| Come, Victor; not brooding thoughts of vengeance against the assassin, but with feelings of peace and gentleness, that will heal, instead of festering, the wounds of our minds | Victor’s father – to no avail – counsels Christian forgiveness, the opposite of which Victor will display to his Creature. Suggestion of the damage of vengeance |
| I wept like a child. “Dear mountains! my own beautiful lake! how do you welcome your wanderer? Your summits are clear; the sky and lake are blue and placid. Is this to prognosticate peace, or to mock at my unhappiness? | Victor’s grief at his brother’s death; becoming almost unhinged. Plaintive address to nature, in rather a possessive manner. Beginning to see them as heralding his fate |
| ‘By degrees the calm and heavenly scene restored me, and I continued my journey towards Geneva’ | Frankenstein discussing his journey through the mountains before returning home to Geneva after the death of his brother |
| ‘nearly in the light of my own vampire, my own spirit let loose from the grave’ | Frankenstein reflects on his feelings about what he has created, likens creature to another Gothic creature |
Frankenstein Chapter 7 Important Quotes
February 17, 2020