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Walton's Letters - Coggle Diagram
Walton's Letters
Existence, Consciousness & Creation
"Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay to mould me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?" (Epitaph)
"His limbs were nearly frozen, and his body dreadfully emaciated by fatigue and suffering" (Walton, 26)
"I never saw a more interesting creature;" (Walton, 27)
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"we are unfashioned creatures, but half made up, if one wiser" (Victor, 30)
"Do not lend his aid to perfectionate our weak and faulty natures" (Victor, 30)
"Such a man has a double existence: he may suffer misery and be overwhelmed by disappointments, yet, when he has retired into himself, he will be like a celestial spirit" (Victor, 30)
Nature & Romanticism
"heavenly body undoubtedly" ... "may not be expected in a country of eternal light" (Walton, 15)
"Last Monday" ... "we were nearly surrounded by ice," (Walton, 25)
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link to science: intentionally placing themselves in danger - morality element as they are taking their lives into their own hands - sense of playing god?
"Paroxysm of grief"... "violence of his feelings" (Walton, 29)
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in his rage, Victor becomes more rough, coarse and less human: metamorphic element as he transforms into the thing he despises.
"We were among the tamer scenes of nature" (Walton, 31)
"the starry sky, the sea, and every sight afforded by these wonderful regions, seems still to have the power of elevating his soul from the earth." (Walton, 30)
Ambition & Fallability
"increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking" (Walton, 15)
"I would not allow him to be tormented by their idle curiosity" (Walton, 27)
"I had determined, at one time" (Victor, 30)
Revenge & Consequence
"The land of mist and snow; but I shall kill no albatross" (Walton, 21)
"That I have suffered great and unparalleled misfortunes" (Victor, 30)
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Isolation & Alienation
"I began to love him as a brother" (Walton, 28)
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Prejudice
"that he interests himself deeply in the projects of others" (Walton, 29)
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