Elizabeth continues to follow her crying with “what delight! ” constituting to the idea that she is ecstatic and weeping for joy, not for sadness. The word rapturously, in summary, means being overjoyed. “She had also to anticipate how her visit would pass, the quiet tenour of their usual employments, the vexatious interruptions of Mr. Collins, and the gaieties of their intercourse with Rosings,” (Austen 158). Elizabeth was wondering how the visit go and deciphered the usual occurrences that went on.
The quiet tenour can be defined as the quiet tone or course of their day to day formalities based on the context of Chapter 5. ” She seems perfectly happy, however, and in a prudential light it is certainly a very good match for her,” (Austen 177). Mr. Darcy discusses how Mr. Collins is a good match for Elizabeth, however he wants to be cautious in his choice of words. He believes that in Mr. Collins is a wise choice and one of the best choices for Lizzy. One can assume that prudential means in a wary or watchful way.
“Mrs. Bennet was restored to her usual querulous serenity; and, by the middle of June, Kitty was so much recovered as to be able to enter Meryton without tears; an event of such happy promise as to make Elizabeth hope that by the following Christmas she might be so tolerably reasonable as not to mention an officer above once a day, unless, by some cruel and malicious arrangement at the War Office, another regiment should be quartered in Meryton,” (Austen 233). Kitty is recovering and becoming healthier again, leaving Mrs. Bennet to not have to worry about anything again.
She can now return to her usual querulous serenity, meaning without having to complain that she has been awhile for so long. “Mrs. Bennet, to whose apartment they all repaired, after a few minutes’ conversation together, received them exactly as might be expected; with tears and lamentations of regret, invectives against the villainous conduct of Wickham, and complaints of her own sufferings and ill-usage; blaming everybody but the person to whose ill-judging indulgence the errors of her daughter must principally be owing,” (Austen 277).
Wickham has done horrible things for the Bennet family including assassinating their colleagues and having serious financial issues. They have witnessed his villainous conduct and regret being friends with him. The word invective can be deciphered to mean abusive vocabulary towards Wickham because Mrs. Bennet is complaining about him and using horrible language in order to describe him due to her built up hatred towards him. Elizabeth, feeling all the more than common awkwardness and anxiety of his situation, now forced herself to speak; and immediately, though not very fluently, gave him to understand that her sentiments had undergone so material a change, since the period to which he alluded, as to make her receive with gratitude and pleasure his present assurances,” (Austen 354). Elizabeth is describing to Mr. Darcy about how she feels differently than the period he has previously mentioned (alluded to).
This can be deciphered since Mr. Darcy is mentioning various instances of their past in order to figure out how they both feel towards each other. Frankenstein Style The style of Frankenstein is very complex and unique. . Her father, William Godwin can be described as “one of the most famous and versatile thinkers and writers of his time,” which impacted Shelley’s ornate style in a significant matter. Furthermore, due to her father’s anger about her “cursing” her mother’s death during pregnancy, Mary felt distant from her father and turned to books for an emotional outlet. The diction of the novel is specific, yet elaborate.
For instance, after Victor Frankenstein creates the monster he “rushed out of the room and continued a long time traversing my bedchamber unable to to compose my mind to sleep,” (Shelley 69). Such scholarly diction gives a clear and vivid image of what he did following the completion of the monster; however, it is more than just saying he ran out of the room and could not fall asleep. Shelley uses erudite vocabulary to appeal to intellectual readers and as well as to create an impressively through novel that can be described as extremely elegant.
Furthermore, when the monster is created Shelley uses imagery to describe how “the rain pattered dismally against the panes… I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs,” (62). This is a great example of how Shelley uses imagery to make the monster’s existence seem sad and ugly, in order to get the reader to sympathize with the monster early on in the novel. Lastly, Shelley allows for Victor Frankenstein, The Monster, and Captain Waldon to recall different accounts of the events that occurred during the book.
Such a practice allows for the reader to view the opinions and thoughts of all three characters. This style of writing allows for the reader to form an unbiased opinion of which character is the real “monster” in the novel, something that could not be achieved by only giving one point of view. Interesting Characters Personally, I believe that Victor Frankenstein is one of the most interesting characters in the book. It shocks me that he spent so much time creating such an absurd creature, just to abandon it.
It makes me question why he really thought to create The Monster in the first place. Forming such an ugly creature with no comprehension of the real world and abandoning it is just asking for trouble. Not only could the monster not communicate with other people and he could barely use his own body. How on Earth did Frankenstein expect him to survive? Maybe he didn’t. Furthermore, even though The Monster commits horrible crimes, like killing William and then blaming it on Justine Moritz, he does not appear to be the real monster to me. The real monster is Frankenstein.
You cannot blame The Monster for having urges of revenge or hatred due to the fact he is ugly and incompetent. He has no true way to make friends or any real way to express his feelings. However, I do The Monster to be an interesting character. For instance, it seems like every time the Monster tries to do something good, he gets a horrible consequence. Likewise, when he rescues the girl from the river, he is shot by the man with her. Furthermore, he tries to go to the village of Geneva and then is chased by several scared villagers, when he is just trying to make friends.
In addition, he studies in secret the culture and ways of the cottage owners that he is observing in order to learn the ways of their lives. Also, he finds a leather sack containing books one night while foraging for food in the wilderness. He prepares to study these books in hopes of learning more about life. I do not see him as a real monster, only as someone trying to figure themselves out. Even though he is different, he is just a confused soul hoping for a better life.
Voice Inside My Head Personally, I did find this book the least bit enchanting or fascinating. Even though the story was not the same as the one | heard as a child, I still felt like I was experiencing deja vu. As a child, I was under the impression that Frankenstein was the name of The Monster, not of the creator. Also, I thought that The Monster was a green, bolted creature who was created by a lightning strike. I found these accusations to be false, however the majority of the novel was similar to the folktale. It did not strike me as interesting since I heard it before.
This novel seemed to drag on forever and seemed like it could have easily been condensed at least a forty pages. Shelley went into extreme detailed imagery when it wasn’t necessary and often seemed to ramble on. While I did not want a straightforward “here’s what happened and that’s it” type of novel, she could have shortened or left out some parts. Furthermore, from the beginning of my reading, I sympathized with The Monster and not with Frankenstein. Shelley did not have to push me to sympathize with him, because I already thought likewise.
I felt remorse and sorrow for his mental and physical condition and I knew Victor should not abandoned him without guiding him into his new life. I almost felt like Shelley was too aggressive trying to make me think of Frankenstein as “the bad guy,” when it wasn’t needed. She often exaggerated certain aspects of The Monster’s appearance or events in order to make the reader feel horrible for him. On the other hand, I did enjoy Shelley’s way of utilizing several points of view to bring the novel together.
Adding elements from Captain Waldon, The Monster, Frankenstein and the cottage owners made a seemingly plain jane novel have multiple dimensions and opinions for the readers to choose from. Even though these did make the book one of my favorites, I did appreciate Shelley’s attempt to bring the book to life. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn “Jim said it made him all over trembly and feverish to be so close to freedom. Well, I can tell you it made me all over trembly and feverish, too, to hear him, because I begun to get it through my head that he was most free—and who was to blame for it? (Twain 184).
In Night, Ellie Wiesel is trying to escape to freedom from the Nazis during World War II in Hungary the same way that Jim is trying to escape from the South so that he can be liberated in the north. Both characters have to suffer through hardships in order to become free men and both are treated in inhumane ways. “Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better,” (Twain 152). In The Scarlet Letter, Hester knows that having an affair with Chillingsworth was wrong, just like Tom knows that stealing Jim is wrong.
However, both proceed to do the incorrect thing anyways. “You drop that school, you hear? I’ll learn people to bring up a boy to put on airs over his own father and let on to be better’n what he is,'” (Twain 88). Huck is convinced again to drop out school when his dad breaks into the estate. Similarly, Holden in The Catcher And the Rye drops out of school at a young age in order to be free, just like Huck. “I said it looked to me like all the signs was about back luck,” (Twain 11). Old Man and the Sea classically differentiates the difference between good and bad luck.
The old man’s bad luck is first portrayed in the beginning of the novel, just like Huck’s is. “The wind was trying to whisper something to me, and I couldn’t make out what it was, and so it made the cold shivers run over me,” (Twain 29). The Giver illustrates how Jonas feels the natural world interacting with him in such a way that no one else could explain. Likewise, Huck can hear the sounds of nature and thinks that it is trying to communicate with him, the same way Jonas did. “Now, we’ll start this band of robbers and call it Tom Sawyer’s Gang.
Everybody that wants to join has got to take an oath, and write his name in blood. ” (Twain 18). In Romeo and Juliet, the couple dies for each other, just like the gang “promises” to do. Both groups will not be separated until death does them part. “These liars warn’t no kings nor dukes, at all, but just low-down humbugs and frauds,” (Twain 150). The king and the duke remind me of Gatsby in The Great Gatsby.
Gatsby lies about his wealth and his social standings the same way the they did. Both sell themselves to their peers in order to seem lavish. “Go on en save me, nemmine ’bout a doctor f’r to save dis one? “” (Twain 240). Jim’s choppy language is like most Southern African Americans during this time. It reminds me of Tom’s lack of grammar in To Kill a Mockingbird; however, Jim’s is a bit more extreme. “Yes, he’s got a father, but you can’t never find him these days. He used to lay drunk with the hogs in the tanyard, but he hain’t been seen in these parts for a year or more,” (Twain 42). Huck’s father reminds me greatly of Rachel in The Girl on the Train, since they both share a drinking problem.
Rachel blackouts out while drinking when a murder occurs on the train, the same way that Huck’s father comes home every night drunk. Both do not recall what actions occurred while they were intoxicated. “But I reckon I got to light out for the territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can’t stand it. I been there before. ” (Twain 250). Huck reminds me of Thoreau when he wrote Into the Wild. Thoreau and Huck share the same personalities of wanting to stray from society and to not conform to the world. Both Thoreau and Huck cannot stand the thought of living on the grid.
