... a mutual interest in the "spark of life," with Victor pursuing electricity and Prometheus fire. In addition, Victor, often refers to his creation as clay. On page 33, he quotes, "Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil as I dabbed among the unhallowed damps of the grave or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay." ... ...
... into a bad situation but only recognise it when it cannot be helped. Bibliography Suzanna Storment: Frankenstein: The Man and the Monster http://public.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/frank.comment3.html (both quotes) Mary Shelley: Preface from the novel Frankenstein (or the modern Prometheus)...
... by the Romantic view of pathetic fallacy as she often links the creature's appearance by a storm breaking, and lightening. 'From the proceeding flash' and 'watching the pallid lightenings' all are quotes from just before the creature appears, and the reader begins the link the arrival of a storm, and definitely lightening with the creature's arrival. Similarly the creature is associated with moonlight ... ...
... this is not just farfetched speculation, the monster even says in his quote that he ought to be Adam, God's successful creation, rather than the fallen angel (Lucifer). Among other quotes in which the monster deigns Victor as [his] creator, this is a powerful novel reference and this quote beautifully shows the direct motif of religious role-playing in Frankenstein. Power is ... ...
