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These chapters all and all cover more of the monsters journey to become human through his subtle interactions with the cottagers and how he himself learned to feel just as much as the person who created him.

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"...so that in two months I began to comprehend most of the words uttered by my protectors." (85)

Interesting that the monster refers to his neighbors, not only as his friends, but also as his protectors.

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"sweet to the scent and the eyes"

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Realization:
"And what was I? Of creation and creator I was absolutely ignorant; but I knew that I possessed no money, no friends, no kind of property."

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The effect music has on the people of the cottage as well as the monster is described as tremendous, and often brings tears to their eyes. Provokes emotion from the monster

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"For a long time I could not concieve how one man could go forth to murder his fellow, or even why there were laws and governments; but when I heard details of vice and bloodshed, my wonder ceased, and I turned away with disgust and loathing." - How IRONIC

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"For a long time I could not concieve how one man could go forth to murder his fellow, or even why there were laws and governments; but when I heard details of vice and bloodshed, my wonder ceased, and I turned away with disgust and loathing." - How IRONIC

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Pg. 85
Powerful, vicious, evil, blind, murder, bloodshed, disgust, rapid, extreme, fearful, slothful

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simile - "dispelling their sorrow as the sun dissipates the morning mists.

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simile - "dispelling their sorrow as the sun dissipates the morning mists.

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"Her presence diffused gladness through the cottage, dispelling their sorrow as the sun dissipates the morning mists"

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Pg. 85
"He appeared at one time a mere scion of the evil principle and at another as all that can be conceived of noble and godlike."

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"...I thought him as beautiful as the stranger"

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"Her hair of a shining raven black, and curiously braided; her eyes were dark, but gentle, although animated; her features of a regular proportion, and her complexion wondrously fair, each cheek tinged with a lovely pink."

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Oh man, the monster is getting real existential. I feel so bad for him!

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Trueee, yet he unfairly blames him for doing... nothing. He rejects him off the bat.

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"He was always the saddest of the group and, even to my unpracticed senses, he appeared to have suffered more deeply than his friends. " - imagery, foreshadowing

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Even the monster remarks commonly on the beauty of nature, and he finds peace and happiness in the spring time that surrounds him.

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" Was I then a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled, and whom all men disowned?"

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Pg. 85.
"My days were spent in close attention, that I might more speedily master the language; and I may boast that I improved more rapidly than the Arabian, who understood very little, and conversed in broken accents, whilst I comprehended and could imitate almost every word that was spoken.

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"sorrow only increased with knowledge." -a major theme in the book!

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"The birds sang in more cheerful notes, and the leaves began to bud forth on the trees. Happy, happy earth! fit habitation for gods, which, so short a time before, was bleak, damp, and unwholesome. My spirits were elevated..." (82)

The monster is already mirroring the attitudes of most people, even without interacting with them.

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I feel so bad because the monster has so much kindness and compassion in him and so does the family living in the cottage, yet if he were to reveal himself to them, they would most likely reject him instead of accepting this creature who had done so much, cared so much.

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"...to apply with fresh ardour to the acquiring of the art..."

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Pg. 86 " Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind, when it has once seized on it, like a lichen on the rock."

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"... like a lichen on the rock." (pg 86)

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"...looked upon them as superior beings..."

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They struggle with poverty, but to the monster, they live a rich life and he would probably love to be in their place. They may not realize all they truly have.

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Pg. 86 "...but sorrow only increased with knowledge."

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"Happy, happy Earth!"
"My spirits were elevated"

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The monster wanted to help the struggling family and did some of their chores for them. At this point the monster has more compassion and does more things for unselfish purposes than Victor does.

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"The remainder of my day was spent observing my friends" The monster believes that the family in the cottage is the closest thing he has to friends

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"Of what strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind, when it has once seized on it, like a lichen on the rock." (pg 86)

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Pg. 83
"Her face was musical, but unlike that of either of my friends"

The monster is referring to the family as his "friends"

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-Gentle warmth of spring
-Deserved better treatment than blows and execration

(chp 12) Ended with positive connotation, monster looking towards the future- "Happy happy earth" - he is optimistic and "forgetting about his past", but will it last? What could change? Perhaps he will meet the family too early, when he is not ready , and it will not go the way he plans, they wont accept him the way he hopes
(chp 13) The Arabian is very important to the monster because he can tell she is important to Felix. He understands the opportunity he has to learn the language along with the Arabian woman and is excited for it and proud of the progress he is making.

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He sees the family struggle of poverty, yet they have more than the monster has.

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"... the superior accomplishments of my friends." "... was spent in observing my friends." - The monster calls these people "friends"

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"... the superior accomplishments of my friends." "... was spent in observing my friends." - The monster calls these people "friends"

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"I thought (foolish wretch!) that it might be in my power to restore happiness to these deserving people." (81)

Looking back on it, the monster obviously regrets something he did to the family in the cottage. Possibly made things worse for them or himself??

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"monster", "bitterest", "despondence", "mortification", "fatal", "miserable", "wretch", "foolish"

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"As the sun became warmer, and the light of day longer, the snow vanished, and I beheld the bare trees and the black earth." (pg 81) In this chapter, it is describing the the change of the weather in the forest from how it originally was ( snowy and cold) to sunny and you could finally see the the beautiful earth.

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"I improved however, sensibly in this science, but not sufficiently..."

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Personification: Pg 80, "...Her eyes filled with tears..."

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The monster learned the English language with an amazing excellence and effectiveness, in my opinion.

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Cause and effect fallacy: "When they were unhappy, I felt depressed; when they rejoiced, I sympathized in their joys."

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Pg. 81 "It was as the [donkey] and the lap-dog; yet surely the gentle [donkey] whose inentions were affectionate, although his manners were rude, deserved better treatment than blows and execration."

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Alliteration (kinda): Pg. 79 "...Describe the delight..."

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-Diction: "I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification...the fatal effects of this miserable deformity." pg.81
-"I looked upon them (Agatha, Felix, and the old man) as superior beings, who would be arbiters of my future destiny...I should first win their favor, and afterwards their love," pg 81. Is this possible foreshadowing of the family's role in the monster's future? Also these quotes show that the family has almost become his source of nurturing and guide to life.
-Imagery: "Her hair of a shining black raven...her eyes were dark, but gentle...he complexion wondrously fair, each cheek tinged with a lovely pink." pg. 83
Simile: "...her voice flowed in a rich cadence, swelling or dying away, like a nightingale of the woods," pg.84.
"I heard the details of vice and bloodshed, my wonder ceased, and I turned away with disgust and loathing," pg.85. This shows how the monster responded negatively to the idea of murder, which leads me to believe perhaps he didn't kill William.

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-Imagery: Pg 79  "...having remained during the space of several revolutions of the moon in my hovel..."
- Alliteration: Pg. 79, "...describe the delight..."
-Personification: Pg 80, "...Her eyes sometimes filled with tears, which she endeavored to wipe away unperceived..."
-Cliff Hanger: Pg. 80, "He was always the saddest of the group...He appeared to have suffered more deeply than his friends." Why is he this way compared to the others?
-Personification: Pg 80, "In the midst of poverty and want..."
-Imagery: Pg 80, Felix carried with pleasure to his sister the first little white flower that peeped out from beneath the snowy ground."
-Felix is a kind spirit. Also, he and Agatha act like an old married couple in love.
-The monster draws connection between things quickly
-Rhetorical Question: Pg. 80, "...How was it possible, when I did not even understand the sounds for which they stood as signs?"
-Imagery: Pg 80, "Spring advanced rapidly; the weather became fine; and the skies cloudless."
-Hyperbole: Pg 83, " My senses were gratified and refreshed by a thousand scents of delight; and a thousand sights of beauty."
-Illusion: Pg 83, "...Threw up her veil, and beheld a countenance of angelic beauty and expression."
-Metaphor: Pg 83, "Her hair of a shining raven black."
-Who is this lady and why is Felix so happy to see her?