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Frankenstein: Horror Quotes
Quotes about horror
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Literature
12th Grade
01/27/2014

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"It was completely dark when I arrived"
Definition
the darkness symbolises him nearing the darkness of the monster
Term
"a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature"
Definition
"_ __ which had the shape of a __, but apparently of _____ stature"
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"It was on a dreary night in November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils"
Definition
one of the most famous lines in English literature - sets the horror scene.
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"the being whom I had cast among mankind...endowed...to effect purposes of horror"
Definition
physically horrifying and scary because the monster is unnatural and unlike us.
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"although the darkness and storm increased every minute"
Definition

"every minute": really specific, makes it more realistic and therefore scary. 

increases tension and sets the scene

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"I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open"
Definition
Sounds like an animal, or at least unnatural and not like a human.
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"or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form"
Definition

delineate = describe

 

he has inhuman passion and perserverance on his "project". creepily obsessed. 

 

(also, his obsession is resembling the passion with which God made man, but that's more terror, not horror)

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"his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath"
Definition
physically terrifying and unnatural
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