 Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due. Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest...  Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus - Page 137by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1888 - 317 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1869 - 200 pages
...superior to thine ; my joints more supple. But I will not be tempted to set myself in opposition to thee. I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile...wilt also perform thy part, the which thou owest me. Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice,... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Frankenstein (Fictitious character) - 1891 - 348 pages
...superior to thine ; my joints more supple. But I will not be tempted to set myself in opposition to thee. I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile...thou owest me. O Frankenstein, be not equitable to everv other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is... | |
 | Langdon Winner - Technology & Engineering - 1978 - 400 pages
...continuing obligations of the creator, and describes the consequences of further insensitivity and neglect. "I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile...lord and king if thou wilt also perform thy part, that which thou owest me." 6 "You propose to kill me. How dare you sport thus with life? Do your duty... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Fiction - 1982 - 338 pages
...joints more supple. But I will not be tempted to set myself in opposition to thee. I am thy creature, 10 and I will be even mild and docile to my natural lord...wilt also perform thy part, the which thou owest me. Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice,... | |
 | Arthur Asa Berger - Social Science - 1992 - 196 pages
...is justified, in a sense, when he pleads with Dr. Frankenstein, his creator, for understanding. Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other and...trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even they clemency and affection is most due. Remember that I am thy creature; and I ought to be thy Adam,... | |
 | Karen Ann Hohne, Helen Wussow - Feminist literary criticism - 1994 - 234 pages
...fulfills what the monster sees as the responsibilities arising from his position within their hierarchy: "I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile...wilt also perform thy part, the which thou owest me" (100). Here, the monster appears to provisionally accept his place as other, his position in the reciprocal... | |
 | Karen Ann Hohne, Helen Wussow - Feminist literary criticism - 1994 - 234 pages
...what the monster sees as the responsibilities arising from his position within their hierarchy: "l am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile...wilt also perform thy part, the which thou owest me" (100l. Here, the monster appears to provisionally accept his place as other, his position in the reciprocal... | |
 | Janice Hocker Rushing, Thomas S. Frentz - Performing Arts - 1995 - 273 pages
...superior to thine, my joints more supple. But I will not be tempted to set myself in opposition to thee. I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile...wilt also perform thy part, the which thou owest me. 54 The artificial creation, sensing that it is incomplete, desires more life, not just as a cast-off... | |
 | Janice Hocker Rushing, Thomas S. Frentz - Performing Arts - 1995 - 288 pages
...superior to thine, my joints more supple. But I will not be tempted to set myself in opposition to thee. I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile...thou wilt also perform thy part, the which thou owest me.54 The artificial creation, sensing that it is incomplete, desires more life, not just as a cast-off... | |
 | Jeffrey Jerome Cohen - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 331 pages
...the naturalness of "our dearest domestic ties" and, by extension, paternalistic political regimes. "I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile...wilt also perform thy part, the which thou owest me," he argues (95). Speaking as a family member, the creature is initially able to forge metaphorical bonds... | |
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