7.1.4
The Educational Texts - Quotations
The Educational Texts - Quotations
The Educational Texts - Quotations
The texts that the Monster reads are hugely influential upon him. The texts are intensely symbolic as to what Shelley views as the creation of the Monster’s moral and emotional questioning. Here they are in order, and what he learns from each:


Milton’s 'Paradise Lost' (1667)
Milton’s 'Paradise Lost' (1667)
- The Monster learns "different and far deeper emotions" when he reads Milton’s epic poem.
- He comments that "Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence...Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition".
- Even within the image of Satan, the Monster concludes that "Satan had his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and abhorred."


Plutarch’s Lives
Plutarch’s Lives
- The Monster learns of "men concerned in public affairs, governing or massacring their species".
- This text taught him "the greatest ardour for virtue rise within me, and abhorrence for vice".


Goethe’s 'The Sorrows of Werther'
Goethe’s 'The Sorrows of Werther'
- The Monster learns "lofty sentiments and feelings", deep emotions and "disquisitions upon death and suicide" from this text.
- "I learnt from Werter’s imaginations despondency and doom".
1Narrative Structure
2Character Summaries
2.1Walton & Frankenstein
2.3Elizabeth, Justine & Henry
3Intertextuality & Allusions
3.1Intertextual References
3.2Philosophical & Scientific Theories
4Biographic Context
5Chapter Summaries
5.2Chapters
5.2.1Chapters 1-2
5.2.2Chapters 3-4
5.2.3Chapters 5-6
5.2.4Chapters 7-9
5.2.5Chapters 10-11
5.2.6Chapters 12-15
5.2.7Chapters 16-19
5.2.8Chapters 20-23
5.2.9Chapter 24 & Walton’s Last Letters
5.2.10End of Topic Test - Chapters 1-6
5.2.11End of Topic Test - Chapters 7-15
5.2.12End of Topic Test - Chapters 16-23
5.2.13End of Topic Test - Chapter 24 & Walton's Letters
6Key Themes
7Recap: Main Quotes
7.1Characters Quotes
7.1.1Walton - Quotations
7.1.2Victor Frankenstein - Quotations
7.1.3The Monster - Quotations
7.1.4The Educational Texts - Quotations
7.1.5Elizabeth Lavenza - Quotations
7.1.6Justine Moritz - Quotations
7.1.7Henry Clerval - Quotations
7.1.8Alphonse Frankenstein - Quotations
7.1.9The De Lacey Family - Quotations
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1Narrative Structure
2Character Summaries
2.1Walton & Frankenstein
2.3Elizabeth, Justine & Henry
3Intertextuality & Allusions
3.1Intertextual References
3.2Philosophical & Scientific Theories
4Biographic Context
5Chapter Summaries
5.2Chapters
5.2.1Chapters 1-2
5.2.2Chapters 3-4
5.2.3Chapters 5-6
5.2.4Chapters 7-9
5.2.5Chapters 10-11
5.2.6Chapters 12-15
5.2.7Chapters 16-19
5.2.8Chapters 20-23
5.2.9Chapter 24 & Walton’s Last Letters
5.2.10End of Topic Test - Chapters 1-6
5.2.11End of Topic Test - Chapters 7-15
5.2.12End of Topic Test - Chapters 16-23
5.2.13End of Topic Test - Chapter 24 & Walton's Letters
6Key Themes
7Recap: Main Quotes
7.1Characters Quotes
7.1.1Walton - Quotations
7.1.2Victor Frankenstein - Quotations
7.1.3The Monster - Quotations
7.1.4The Educational Texts - Quotations
7.1.5Elizabeth Lavenza - Quotations
7.1.6Justine Moritz - Quotations
7.1.7Henry Clerval - Quotations
7.1.8Alphonse Frankenstein - Quotations
7.1.9The De Lacey Family - Quotations
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