Key Quotes (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Main theme running throughout Frankenstein
Main theme running throughout Frankenstein
Dangerous ambition
Victor's quote: key phrase about his two years of work
Victor's quote: key phrase about his two years of work
"Infusing life into an inanimate body"
What Victor's ambition reveals about his goals
What Victor's ambition reveals about his goals
God-like ambitions - control over life and death
Key difference between Walton and Victor
Key difference between Walton and Victor
Walton learns to prioritise human welfare; Victor doesn't
Monster's Adam and fallen angel quote
Monster's Adam and fallen angel quote
"I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel"
What biblical imagery reveals about Monster
What biblical imagery reveals about Monster
Identity crisis - blessed with life, cursed by abandonment
Victor's warning about knowledge
Victor's warning about knowledge
"Learn from me...how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge"
Elizabeth's symbolic connection
Elizabeth's symbolic connection
Nature and innocence
Henry Clerval's description
Henry Clerval's description
"A being formed in the 'very poetry of nature'"
Monster's quote explaining his evil actions
Monster's quote explaining his evil actions
"I am malicious because I am miserable"
What Monster's malice quote shows about evil
What Monster's malice quote shows about evil
Evil stems from suffering/rejection, not inherent wickedness
Elizabeth's religious imagery description
Elizabeth's religious imagery description
"Saintly soul shone like a shrine-dedicated lamp"
Justine's moral dilemma
Justine's moral dilemma
False confession causes her greater moral suffering