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I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile to my natural lord and king if thou wilt also perform thy part, the which thou owest me.
If our impulses were confined to hunger, thirst, and desire, we might be nearly free; but now we are moved by every wind that blows and a chance word or scene that that word may convey to us.It was nearly noon when I arrived at the top of the ascent. Chapter 10 - questions on the monster A series of questions designed to get students to think about the impact of the monster and analyse their reactions/response to it. ""How can I move thee? vast mists were rising from the rivers which ran through it Remember, thou hast made me more powerful than thyself; my height is superior to thine, my joints more supple. whose summits were hid in the uniform clouds, while rain poured These sublime and magnificent scenes afforded me the greatest consolation Chapter 10.
We crossed the ice, therefore, and ascended the opposite rock. The air was cold, and the rain again began to descend; we entered the hut, the fiend with an air of exultation, I with a heavy heart and depressed spirits.
Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. is particularly dangerous, as the slightest sound,
Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us.
sufficient to draw destruction upon the head of the speaker. The guilty are allowed, by human laws, bloody as they are, to speak in their own defence before they are condemned.
I remembered the effect that the view of the tremendous and ever-moving glacier had produced upon my mind when I first saw it. along the mountains, of the accumulated ice, which, Cursed be the day, abhorred devil, in which you first saw light!
I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. I will keep no terms with my enemies. Victor is in awe, yet frightened by
You have made me wretched beyond expression. from the thoughts over which it had brooded for the last month.
may be perceived, where trees lie broken and strewed on the ground,
From the side where I now stood Montanvert was exactly opposite, at the distance of a league; and above it rose Mont Blanc, in awful majesty. The desert mountains and dreary glaciers are my refuge. If the multitude of mankind knew of my existence, they would do as you do, and arm themselves for my destruction.
Hear my tale; it is long and strange, and the temperature of this place is not fitting to your fine sensations; come to the hut upon the mountain.
some entirely destroyed, others bent, leaning upon the jutting rocks Victor feels awful. Victor is a creator, but he is no god. Presently a breeze dissipated the cloud, and I descended upon the glacier.
Begone, or let us try our strength in a fight, in which one must fall. I spent the following day roaming through the valley. Analysis: Chapters 9–10. convey to us.
hid the summits of the mountains, so that I even saw not the faces Summary. The rain was pouring in torrents, and thick mists
the thunder sound of the avalanche or the cracking, reverberated Oh, praise the eternal justice of man! that I was capable of receiving. The natural world has noticeable effects on Victor’s mood: he is moved and cheered in the presence of scenic beauty, and he is disconsolate in its absence. Do your duty towards me, and I will do mine towards you and the rest of mankind. were before me; the icy wall of the glacier overhung me; As you read, you'll be linked to summaries and detailed analysis of quotes and themes. Why does man boast of sensibilities superior to those apparent in the brute; it only renders them more necessary beings. Romanticism and Nature. It had then filled me with a sublime ecstasy that gave wings to the soul