A Dark and Stormy Night
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- Themba Moyakedeelde een impressie9 jaar geleden
💀EngThe birth of the gothic narrative was arguably bolstered by Shelley's 'Frankenstein'. Simply philosophically engaging when one considers how at its core is the question of whether the evil that's prevalent in the world was manufactured by inhumanity.
We read it for the Southern African English Olympiad this year (2016) where we explored the leitmotif: The Darkness in Man's Heart.
Simply fulfilling!
p.s: I especial love the archaic diction - palatable. - b8627429365deelde een impressie7 maanden geleden
👍De moeite van het lezen waardThis story was scary I loved it! It’s about a guy named Victor that spend months making a creature out of old body parts.
- b4522549362deelde een impressievorig jaar👍De moeite van het lezen waard
“ ‘Heaven forbid! even if you were really criminal; for that can only drive you to desperation, and not instigate you to virtue.
“But this was a luxury of sensation that could not endure; I became fatigued with excess of bodily exertion, and sank on the damp grass in the sick impotence of despair.
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- syafiqahwithaQciteerde uit5 jaar geleden
The labours I endured were no longer to be alleviated by the bright sun or gentle breezes of spring; all joy was but a mockery, which insulted my desolate state, and made me feel more painfully that I was not made for the enjoyment of pleasure. - Alexa Graceciteerde uitvorig jaar
Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change. - exitlistsciteerde uit2 jaar geleden
the whole train of my progress towards the creation; the appearance of the work of my own hands alive at my bedside; its departure.
