"I could not sustain the horror of my situation; and when I percieved that the popular voice, and the countenances of the judges, had already condemned my unhappy victim, I rushed out of the court in agony. The tortures of the accused did not equal mine; she was sustained by innocence, but the fangs of remorse tore my bosom, and would not forego their hold"
Here we can see clearly that the theme is the guilt.
The monster is talking about her fellings and also what he is thinking about the situation that is hapening, he is there only lurking and watching what the court is going to do with Justine because they found in their pocket a picture that William had in his pocket before he was killed in the hands of the monster, he is doing a reflection and he felt guilty as we see in "but the fangs of remorse tore my bosom".
Chapter 5, page 49
ResponderEliminar“I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.”
“I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.”
This sentence shows how Frankenstein submersed himself into his project for almost 24 months. He lived for it and it was his sole purpose in life. It seems that he is playing God and addressing it in a very nonchalant demeanor. He treats the subject as though he is God and is going about his daily routine. What drove him to become so obsessed with becoming a necromancer? You have to wonder about the insanity of bringing a human back to life and the state of mind he must have been in.
“For this I had deprived myself of rest and health.”
The way he treated himself shows the devotion to his obsession because he put his desire to create life ahead of his own personal needs. He did not take care of himself psychologically or physically. What did he look and feel like? His obsession drove him to madness.
“I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.”
This is a powerful statement. He wanted to create life so badly that it became an obsession for him and he would go to any extreme to reach his ultimate goal. Imagine having dead body parts in your home. Can you imagine the odor? The smell of rotten flesh, how did he keep it a secret? After being lost in his dream of creating life for such a long time one can easily see what it was like for him to come to the realization he had created a monster.
When Frankenstein woke from his illusion, he was horrified by what he’d done. There never was beauty in his dream; the dream was an illusion that he had created in his mind. The moment he really saw what he’d created he felt crushed and he said it very clearly “and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart”. This is an incredibly moving realization to the reader.
This story has many parallels to the real world. We sometimes live in illusions of our own creation and when we wake from those illusions we see the pain or suffering that we’ve created. Frankenstein is a sad character, but sometimes we all play that role in major or minor ways. It is the realization that we are dreaming. It is in the waking from those illusions that help us to grow to evolve as people.
“...but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.”
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