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Frankenstein: How mutable are our feelings, and how strange is that clinging love we have of life, even in the excess of misery! 5 Mary Shelley: And now, once again I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affecEon for it, for it was the offspring of happy days, when death and grief were but words… 6
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Frankenstein:Howmutableareourfeelings,andhowstrangeisthatclinginglovewehaveoflife,evenintheexcessofmisery!
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MaryShelley:Andnow,onceagainIbidmyhideousprogenygoforthandprosper.IhaveanaffecEonforit,foritwastheoffspringofhappydays,whendeathandgriefwerebutwords…
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Hislimbswerenearlyfrozen,andhisbodydreadfullyemaciatedfromfaEgueandsuffering(LeKerIV)
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Frankenstein:IdonoteverremembertohavetrembledatataleofsupersEEon,ortohavefearedtheappariEonofaspirit.
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Frankensteinthinkingabouthimself:MylifehadhithertobeenremarkablysecludedanddomesEc;andthishadgivenmeinvinciblerepugnancytonewcountenances.Mr.Kirwin:“Ishouldhavethought,youngman,thatthepresenceofyourfatherwouldhavebeenwelcome,insteadofinspiringsuchviolentrepugnance.”
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Frankenstein:Amindofmoderatecapacity,whichcloselypursuesonstudy,mustinfalliblyarriveatgreatproficiencyinthatstudy.
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Itwasadivinespring;andtheseasoncontributedgreatlytomyconvalescence.
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Frankenstein:…myhealthandspiritshadlongbeenrestored,andtheygainedaddiEonalstrengthfromthesalubriousairIbreathed,thenaturalincidentsofourprogress,andtheconversaEonofmyfriend.
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Frankenstein:“Asereneskyandverdantfieldsfilledmewithecstasy.”
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Themonster:“Nay,thesearevirtuousandimmaculatebeings!”
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Walton,aboutFrankenstein:Thismorning,asIsatwatchingthepallidcountenanceofmyfriend—hiseyeshalfclosedandhislimbshanginglistlessly…
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JusEne:“Iconfessed,thatImightobtainabsoluEon;butnowthatfalsehoodliesheavieratmyheartthanallmyothersins.”
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Walton,aboutFrankenstein:Theseparoxysmspassfromhimlikeacloudfrombeforethesun,thoughdejecEonneverleaveshim.
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Monster:“Onyouitrests,whetherIquitforevertheneighbourhoodofman,andleadaharmlesslife,orbecomethescourgeofyourfellow-creaturesandtheauthorofyourownspeedyruin.”
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Frankenstein:“Myabhorrenceofthisfiendcannotbeconceived.”
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Frankenstein:Adersomedaysspentinlistlessindolence,duringwhichItraversedmanyleagues,IarrivedatStrasburgh,whereIwaitedtwodaysforClerval.
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Frankenstein:“SomeEmesmypulsebeatsoquicklyandhardly,thatIfeltthepalpitaEonofeveryartery;atothers,Inearlysanktothegroundthroughlanguorandextremeweakness.”And…”JusEnesmiledlanguidly.”
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Frankenstein:Miseryhadherdwellinginmyheart,butInolongertalkedinthesameincoherentmannerofmyowncrimes;sufficientformewastheconsciousnessofthem.
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Themonster:…impotentenvyandbiKerindignaEonfilledmewithaninsaEablethirstforvengeance.
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IshallsaEatemyardentcuriositywiththesightofapartoftheworldneverbeforevisited…(LeKerI)
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Themonster:“This,thenwastherewardformybenevolence!IhadsavedahumanbeingfromdestrucEon,andasarecompenseInowwrithedunderthemiserablepainofawoundwhichshaKeredfleshandbone.ThefeelingsofkindnessandgentlenesswhichIhadentertainedbutafewmomentsbeforegaveplacetohellishrageandgnashingofteeth.Inflamedbypain,Ivowedeternalhatredandvengeancetoallmankind.”
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Frankenstein:Naturalphilosophyisthegeniusthathasregulatedmyfate;Idesiretherefore,inthisnarraEon,tostatethosefactswhichledtomypredilecEonforthatscience.
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Frankenstein:“…nothingcanaltermydesEny.Listentomyhistory,andyouwillperceivehowirrevocablyitisdetermined”
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Iheardofthedivisionofproperty,ofimmensewealthandsqualidpoverty;ofrank,descent,andnobleblood.
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AboutFrankenstein’sfather:“HewasrespectedbyallwhoknewhimforhisintegrityandindefaEgableaKenEontopublicbusiness”
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JusEne:“IbelievethatIhavenoenemyonearth,andnonesurelywouldhavebeensowickedastodestroymewantonly.”
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