"By the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open, it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs."
"Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould me Man, did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?"
A young Swiss student discovers the secret of animating lifeless matter and, by assembling body parts, creates a monster who vows revenge on his creator after being rejected from society. It is not long before he regrets his creation and woes himself.
As I was reading Frankenstein, I was behooved. It was very moving and poignant, every sentence seemed to convey powerful images to my mind, and seemed to convey much in a short way. The way Victor Frankenstein spoke and described nature echoed the pantheistic and poetic verse of Wordsworth. It felt like I was reading poetry in prose form. I was especially amazed the way the "fiend" spoke to the doctor. We feel sympathy for the monster, but his crimes make us hate him. He is a tragic here like Macbeth who blames his creator. But I believe Victor was penitent for his sin, and harbored the idea of revenge for the monster. We are a witness to the testings and trials of both. I highly recommend reading this short but powerful work.
It was an awesome book. Thank you Mary Shelley.
"Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould me Man, did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?"
A young Swiss student discovers the secret of animating lifeless matter and, by assembling body parts, creates a monster who vows revenge on his creator after being rejected from society. It is not long before he regrets his creation and woes himself.
As I was reading Frankenstein, I was behooved. It was very moving and poignant, every sentence seemed to convey powerful images to my mind, and seemed to convey much in a short way. The way Victor Frankenstein spoke and described nature echoed the pantheistic and poetic verse of Wordsworth. It felt like I was reading poetry in prose form. I was especially amazed the way the "fiend" spoke to the doctor. We feel sympathy for the monster, but his crimes make us hate him. He is a tragic here like Macbeth who blames his creator. But I believe Victor was penitent for his sin, and harbored the idea of revenge for the monster. We are a witness to the testings and trials of both. I highly recommend reading this short but powerful work.
It was an awesome book. Thank you Mary Shelley.
