Walton Quotes Flashcards
(9 cards)
Walton quote one-3
“What may not be expected in a country of eternal light?”
“I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited,
and may tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of a man.”
Grandiose language, question, metaphor, adjective-ardent, verb-satiate, metaphor, visual imagery.
Walton quote two-7
“I have no friend, Margaret:
when I am glowing with the enthusiasm of success,
there will be none to participate in my joy;
if I am assailed by disappointment,
no one will endeavour to sustain me in dejection.
I desire the company of a man who could sympathise with me;
whose eyes would reply to mine.”
Personal pronoun, metaphor, moment of self-reflexivity, foreshadowing, verb-assailed/desire.
Walton quote 3-3
“Be assured, that for my own sake, as well as your’s, I will not rashly encounter danger.
I will be cool, preserving, and prudent.
Remember me to all my English friends.”
Reassurance tone, triple, not rash, close acquaintances, imperative, friends-plural noun.
Walton quote 4-3
“Our situation was somewhat dangerous,
especially as we were compassed round by a very thick fog.
We accordingly lay to, hoping that some change would take place in the atmosphere and weather.”
Pathetic fallacy, gothic elements, foreshadows the creatures meeting, adjective-dangerous.
Walton quote 5-6
“Even broken in spirit as he is, no one can feel more deeply than he does the beauties of nature.
The starry sky, the sea and every sight afforded by these wonderful regions, seems still to have the power of elevating his soul from earth.
Such a man has a double experience: he may suffer misery, and be overwhelmed by disappointments;
yet when he has retired into himself, he will be like a celestial spirit,
that has a halo around him, within whose circle no grief or folly ventures.”
Religious connotations, hyperbole, triple, verb-elevating, binary opposition, simile.
Walton quote 6-5
“Frankenstein discovered that I made notes concerning his history:
he asked to see them, and then himself corrected and augmented them in many places;
but principally in giving the life and spirit to the conversations he held with his enemy.
‘Since you have preserved my narration’, said he, ‘I would not that a mutilated one should go down in posterity.’”
Unreliable narrator, verbs-augmented/corrected, dialogue.
Walton quote 7-4
“I wish to soothe him;
yet can I counsel one so infinitely miserable,
so destitute of every hope of consolation, to live? Oh, no!
the only joy that he can know will be when he composes his shattered feelings to peace and death.”
Verb-soothe, superlative-infinitely, adjective-miserable, question, short sentence, exclamation mark, adjective-shattered, lots of commas.
Walton quote 8-6
“Over him hung a form which I cannot find words to describe;
gigantic in stature, yet uncouth and distorted in its proportions.
As he hung over the coffin, his face was concealed by long locks of ragged hair;
but one vast hand was extended, in colour and apparent texture like that of a mummy.”
“I shut my eyes involuntarily, and endeavoured to recollect what were my duties with regard to this destroyer.
I called on him to wait.”
Alliteration, contraction, triple, repetition of hung, adjective-ragged/vast, adverb-involuntarily, short sentence.
Walton quote 9-4
“I was at first touched by the expressions of his misery;
yet when I called to mind what Frankenstein had said of his powers of eloquence and persuasion,
and when I again cast my eyes on the lifeless form of my friend, indignation was re-kindled within me.
‘Wretch!’”
Metaphor, nouns-eloquence/persuasion, adjective-lifeless, soft fricative sounds, derogatory term, exclamation mark.
