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Imantaghavi Posted 14 years ago
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Hi,
Could anybody explain and shed some lights on the following underlined parts? It's from the famous novel Frankenstein by Marry Shelley.
"It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils.With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. (1)
His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. (2)
At length lassitude succeeded to the tumult I had before endured, and I threw myself on the bed in my clothes...."
Thank you in advance,
Iman
Could anybody explain and shed some lights on the following underlined parts? It's from the famous novel Frankenstein by Marry Shelley.
"It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils.With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. (1)
His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. (2)
At length lassitude succeeded to the tumult I had before endured, and I threw myself on the bed in my clothes...."
Thank you in advance,
Iman
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This archaic English, but my comments are as follows: I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. (1) His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. " You need to remember the context – this is man who has created a monster, a lifeless monster.
- This archaic English, but my comments are as follows: I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet.
- (1) His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful.
- " You need to remember the context – this is man who has created a monster, a lifeless monster.
- I don’t know what he means by the instruments of life, but whatever they are, he is collecting them to introduce life to this monster.
- The monster’s limbs were the correct size, relative to his body.
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This archaic English, but my comments are as follows:
I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. (1)
His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. (2)
At length lassitude succeeded to the tumult I had before endured, and I threw myself on the bed in my clothes...."
I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. (1)
His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. (2)
At length lassitude succeeded to the tumult I had before endured, and I threw myself on the bed in my clothes...."
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This is apparently just before he brings the monster to life. This is a trying moment for the doctor, the culmination of all his work, so he emotionally and physically exhausted. He has the monster pieced together on a table, or the floor, and he has set up the electrical apparatus that will bring it to life. But rather than proceed with the experiment, he is overcome with emotion and collapses
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