Prose Flashcards
(49 cards)
Lifeless thing
The vague language is emphatic of dismissal of the human life, which Victor has created
The dull yellow eye of the creature
The colour yellow often has connotations of sickness and contamination, suggesting the corrupt nature of Victor’s actions. This can be linked to yellow skin and black lips etc.
Savage inhabitant of some undiscovered country
Vile insect, abhorred monster, unearthly, ugliness
Victor views his creation as inhumane and sees the monster with discussed
Who and when was Paradise Lost written?
It was written in 1667 by the poet, John Milton
I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel
Allude to Paradise Lost, the epic poem, written by John Milton, that the monster reads was observing the de Lacey’s →> suggesting that like Lucifer, the monster is subjected, and is a victim of an oppressive power, which is Victor
Making a wretched appearance after the palaces I had be held in the village
Emphatic of how dehumanising his abode is in comparison to civilisation
My kennel /Exposed by a pigsty
an animalistic imagery, almost describing monster as subhuman → can link to ‘ a being, which had the shape of a man“
Agreeable asylum /Paradise
The monster, as desperate, he sees his cramped and dirty place as desirable, due to the abuse faced from humans. He now has a warped perception of reality.
I could have torn him limb from limb as a lion rends the antelope
When Felix attacks, the monster he could have savaged him, displaying the restraint and humanity, which Felix lacks, ironically presenting Felix as a supernatural and inhumane being
As the night advanced a fierce wind arose from the woods
The pathetic fallacy shows the monsters, rage and intense sadness as a physical force
The forked and destroying tongues
The personification presents fire as a living force also having devilish connotations, making it clear how the monster is the “fallen angel “now and not“Adam “ → biblical/hellish imagery
The blast tore, along like a mighty avalanche
The blast mirrors, the monsters emotional state as he is enraged by the de Lacey’s rejection
I was poor, helpless, miserable wretch … and I knew I could distinguish nothing, but feeling pain, invaded me on all sides. I sat down and wept.
The monster doesn’t understand why he is hated and ostracised. The listing is emphatic and presents the monster as vulnerable.
I was benevolent and good misery made me a fiend
The monster reflects on how his experiences have made him excluded from society, not even his creator offers him comfort
My limbs failed me, and I sank to the ground
‘The monsters, physical reaction against his emotional desire perhaps suggest his underlying feeling of what will soon happen
I will be with you on your wedding night
The monsters warning to Victor, after he destroys his female companion
It’s just as well, the fences at Hailsham aren’t electrified
Miss Lucy observes, how Hailsham is not as idyllic as Kathy suggests
There are times over the years where I’ve tried to leave Hailsham behind
Cathy is nostalgic about her time in Hailsham. ‘’ It reminded me of those sweet little cottages “.
Quotes to perhaps present a symbol of restriction
rowS of windows are naturally high up/dark fringe of trees /I might have the corner of a misty field/ wire mesh fences
I don’t know what it was like where you were
Phrase is repeated throughout the novel to make Kathy’s story seem directly relevant to the reader
All you could see was a dark fringe of trees
Presents this as a foreboding and sinister environment, contrasting, Kathy’s idyllic description
She looks like a crouching animal waiting to pounce
‘Miss Lucy, before she speaks to the clones about how they have been “told and not told “
Ruth’s recovery centre is“like entering a hall of mirrors “
The simile presenting it as a uneasy environment, where the clones identity becomes distorted and warped
