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Vsuresh Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Frankenstein -Meaning
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Could you tell me what this means?
Context: The monstrous creature which Frankenstein has created says this to Frankenstein as he is disgusted with his being and wants him to create another creation a woman similar to his shape and form.
"Yet it is in your power to recompense me, and deliver them from an evil which it only remains for you to make so great that not only you and your family, but thousands of others, shall be swallowed up in the whirlwinds of its rage."
Could you tell me what this means?
Context: The monstrous creature which Frankenstein has created says this to Frankenstein as he is disgusted with his being and wants him to create another creation a woman similar to his shape and form.
"Yet it is in your power to recompense me, and deliver them from an evil which it only remains for you to make so great that not only you and your family, but thousands of others, shall be swallowed up in the whirlwinds of its rage."
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Yet it is in your power to recompense me You can make amends to me and deliver them from an evil and spare my enemies from the harm I will otherwise do them which it only remains for you to make so great harm that only you can prevent from being so catastrophic that not only you and your family, but thousands of others, shall be swallowed up in the whirlwinds of its rage. that you, your family, and multitudes will be destroyed
- Yet it is in your power to recompense me You can make amends to me and deliver them from an evil and spare my enemies from the harm I will otherwise do them which it only remains for you to make so great harm that only you can prevent from being so catastrophic that not only you and your family, but thousands of others, shall be swallowed up in the whirlwinds of its rage.
- that you, your family, and multitudes will be destroyed
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Yet it is in your power to recompense me
You can make amends to me
and deliver them from an evil
and spare my enemies from the harm I will otherwise do them
which it only remains for you to make so great
harm that only you can prevent from being so catastrophic
that not only you and your family, but
You can make amends to me
and deliver them from an evil
and spare my enemies from the harm I will otherwise do them
which it only remains for you to make so great
harm that only you can prevent from being so catastrophic
that not only you and your family, but
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deadratwhich it only remains for you to make so great harm that only you can prevent from being so catastrophicCould you explain a litte where you get the "prevent" meaning from? I can't quite see it.
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It will help to read the entire paragraph. The monster is saying that only Frankenstein can avert disaster and it's only Frankenstein that avert disaster. In other words, after all is said and one, the remaining fact is that only Frankenstein holds the power to make things right.
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deadratIt will help to read the entire paragraph. The monster is saying that only Frankenstein can avert disaster and it's only Frankenstein that avert disaster. In other words, after all is said and one, the remaining fact is that only Frankenstein holds the power to make things right.I have already read the entire paragraph, but I cannot see how "which it o
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I'm sorry. I should have said that reading the entire paragraph helped me.
Remember that Mary Shelley wrote the novel in the early 19th century, recounting purported conversations of the previous century about an almost-human monster, so it's no surprise that the speech is somewhat strange to our ears.
VF has just dismissed his own creation as his enemy. The monster replies tha
Remember that Mary Shelley wrote the novel in the early 19th century, recounting purported conversations of the previous century about an almost-human monster, so it's no surprise that the speech is somewhat strange to our ears.
VF has just dismissed his own creation as his enemy. The monster replies tha
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Could anyone else comment on whether the original sentence makes sense to them? Maybe it is just me, and I am having some kind of blank with this. I suppose it would logically make sense if making the evil great was a consequence of VF's inaction, but for me this interpretation is contrary to the whole tone of the sentence.
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I too interpreted it to mean that Frankenstein's inaction would result in the evil being great.
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Thanks to everyone. Think I posted a ambiguous idea.
Actually I find the underlined portion hard to understand.
Actually I find the underlined portion hard to understand.
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Here's my take on this:
Monster: Yet it is in your power to recompense me (that is, by making a female counterpart as a companion - the monster is very lonely, as no human female will have anything to do with him), and deliver them (that is, everybody) from an evil which it only remains for you to make so great (that is, if the doctor refuses to make a female counterpart, he is doing a g
Monster: Yet it is in your power to recompense me (that is, by making a female counterpart as a companion - the monster is very lonely, as no human female will have anything to do with him), and deliver them (that is, everybody) from an evil which it only remains for you to make so great (that is, if the doctor refuses to make a female counterpart, he is doing a g
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