secrecy in frankenstein quotes
My tale was not one to announce publicly; its astounding horror would be looked upon as madness by the vulgar. In Dr Jekyll, betrayal in the form of secrecy is one of Victors worst flaws. [CDATA[ My father was in the meantime overjoyed, and, in the bustle of preparation, only recognised in the melancholy of his niece the diffidence of a bride" (199). My father had often, during my imprisonment, heard me make the same assertion; when I thus accused myself, he sometimes seemed to desire an explanation, and at others he appeared to consider it as the offspring of delirium, and that, during my illness, some idea of this kind had presented itself to my imagination, the remembrance of which I preserved in my convalescence. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("resource", "author_11139"); Dive into Mary Shelley's masterpiece with our 50 . Secrecy - Chapter 5. function isShowingBuyableFeatures() { The first victim that dies at the hands of the creature is William. //=0){return}if("ue_https" in e){f=e.ue_https}else{f=e.location&&e.location.protocol=="https:"?1:0}i=f? }); But I, the true murderer, felt the never-dying worm alive in my bosom, which allowed of no hope or consolation Anguish and despair had penetrated into the core of my heart; I bore a hell within me which nothing could extinguish (82). g.parentNode.insertBefore(A, g) "I do know that for the sympathy of one living being, I would make peace with all. It was a place fitted for such a work, being hardly more than a rock, whose high sides were continually beaten upon by the waves. That due to the lack of basic needs, the monster kills William, the brother of Victor. Mysteries of one generation become the common sense of the nextas long as they're not kept secret, that is. There is no other creature in existence that is as communal and gregarious as human beings, due to this, whenever one feels deserted or segregated by the rest of society, they tend to become cold and bitter. I had a persuasion that I should be supposed mad; and this in itself would for ever have chained my tongue. This was Victors reaction upon seeing Henrys corpse and demonstrates how deeply his pursuit for knowledge affects him. Victors internal flaws and shortcomings prevent him from revealing the truth about his Creation and therefore he is unable to disclose details of Williams death to save Justine.
