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" My imagination was vivid, yet my powers of analysis and application were intense ; by the union of these qualities I conceived the idea, and executed the creation of a man. "
Frankenstein: or, The modern Prometheus - Page 220
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - 1823
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Beyond Archangel - The Archangel Theme in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Melanie Kirkham - 2007 - 49 pages
...arch fiend, [I] bore a hell within me" (92). This is a direct reference to Milton's Paradise Lost6. "All my speculations and hopes are as nothing; and,...aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell" (147). Victor realizes his sin at this point and that he, like Lucifer, has fallen and is beyond repentance....
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Mary Shelleys Frankenstein in der Sicht der neueren Literaturkritik

Tina Heesel - 2007 - 94 pages
...daher als Warnung betrachtet werden, denn nun sagt auch Victor, der bis zuletzt zu seinen Worten steht, „All my speculations and hopes are as nothing; and,...aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell" (MS, 214) und kurz darauf „how am I sunk!" (MS, 214). Für Victor ist alle Hoffnung verloren. Ihm...
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The Abject of Desire: The Aestheticization of the Unaesthetic in ...

Konstanze Kutzbach, Monika Mueller - Law - 2007 - 311 pages
...created has become his master, he sees the tragic result of his human " 'pride of wisdom' " (473): " 'like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell' " (484). Interestingly, Frankenstein discovers that the Creature kills by "throttling" or "burking"...
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The Christian Tradition in English Literature: Poetry, Plays, and Shorter Prose

Paul Cavill, Heather Ward - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 514 pages
...section of the novel Frankenstein sums up his condition by referring again to Lucifer's rebellion: 'like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell'. Fittingly, the frozen northern wastes where the novel begins and ends are akin to Milton's fhell where...
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