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Responsibility in Frankenstein
Victor makes a child and abandons it on its first night. Everything that follows comes from that.
The quotes
7 quotes, in the order they happen.
I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.
Victor · Chapter 5 · creation · responsibility
He wanted this more than anything. The moment it is done, he is disgusted. He runs away.
Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel
Creature · Chapter 10 · creation · responsibility · isolation
I should have been your Adam, your first man. Instead you treat me like the devil.
I ought to be thy Adam
Creature · Chapter 10 · creation · responsibility
The creature asks to be treated like a first son, not a devil.
Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live?
Creature · Chapter 16 · creation · revenge · responsibility
After the De Laceys drive him out. He curses Victor for making him and leaving him.
You have destroyed the work which you began
Creature · Chapter 20 · responsibility · revenge
Victor tore up the female. The creature's last hope is gone.
I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on.
Creature · Walton's last letters · isolation · prejudice · responsibility
His last speech, over Victor's body. Abandoned. Kicked. Something that should not have been born.
I have devoted my creator, the select specimen of all that is worthy of love and admiration among men, to misery
Creature · Walton's last letters · revenge · responsibility
The creature admits he destroyed a man worth loving. He does not say Victor deserved it.
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