankind sinned against me? I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at,
and kicked, and trampled on
. Even now my blood boils at the recollection of this injustice. But it is true that I am a wretch.
Would bless me as its creator and source?
Frankenstein
Quotes
A new species would bless me as its creator and source, many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me. No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve their’s.
What was Victor’s mother’s dying wish?
Just before Victor turns seventeen, Elizabeth catches scarlet fever and passes it on to Victor’s mother, who dies. Her dying wish is for Victor and Elizabeth
to marry
. Still in grief, Victor says goodbye to Clerval, Elizabeth, and his father and leaves to study at Ingolstadt, a university in Germany.
Who is Victor’s best friend?
Henry
is Victor’s best friend who looks after him when he is ill and accompanies him to England. Henry’s purpose in the novel is to show what Victor could have been had he not been influenced by ambition and the desire for discovery – in that sense he is Victor’s opposite.
What happens when Victor brings his creation to life?
What happens when Victor brings his creation to life?
He is terrified by its appearance. He is amazed by his abilities. He beams with pride.
What does consummation of my toils mean?
consummation.
the act of bringing to completion or fruition
.
After so much time spent in painful labour, to arrive at once at the summit of
my desires was the most gratifying consummation of my toils.
What may not be expected in a country of eternal light?
What may not be expected in a country of eternal light? This quote comes from
Walton’s first letter to his sister in England
. It encapsulates one of the main themes of Frankenstein —that of light as a symbol of knowledge and discovery.
Who said I was like the Arabian who had been buried with the dead and found a passage to life?
‘ I like the metaphor
Mary Shelley
used at the end the first paragraph “I was like the Arabian who had been buried with the dead, and found a passage to life, aided only by one glimmering, and seemingly ineffectual, light” That sentence really paints a picture.
Why does Victor reject the creature?
Frankenstein neglects the creature
because of its hideous demeanor
, and his actions are the cause of his ultimate downfall. Although hideous, the monster still has feelings and emotions similar to regular people.
How does the monster react to the destruction of his bride?
How does the monster react to the destruction of his “bride” Victor
rows out to the ocean where he throws the remains into the water. He then falls asleep. When he wakes, he finds that the winds will not permit him to return to shore.
Who was Frankenstein’s closest friend?
Who was Frankenstein’s closest friend? It was
Henry Clerval
.
