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"My reveng is of no moment to you; yet, while I allow it to be a vice, I convess that it is the devouring and only passion of my soul." p. 148
the one theme that my group has and I struggled with really finding concrete examples for was depravity/sinfulness. now that I've finished I've found all kinds of examples. yay me! first, Victor even admits that his relentless desire to kill his creation is a sin. also, he kills himself. I think that creating the creature was also a playing-God sort of action and probably sinful. also, I'm pretty sure his lack of vocality when Justine was wrongfully accused was wrong of him. obviously, Victor isn't the only one. The creation essentially goes on a murder spree there at the end. not good. I think that the creation's blackmail of Victor (make me a woman, I won't kill your loved ones) was wrong as well. so there we have it. the other two weren't too hard to find examples for, although I'm kinda bummed that Victor never created a new creature. I sorta wanted to meet her.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Inception spoiled me.
"Walton, in continuation.
You have read this strange and terrific story, Margaret..." p. 155
I feel like I'm stuck on Inception, but I can't really forget about it while dealing with frame story. am I the only one that sorta wanted another level or frame? I'm not sure who it would continue off of... maybe Elizabeth? she seems a little dull though. possibly De Lacey... or Clerval. yeah. he'd be good. I think it'd be really interesting to see what Clerval had to say about things. I'm not sure how it would fit in though. it'd be super trippy if maybe he was reading all the letters from Walton for some reason. like, maybe he's Margaret's husband or something? I mean, it couldn't be, but that would be weeeeird! right? I'm all excited about this now. boo. such a nerd. =D
You have read this strange and terrific story, Margaret..." p. 155
I feel like I'm stuck on Inception, but I can't really forget about it while dealing with frame story. am I the only one that sorta wanted another level or frame? I'm not sure who it would continue off of... maybe Elizabeth? she seems a little dull though. possibly De Lacey... or Clerval. yeah. he'd be good. I think it'd be really interesting to see what Clerval had to say about things. I'm not sure how it would fit in though. it'd be super trippy if maybe he was reading all the letters from Walton for some reason. like, maybe he's Margaret's husband or something? I mean, it couldn't be, but that would be weeeeird! right? I'm all excited about this now. boo. such a nerd. =D
holy. batman. quityerwhining!
"For an instant I dared to shake off my chains, and look around me with a free and lofty spirit; but the iron had eaten into my flesh, and I sank again, trembling and hopeless, into my miserable self." p. 117
first of all, STOP. WHINING. I'm sick of it. I get that you're miserable, but are you really so miserable that you can't even shake it for a moment? you're in the English countryside, and you can't pretend to enjoy it?! you make me sad. so be it. (come, Patsy!). after finishing, I realize that this as a foreshadowing to Victor going bye-bye. and by "going bye-bye", I mean jumping ship. literally. he's miserable. he might have been recovering, but retelling this story to Walton just made everything gush back and he got miserable all over again. and this time he really can't shake it. poor guy.
first of all, STOP. WHINING. I'm sick of it. I get that you're miserable, but are you really so miserable that you can't even shake it for a moment? you're in the English countryside, and you can't pretend to enjoy it?! you make me sad. so be it. (come, Patsy!). after finishing, I realize that this as a foreshadowing to Victor going bye-bye. and by "going bye-bye", I mean jumping ship. literally. he's miserable. he might have been recovering, but retelling this story to Walton just made everything gush back and he got miserable all over again. and this time he really can't shake it. poor guy.
caracterización
don't need a translator for that one.
"While I was overcome by these feelings, I left the spot where I had committed the murder, and seeking a more secluded hiding-place, I entered a barn which had appeared to me to be empty." p. 103
This is the creation, immediately after killing William. I mean, he says "You shall be my first victim", but then shows remorse right after that. I'll be honest, I never thought I'd be characterizing the creation. my perception was that he would never be anything more than a flat character. NO! he's multi-dimensional. dynamic, even. he feels remorse (as many murderers do, Criminal Minds tells me), happiness, sadness, anger, frustration. HE'S A REAL BOY! =} what's even more interesting to me is that he feels guilt and also fear of being caught. (he could rip humans limb from limb, why is he afraid of police?) even MORE impressive to me is that he has the capacity to frame Justine for the crime. boggles. my. mind. really quite impressive.
"While I was overcome by these feelings, I left the spot where I had committed the murder, and seeking a more secluded hiding-place, I entered a barn which had appeared to me to be empty." p. 103
This is the creation, immediately after killing William. I mean, he says "You shall be my first victim", but then shows remorse right after that. I'll be honest, I never thought I'd be characterizing the creation. my perception was that he would never be anything more than a flat character. NO! he's multi-dimensional. dynamic, even. he feels remorse (as many murderers do, Criminal Minds tells me), happiness, sadness, anger, frustration. HE'S A REAL BOY! =} what's even more interesting to me is that he feels guilt and also fear of being caught. (he could rip humans limb from limb, why is he afraid of police?) even MORE impressive to me is that he has the capacity to frame Justine for the crime. boggles. my. mind. really quite impressive.
volverte a ver, es todo lo que quiero hacer.
"I have good dispositions; my life has been hitherto harmless and in some degree beneficial; but a fatal prejudice clouds their eyes, and where they ought to see a feeling and kind friend, they behold only a detestable monster." p. 95
This line made me sad. also, I think it's funny that the creation decides to tell one of those "so, I have this friend..." sort of stories to figure out what he should do. that's really... intelligent. I know most people blogged about this last time, but it's just now starting to hit me that this creation is really intelligent. it bothers me a lot, in a way. I understand I'm supposed to just go along with the suspended reality, but that doesn't work so well for me. the only way I can console the two is if I convince myself that his brain retained the information of the previous owner (makes it sound like a car... show me the carfax?) and the creation just had to... restore it? maybe.
This line made me sad. also, I think it's funny that the creation decides to tell one of those "so, I have this friend..." sort of stories to figure out what he should do. that's really... intelligent. I know most people blogged about this last time, but it's just now starting to hit me that this creation is really intelligent. it bothers me a lot, in a way. I understand I'm supposed to just go along with the suspended reality, but that doesn't work so well for me. the only way I can console the two is if I convince myself that his brain retained the information of the previous owner (makes it sound like a car... show me the carfax?) and the creation just had to... restore it? maybe.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
parallelism
"My affection for my guest increases every day." p. 11
firstly, I'm a little weirded out by this line. but it works to introduce what I want to talk about: Walton and Frankenstein. I mentioned in my last blog that the frame story seems silly to me, but I know it creates a sort of parallel between the two. it does initially, at least. it shows right away that the two are loners and like to whine. I get a feeling that part of their "loneliness" comes from the fact that both of them have some sort of complex. they both talk about how great their minds are almost constantly at first. Walton is so excited about his exploring and Frankenstein about his inventions. maybe they're lonely because they can't connect to anyone else properly. sorta like in Flowers for Algernon when Charlie becomes so intelligent that no one can relate to him on a level that suits him... maybe. also, Walton and Frankenstein have weird ways of expressing affection - both towards each other and to their sisters. still weirds me out. a lot.
firstly, I'm a little weirded out by this line. but it works to introduce what I want to talk about: Walton and Frankenstein. I mentioned in my last blog that the frame story seems silly to me, but I know it creates a sort of parallel between the two. it does initially, at least. it shows right away that the two are loners and like to whine. I get a feeling that part of their "loneliness" comes from the fact that both of them have some sort of complex. they both talk about how great their minds are almost constantly at first. Walton is so excited about his exploring and Frankenstein about his inventions. maybe they're lonely because they can't connect to anyone else properly. sorta like in Flowers for Algernon when Charlie becomes so intelligent that no one can relate to him on a level that suits him... maybe. also, Walton and Frankenstein have weird ways of expressing affection - both towards each other and to their sisters. still weirds me out. a lot.
it's a story within a story within a story....
are we in Inception?
"Strange and harrowing must be his story, frightful the storm which embraced the gallant vessel on its course and wrecked it - thus! ..." p. 14
yay for frame story! I'm still not convinced that the letters serve any purpose other than to create a frame story. awesome, Mary Shelly. so cool. I'm kinda nervous now about how deep this is going to go. I mean, after about two levels it's harder to kick out. right? I'm just not sure what purpose it serves yet. and there's probably more to come. great. I know that the frame serves to show parallels between Walton and Victor, but why? why not just have them in the same story in the same time period? why not have Victor tell his story all over again to Walton's "sister"? smh. I'm sure it'll all make sense eventually.
"Strange and harrowing must be his story, frightful the storm which embraced the gallant vessel on its course and wrecked it - thus! ..." p. 14
yay for frame story! I'm still not convinced that the letters serve any purpose other than to create a frame story. awesome, Mary Shelly. so cool. I'm kinda nervous now about how deep this is going to go. I mean, after about two levels it's harder to kick out. right? I'm just not sure what purpose it serves yet. and there's probably more to come. great. I know that the frame serves to show parallels between Walton and Victor, but why? why not just have them in the same story in the same time period? why not have Victor tell his story all over again to Walton's "sister"? smh. I'm sure it'll all make sense eventually.
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