Dialectical Journal – Frankenstein

Quotation (with Pg. #) Commentary
Letters through Chapter 6 “…the sun is forever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon and diffusing a perpetual splendour.” ~ p. 1 The author uses personification to give a playful and happy mood to the sun. "I have often attributed my attachment to, my passionate enthusiasm for, the dangerous mysteries of the ocean, to that production of the most imaginative of modern poets." ~ p. 7 The author uses an element of Romanticism of nature to reveal the hidden secrets to the world. “Why not still proceed over the untamed yet obedient element? What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?” ~ p. 8 The author allows each individual’s power to show a rebellious style of Romanticism. “…the mist cleared away, and we beheld, stretched out in every …show more content…
But that would be cruel kindness, and I dare not to do it.” ~ p. 55 The author uses an oxymoron to show how William’s murder affects Elizabeth, Victor, and Victor’s father. “…distinctly the black sides of Jura, and the bright summit of Mont Blanc. My own beautiful lake! How do you welcome your wanderer? Your summits are clear; the sky and lake are blue and placid.” ~ p. 58 The author uses visual imagery to give the reader an idea and image of what Victor Frankenstein’s home land looks like. “…and I think of them with pleasure. My country, my beloved country! Who but a native can tell the delight I took in…” ~ p. 58 The author uses an epistrophe sentence structure to show how proud Victor Frankenstein is of his country. "Sometimes I could cope with the sullen despair that overwhelmed me: but sometimes the whirlwind passions of my soul drove me to seek, by bodily exercise and by change of place, some relief from my intolerable sensations." ~ p. 75 The author uses an element of Romanticism, isolation, to show how Victor Frankenstein is