Quotes for
Be able to answer the questions for each quote below for the test. Answers must be written in
well-developed paragraphs.
1. . …they all died by my hands.
Who died? Speaker? Spoken to? What is the significance of ‘my hands’? Did the speaker literally kill all of the above people?
2. …I declared everlasting war against the species…
Speaker? When did he declare war? Why?
3. … I too can create
desolation; my enemy is not invulnerable; this death will carry despair to him…
Speaker? ‘my enemy’ refers too whom? ‘this death’ refers to whose death?
Why does the speaker desire to bring ‘despair to him’?
4. I am the cause of this---I murdered
her---they all died by my hands.
Speaker? ‘cause of this’ refers to what? Who did the speaker murder?
What does ‘by my hands’ mean?
5. My rage is unspeakable when I reflect that the murderer,
whom I have turned loose upon society, still exists
. ..I
devote myself... to his destruction.
Speaker? Spoken
to? ‘Murderer’ refers to whom? Why is the speaker angry?
Why
is the speaker devoting his time to the murderer’s destruction?
6. Cursed, Cursed creator!...despair
had not yet taken possession of me; my feelings were those of rage &
revenge.
Speaker? ‘Creator’
refers to whom? Why is the speaker
angry?
7. My creator, make me happy;...Let
me see that I excite the sympathy of some existing thing;
Speaker? ‘My creator’
refers to whom? Why does the
speaker seek sympathy?
Does
he ever receive it and it what form is it given?
8. ....the fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even
that enemy of God and man had friends in his desolation;
I am alone.
Speaker? Spoken to? Why is the speaker alone? Why is the speaker malignant?