Frankenstein, Or, The Modern PrometheusModern Library, 1993 - 303 pàgines Victor Frankenstein creates a man, but abdicates his responsibility to his creation and molds him into a monster. Shelley's classic work reveals much about death, ideas of atheism, and the corrupting influence of society on human nature. |
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Pàgina 68
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. eyes , if eyes they may be called , were fixed on me . His jaws opened , and he muttered some inarticulate sounds , while a grin wrinkled his cheeks . He might have spoken , but I did not hear ; one hand was ...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. eyes , if eyes they may be called , were fixed on me . His jaws opened , and he muttered some inarticulate sounds , while a grin wrinkled his cheeks . He might have spoken , but I did not hear ; one hand was ...
Pàgina 79
... called home by her repen- tant mother . Poor girl ! she wept when she quitted our house ; she was much altered since the death of my aunt ; grief had given softness and a winning mildness to her manners , which had before been ...
... called home by her repen- tant mother . Poor girl ! she wept when she quitted our house ; she was much altered since the death of my aunt ; grief had given softness and a winning mildness to her manners , which had before been ...
Pàgina 145
... called sister , or Agatha ; and the youth Felix , brother , or son . I cannot describe the delight I felt when I learned the ideas appropriated to each of these sounds , and was able to pronounce them . I distinguished several other ...
... called sister , or Agatha ; and the youth Felix , brother , or son . I cannot describe the delight I felt when I learned the ideas appropriated to each of these sounds , and was able to pronounce them . I distinguished several other ...
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