Frankenstein Dialectical Journals by ANSLEE VINSON https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz Lacy Dobbins and Anslee Vinson en-us 2017-10-26 15:25:22 UTC 2017-12-05 15:01:11 UTC hello@padlet.com (Lacy) They consulted their village priest, and the result was that Elizabeth Lavenza became the inmate of my parents' house...the beautiful and adored companion of all my occupations and my pleasures. dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202121042 The only reason that Victor's family adopts Elizabeth is that she's pretty. But being charming seems like a subset of being pretty, not something separate]]> 2017-10-31 13:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202121042 (anslee) "What may not be expected in a country of eternal light?" vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202121256 this is kinda one of the main themes for Frankenstein as light represents discovery, and relates directly to the making of the monster. ]]> 2017-10-31 13:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202121256 "I AM BY BIRTH a Genevese; and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic" vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202124409 Frankenstein was born into a very privileged family ]]> 2017-10-31 13:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202124409 (Lacy) The innocent and helpless creature bestowed on them by heaven, whom to bring up to good, and whose future lot it was in their hands to direct to happiness or misery, according as they fulfilled their duties towards me. dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202127291 When Victor talks about his childhood, he suggests that parents play a big role in how their kids turn out, either "to happiness or misery." Sure, blame it on your folks. Everyone else does.]]> 2017-10-31 13:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202127291 (Lacy) My temper was sometimes violent, and my passions vehement; but by some law in my temperature they were turned not towards childish pursuits but to an eager desire to learn dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202130388 Victor was more matured than other childrenThe "secrets of heaven and earth" are  heavy for a kid.]]> 2017-10-31 13:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202130388 "Elizabeth was of a calmer and more concentrated disposition" vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202137238 Elizabeth and victor became very good friends and their friendship was thriving as was his curiosity about the world. ]]> 2017-10-31 13:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202137238 anslee vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202139660 i agree because their family was very pristine and wanted every one to see no flaws amongst their family, but also se had more to offer than just looks. ]]> 2017-10-31 14:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202139660 Lacy dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202140969 I agree, Elizabeth and Victors personality connected well together which led to their strong friendship.]]> 2017-10-31 14:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202140969 anslee vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202141534 victor points out the fact that parents do make you the way you are, and i believe that its a small foreshadowing towards victors creation of the monster]]> 2017-10-31 14:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202141534 Lacy dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202142990 It seems the whole idea of him is making discovery's and driving himself. ]]> 2017-10-31 14:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202142990 anslee vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202143381 victor was driven by his anger to learn and discover unlike other kids who found an outlet through sports and games. ]]> 2017-10-31 14:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202143381 Lacy dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202146507  I think this shaped who he really is, coming from privileged families often changes a perspective. ]]> 2017-10-31 14:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/202146507 " my progress was rapid" vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/203340745 Frankenstein started to focus on animated alchemy ]]> 2017-11-03 15:29:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/203340745 (Lacy) " I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter. dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/203341253 Frankenstein is now creating more animated thoughts.

]]> 2017-11-03 15:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/203341253 "when i found so astonishing a power placed within my hands" vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/203341951 Frankenstein- has realized what he is capable of]]> 2017-11-03 15:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/203341951 (Lacy) How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavored to form? dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/203345665 2017-11-03 15:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/203345665 (Lacy)Oh! My creator, make me happy, let me feel gratitude towards you for one benefit!...; do not deny me my request” (p 105) dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/210184152 This quote is ironic because victor is asking his creator to make him happy and to help him, but the monster has been died what victor his asking his creator.]]> 2017-11-26 19:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/210184152 (Lacy)“You accuse me of murder, and yet you would, with a satisfied conscience, destroy your own creation." dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/210184355 Victor knows that the monster has caused the deaths of two people he loved, and cared for. The monster is torturing victor because victor won’t accept the monster or even care for the monster.]]> 2017-11-26 19:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/210184355 (Lacy)As he hung over the coffin, his face was concealed by the long locks of ragged hair....When he heard the sound of my approach, he ceased the utter of grief and horror, and sprung towards the window” (p.163) dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/210184554 The monster is sobbing over Victor’s dead body. The monster is startled when Robert Walton enters the room and they have a period of contact with each other. Once Victor had died, the monster no longer had anything to live for. ]]> 2017-11-26 19:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/210184554 (Lacy) I am alone and miserable; My companion must be of the same species and have the same defects. This being you must create. dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/210185483 The monster tries to persuade Victor to make him a mate.]]> 2017-11-26 19:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/210185483 (Lacy) I shall be with you on your wedding night. dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/210185715 The monster threatens Victor after Victor destroys the female monster. ]]> 2017-11-26 19:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/210185715 (Lacy)You hate me; but your abhorrence cannot equal that with which I regard myself. I look on the hands which executed the deed; I think on the heart in which the imagination of it was conceived, dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/210186018 The monsters final words express his misery. ]]> 2017-11-26 19:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/210186018 (Lacy) The nearer I approached to your habitation, the more deeply did I feel the spirit of revenge enkindled in my heart. dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/210186344 The monster is angry and Victor is in trouble. ]]> 2017-11-26 19:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/210186344 (Lacy) "No creature had ever been so miserable as I was;" dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/212660105 Victor wallows in his own loneliness after the creature has taken everything from him, even though he s in mourning he still doesn't remember that he is the cause of his own pain. ]]> 2017-12-03 21:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/212660105 (Lacy) "If I cannot inspire love then I will cause fear" dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/212660337 This sums up the creatures mission throughout the book, he is shunned by everyone around him so he decides to cause fear. ]]> 2017-12-03 21:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/212660337 (Lacy) "I am malicious , because I am miserable" dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/212660649 This is the creature explaining why he is so evil. He says he isn't evil by choice it's because of the way he is treated. ]]> 2017-12-03 21:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/212660649 (Lacy) I come back ignorant and disappointed. It requires more philosophy than I possess to bear this injustice with patience. dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213281728 Walton realizes that he would rather have his life than new knowledge. He chooses safety over the dangers of exploration]]> 2017-12-05 13:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213281728 (Lacy) By the utmost self-violence I curbed the imperious voice of wretchedness, dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213283544 Frankenstein is using "self-violence" to keep himself under control, almost as if he's taking revenge on himself.]]> 2017-12-05 14:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213283544 (Lacy) I could offer no explanation of them, but their truth in part relieved the burden of my mysterious woe dobbinsl https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213284550 Victor feels that his creation is a secret burden that cannot be relieved]]> 2017-12-05 14:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213284550 I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213286320 Victor is questioning the prinicple of life. and the works of God in which he is about t perform. ]]> 2017-12-05 14:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213286320 My cheek had grown pale with study, and my person had become emaciated with confinement. vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213287471 he has started to put himself all into his creation, he has been working so hard on it, it is reflecting on his health. He is also confining himself from everyone to solely work on his creation. ]]> 2017-12-05 14:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213287471 I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213288469 Victor has finally created the creature that has caused his health to decline. He notices that the creature is not what he thought it was going to be. ]]> 2017-12-05 14:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213288469 Yet that is over now: Clerval writes that indeed you are getting better. I eagerly hope that you will confirm this intelligence soon in your own handwriting. vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213289363 Elizabeth wrote victor a letter saying he can not continue to contact her if he his still sick because she knows what he has been doing to his body and she doesnt think its good for him.]]> 2017-12-05 14:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213289363 William is dead! — that sweet child, whose smiles delighted and warmed my heart, who was so gentle, yet so gay! Victor, he is murdered! vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213290629 When victor gets back to the university he finds a letter from his dad saying his little brother is dead. He goes to geneva which is where they all live but once he gets there the gates are locked and he walks around in the woods all night. ]]> 2017-12-05 14:15:41 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213290629 LETTERS: I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213297367 in Walton’s last letter he goes back to the words that the monster says to him over Victor’s dead body. this shows some of the motive that the monster had because of all the pain he has been put through by victor. ]]> 2017-12-05 14:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213297367 Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear. vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213299787 victor has found out that justine has died as well, and he explains what happens to your body emotionally, mentally, and physically after your body has experienced a burst of tragic events. Your body doesnt know what to do with all the emotions have inside so you react in different ways and often have a large sense offear and panic after someone has told you of a tragic event that you resenante to. ]]> 2017-12-05 14:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213299787 The abrupt sides of vast mountains were before me; the icy wall of the glacier overhung me; a few shattered pines were scattered around; and the solemn silence of this glorious presence-chamber of imperial nature was broken only by the brawling waves or the fall of some vast fragment, the thunder sound of the avalanche or the cracking, reverberated along the mountains, of the accumulated ice, which, through the silent working of immutable laws, was ever and anon rent and torn, as if it had been but a plaything in their hands. vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213303266 This is all one long quote of victor stating all the nature in which he is surrounded by out in the cold wild. He has just been through multiple different traumatic events and this is a representation of the actions someone might take, you might try and explore in the wild and start notice nature for what it truly is, beautiful. As you experience such events you become more vulnerable and weak so you start to acknowledge things you have never had the chance to before. ]]> 2017-12-05 14:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213303266 Soon a gentle light stole over the heavens and gave me a sensation of pleasure. I started up and beheld a radiant form rise from among the trees. [The moon] I gazed with a kind of wonder. vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213304721 The creature has now ventured out of the house and has found himself looking up at something bright in the sky, which is the moon. The fact that he doesn't know what to call the moon shows his true adolescent behaviour and state of mind becuase he has no idea what to call the moon. even toddlers know what the moon is. this also evokes an emotional appeal towards the monster because he has just been abandoned by his creator and now has noone and is left to figure things out on his own. ]]> 2017-12-05 14:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213304721 I lay on my straw, but I could not sleep. I thought of the occurrences of the day. vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213304745 The creature is laying on his homemade bed of straw as he goes over everything he has witnessed for the day. He longs to be in with the kindness hearts of the people he watched today. He remembered all the struggle victor had caused him so he knew better than to attempt to connect with the others. this also shows what the affect of abandonment can have on someone. ]]> 2017-12-05 14:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213304745 Such was the history of my beloved cottagers. It impressed me deeply. vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213304764 the creature is taken back by the kindness and interesting lives of the cottagers. he feels like he is now one of them becuase he knows so much about them but he still is not. ]]> 2017-12-05 14:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213304764 I soon perceived that although the stranger uttered articulate sounds and appeared to have a language of her own, she was neither understood by nor herself understood the cottagers. vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213304832 the creature has noticed that a woman who doesn't even speak the same language as all the others is still welcomed by the cottagers. this is the creature reflecting also upon his angst to join he villagers as he has just now seen the kindess and consideration they have given to the foreign stranger.]]> 2017-12-05 14:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213304832 anslee vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213315568 i agree, because the creature has toils with joining the cottagers but he knows that they will fear him. ]]> 2017-12-05 14:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213315568 anslee vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213316442 its like he might be upset with himself for all the mistakes that have occured on his part. ]]> 2017-12-05 14:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213316442 anslee vinsona https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213317591 the closer and closer the creature gets the more his fire is fueled and wants to bring harm to the man who has really almost ruined his life. ]]> 2017-12-05 14:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/vinsona/ebj0ckboulkz/wish/213317591