Frankenstein Quotes Part 2
QUOTE:
"Do you think, Victor," said he, "that I do not suffer also? No one could love a child more than I loved your brother" (tears came into his eyes as he spoke); "but is it not a duty to the survivors, that we should refrain from augmenting their unhappiness by an appearance of immoderate grief? It is also a duty owed to yourself; for excessive sorrow prevents improvement or enjoyment, or even the discharge of daily usefulness, without which no man is fit for society." (78)
ANALYSIS:
As Victors brother was killed by the creature he created, the remourse victor and his father have towards his death show weakness. Men in society are conditioned to be brought up as brave and protective. While Victors father is letting the death of his son affect his well being and health, Victor is trying to keep his weakness hidden from his father in order to keep the family held together.
QUOTE:
“I was tempted to plunge into the silent lake, that the waters might close over me and my calamities for ever. But I was restrained, when I thought of the heroic and suffering Elizabeth, whom I tenderly loved, and whose existence was bound up in mine. I thought also of my father and surviving brother: should I by my base desertion leave them exposed and unprotected to the malice of the fiend whom I had let loose among them?” (78)
ANALYSIS:
While Victor lets his weakness get the very best of him, he begins to contemplate just ending his suffering by killing himself, and jumping into the lake. Knowing that Elizabeth and the rest of the family would not be abe to survive without his guidence and protection, he decides not to and find the strength to overcome these urges. Victor knows that by doing this, it will bring more pain and suffering to his surviving family.
QUOTE:
“Elizabeth was sad and desponding; she no longer took delight in her ordinary occupations; all pleasure seemed to her sacrilege toward the dead; eternal woe and tears she then thought was the just tribute
"Do you think, Victor," said he, "that I do not suffer also? No one could love a child more than I loved your brother" (tears came into his eyes as he spoke); "but is it not a duty to the survivors, that we should refrain from augmenting their unhappiness by an appearance of immoderate grief? It is also a duty owed to yourself; for excessive sorrow prevents improvement or enjoyment, or even the discharge of daily usefulness, without which no man is fit for society." (78)
ANALYSIS:
As Victors brother was killed by the creature he created, the remourse victor and his father have towards his death show weakness. Men in society are conditioned to be brought up as brave and protective. While Victors father is letting the death of his son affect his well being and health, Victor is trying to keep his weakness hidden from his father in order to keep the family held together.
QUOTE:
“I was tempted to plunge into the silent lake, that the waters might close over me and my calamities for ever. But I was restrained, when I thought of the heroic and suffering Elizabeth, whom I tenderly loved, and whose existence was bound up in mine. I thought also of my father and surviving brother: should I by my base desertion leave them exposed and unprotected to the malice of the fiend whom I had let loose among them?” (78)
ANALYSIS:
While Victor lets his weakness get the very best of him, he begins to contemplate just ending his suffering by killing himself, and jumping into the lake. Knowing that Elizabeth and the rest of the family would not be abe to survive without his guidence and protection, he decides not to and find the strength to overcome these urges. Victor knows that by doing this, it will bring more pain and suffering to his surviving family.
QUOTE:
“Elizabeth was sad and desponding; she no longer took delight in her ordinary occupations; all pleasure seemed to her sacrilege toward the dead; eternal woe and tears she then thought was the just tribute