 I am alone, and miserable; man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species, and have the same defects. This being you must create.  Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus - Page 104by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1869 - 177 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1823 - 586 pages
...sometimes resolved to quit the world and its miseries for ever. At length I wandered towards these mountains, and have ranged through their immense recesses,...have the same defects. This being you must create." VOt. II. E CHAPTER V. THE being finished speaking, and fixed his looks upon me in expectation of a... | |
 | Margaret Armour - Fiction - 1898 - 222 pages
...sometimes resolved to quit the world and its miseries for ever. At length I wandered towards these mountains, and have ranged through their immense recesses,...have the same defects. This being you must create." [This Frankenstein at length, much against his will, consents to do ; postponing his marriage with... | |
 | Tim Kelly - Drama - 1974 - 76 pages
...VICTOR. Another? CREATURE. I am alone and miserable. VICTOR. Tonight I end that misery. CREATURE. Men will not associate with me, but one as deformed and...must be of the same species and have the same defects as I. VICTOR. No such creature exists. CREATURE. You must create her. (VICTOR is struck dumb, he leans... | |
 | Alden Nowlan, Mary Shelley, Walter Learning - 1981 - 94 pages
...- are my creator and I have come to you with a request. (It bows.) I am alone and miserable. Humans will not associate with me. But one as deformed and horrible as myself would not refuse to be my companion. What I ask is moderate and reasonable. (Crosses left of bed.) You must create... | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Fiction - 1982 - 338 pages
...miseries for ever. At length I wandered towards these mountains, and have ranged through their immense 15 recesses, consumed by a burning passion which you...herself to me. My companion must be of the same species, 20 and have the same defects. This being you must create." CHAPTER IX. The being finished speaking,... | |
 | Paul A. Cantor - Literary Criticism - 1984 - 252 pages
...In demanding a creature as "hideous" as himself, the monster clearly has this consideration in mind: I am alone and miserable; man will not associate with...must be of the same species and have the same defects ... It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more... | |
 | Scott Allen Nollen - Biography & Autobiography - 1991 - 492 pages
...forever exile himself away from human beings if he is given a female companion, the Monster pleads: I am alone and miserable: man will not associate with...have the same defects. This being you must create. In his 1977 book Man Shelley's Monster, literary scholar Martin Tropp claims that the character of... | |
 | Audrey Fisch, Anne K. Mellor, Esther H. Schor - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 312 pages
...fact that he does not desire a beautiful mate, but rather one who would be a mirror image of himself: "one as deformed and horrible as myself would not...be of the same species and have the same defects" (137).22 When Victor destroys the bride intended for the monster, he replies with mimetic violence:... | |
 | Hendrik van Gorp - English fiction - 1998 - 124 pages
...(ch.10: 520) Na hem verplicht te hebben naar zijn verhaal te luisteren komt de dwingende smeekbede : I am alone, and miserable; man will not associate...have the same defects. This being you must create. (...) You must create a female for me, with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies... | |
 | Laura C. Berry - Literary Criticism - 224 pages
...his first lengthy speech to Victor, having revealed the origins of his bitter discontent, by saying, "I am alone and miserable; man will not associate...have the same defects. This being you must create" (189).17 The Monster's desire for affection is, as he insists, "reasonable and moderate." He presents... | |
| |
