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Frankenstein Chapter 20 Notes - In-depth Language Analysis
Frankenstein Chapter 20 Notes - In-depth Language Analysis
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‘miserable in the separation’ ‘solitary’ – the consequences of isolation.
‘my eyes inflamed by watching and misery’ – ‘inflamed’, huge internal conflict, as if he is
being tortured in his own personal hell.
‘refreshed me’ – sleep rejuvenates him, connotes new beginnings and reflection, ‘I belonged
to a race of human beings’ – unlike the creature he is still not an outsider, despite his odious
actions.
‘like a death-knell…distinct and oppressive’ – he is being oppressed and trapped by his own
actions and because of the power shift between the creature and Frankenstein.
‘chemical instruments…odious work…sickening to me’ – disregarding life.
‘almost felt as if I had mangled a living flesh of a human being’ – he did destroy a life but
because he believes that the creatures are inhumane he doesn’t see them as worth the title
of human. He also destroys everything about women – women are passive and oppressed.
‘my eyes…for the first time, saw clearly’ – finally, he is being just a little bit intelligent but
this probably won’t last long.
‘basest and most atrocious selfishness’ – only because it was a female.
‘dreadful crime’ – showing his face after the crimes he did against humanity seems a crime.
‘the moon rose’ ‘took advantage of the moment of darkness’ – like the creature when he
sets the cottage of fire, Frankenstein wants the moon to be covered over so it cannot see
him and his sins.
‘cast my basket in the sea’ – by throwing the creature in the sea it is as if he is throwing
away his sins and guilty burdens.
‘slept soundly’ – he doesn’t have a guilty conscious as if all of his sins are wiped away.
‘torment of a burning thirst’ ‘the boat would be instantly filled with water’– like the Ancient
Mariner, because he committed an act against God he is being punished.
‘I had no compass’ – he is literally and metaphorically lost, he has no moral compass, but
also he’s a complete idiot.
Heavens, which were covered by clouds’ – he is being rejected by heaven because of his
transgressions against nature, man and God.
‘It was to be my grave’ – if only we are lucky.
‘like a warm flood of warm joy to my heart’ ‘how mutable are our feelings’ – Shelley
commenting on how we a s humans are so susceptible to our feelings.
‘wild rocky appearance’ – foreshadowing, much?
‘extreme debility’ – like the Mariner and every time he commits a transgression/sin he
becomes physically ill.
Even when in a pickle he always has money on him, emphasizes the difference between
Frankenstein and the creature.
‘instead of offering me any assistance’ – because he looks a bit rough people do not
welcome him, finally getting a taste of his own medicine, assuming that people would attend
to him and love him.
‘I was innocent’ – nope.
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