Another round of Famous Last Words In the

Another round of Famous Last Words

In the following quotations from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, (a) identify the speaker, (b) identify to whom she or he is speaking, and (c) explain why this quote is significant to the development of the story.

“My affection for my guest increases every day. He excites at once my admiration and pity to an astonishing degree. How can I see so noble a creature destroyed by misery; without feeling the most poignant grief? He is so gentle , yet so wise; his mind is so cultivated, and when he speaks, although his words are culled with the choicest art, yet they flow with rapidity and unparalleled eloquence. ” Captain Walden

“It was on a dreary night in November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. ” Victor recounting his tale to Capt. Walden

“Dearest Clerval, how very good you are to me. This whole winter, instead of being spent in study, as you promised yourself, has been consumed in my sick room. Victor speaking to Clerval

“CURSED, CURSED creator! Why did I live? Why in that instant did I not extinguish that spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? ” Creature speaking to Victor

“I am well acquainted with the accused. I have lived in the same house with her, at one time for five and at another for nearly two years. ” Elizabeth speaking to the judge and jury

“I am an unfortunate and deserted creature; I look around and I have no relation or friend on earth. ” Creature speaking to Victor

“It is also a duty owed to yourself; for excessive sorrow prevents improvement or enjoyment, or even the discharge of daily usefulness, without which no man is fit for society. ” Victor’s father speaking to Victor

“I am blind and cannot judge of your countenance, but there is something in your words which persuades me that you are sincere. ” Old man (father) speaking to the creature

“I did confess, but I confessed a lie. ” Justine speaking to Elizabeth

“This was then the reward of my benevolence! I had saved a human being from destruction, and as a recompense I now writhed under the miserable pain of a wound which shattered the flesh and bone. ” Creature speaking to Victor

“His words had a strange effect upon me. I compassionated him and sometimes felt a wish to console him; but when I looked upon him, when I saw the filthy mass that moved and talked, my heart sickened and my feelings were altered to those of horror and hatred. ” Victor recounting his tale to Capt. Walden

“My protectors had departed, and had broken the only link that held me to the world. For the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred filled my bosom, and I did not strive to control them: but, allowing myself to be borne away by the stream, I bent my mind toward injury and death. ” Creature speaking to Victor

“I did not before remark how very ill you appear; so thin and pale; you look as if you had been watching for several nights. ” Henry Clerval speaking to Victor