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| "It was completely dark when I arrived" |
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| the darkness symbolises him nearing the darkness of the monster |
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| "a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature" |
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| "_ __ which had the shape of a __, but apparently of _____ stature" |
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| "It was on a dreary night in November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils" |
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| one of the most famous lines in English literature - sets the horror scene. |
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| "the being whom I had cast among mankind...endowed...to effect purposes of horror" |
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| physically horrifying and scary because the monster is unnatural and unlike us. |
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| "although the darkness and storm increased every minute" |
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"every minute": really specific, makes it more realistic and therefore scary.
increases tension and sets the scene |
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| "I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open" |
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| Sounds like an animal, or at least unnatural and not like a human. |
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| "or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form" |
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delineate = describe
he has inhuman passion and perserverance on his "project". creepily obsessed.
(also, his obsession is resembling the passion with which God made man, but that's more terror, not horror) |
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| "his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath" |
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| physically terrifying and unnatural |
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