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Analysis for “life and death appeared to me ideal _________, which I should first break through”

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signifies Victor Frankenstein’s ambition and hubris to challenge the natural laws of existence. He sees the limits of life and death as barriers to be overcome through scientific discovery, believing he can play God by creating new life and bringing “light” to a “dark world,” a goal that ultimately leads to his downfall.

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Analyse ‘the _________ often disappeared in the light of the morning whilst I was yet engaged in my laboratory’ (page 40)

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highlights Victor’s obsession and ambition with scientifical transgression. He becomes consumed and disconnects with nature.

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Analyse “a churchyard to me was merely the ______________ of bodies’ (page 41)

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highlights Victor’s ambition as he seeks dead bodies for his experiments, viewing them as mere biological matter for his unholy creation and symbolises his transgression against religious and natural laws.

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Analyse ‘life and death appeared to me ideal _________, which I should first break through’

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reveals Victor Frankenstein’s ambition to transgress the natural boundaries of life and death to create new life, believing this will illuminate humanity’s “dark world”

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Analyse ‘the moon gazed on my midnight labours’

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uses personification to portray the moon as a silent, aware observer of Victor Frankenstein’s obsessive work, creating a mood of isolation and mystery while highlighting his intense focus on nature’s secrets

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“ I feels northern ____ play upon my cheeks”

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Breeze

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“ I shall __ my ardent curiosity”

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Satiate

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“ the joy a child feels when he ___ in a little boat”

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Embarks

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“I have no one near me ___ “

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Gentle

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“I shall __ no albatross”

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Kill

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“But success ___ crown my endeavours”

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Shall

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“Proceed over the ___ yet __element”

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Untamed
Obedient

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“Savage ___ of some ___ island”

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Inhabitant
Undiscovered

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“His body ___ emanciated by ___ and suffering”

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Dreadfully
Fatigue

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Who is this about “His body ___ emanciated by ___ and suffering”

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Victor when Walton finds him

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“ a man in so ___ condition”

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Wretched

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“My affection for my ___ increases everyday”

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Guest

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“One man’s life or death were but a ___ __ to pay for the ___ of the knowledge”

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Small price
Knowledge

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“Let me reveal my ___ and you will dash the ___ from your lips”

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Tale
Cup

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“I ardently hope that the ____of your __ may not be a __ to sting you”

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Gratification
Wishes
Serpent

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“___ to my history”

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Listen

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“He came like a ___ spirit to the __ girl”

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Protecting
Poor

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What is being talked about “He came like a ___ spirit to the __ girl”

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How victors father alphonse saved his mother Caroline

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“ he strove to ___ her as a fair ___ is sheltered by a Gardener”

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Shelter
Exotic

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“__ stores of affection”
Inexhaustible
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“Plaything and their __”
Idol
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“___ and ___ creature bestowed upon them by heaven”
Innocent and helpless
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“I was so ___ by a silken cord”
Guided
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“Her hair was the brightest ___ ___”
Living gold
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Who is this talking about “Her hair was the brightest ___ ___”
Elizabeth
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“ I have a ___ ___ for my Victor”
Pretty present
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“Looked upon ___ as mine - mine to ___, ____ and ___”
Elizabeth Love Cherish Protect
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“No human being could have passed a ___ ___ than myself”
Happier childhood
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“The ___ ___ of Elizabeth shone like a _____ lamp”
Saintly soul Shrine dedicated
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“I feel ____ pleasure in dwelling on the recollection of ___”
Exquisite childhood
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“ I have described myself as always having been ___ with a ___ longing to penetrate the secrets of ___”
Embued Fervent Penetrate Nature
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What does fervent mean
Displaying passionate intensity
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“ her ___ lineaments were still a __ and a __”
Immortal Wonder Mystery
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Who is this about “ her ___ lineaments were still a __ and a
Nature
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“ his father… saw __and ruin in the aspirations and ___ of his son”
Idleness Ambition
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Who is this about “ his father… saw __and ruin in the aspirations and ___ of his son”
Henry clerval
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“ they can command the ___ of ___”
Thunders Heaven
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What is this about “ they can command the ___ of ___”
The teacher talks about how science has developed
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Give quotes to show how Victor became obsessed with scientific pursuit
“My sole occupation” “The stars often disappeared in the light of morning “ “Two years passed in this manner” “My cheeks had grown pale with study” “I seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit!
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“Scientific pursuit there is ___ food for discovery”
Continual
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“ a churchyard was to me merely the ___ of bodies ___ of life”
Receptacle Deprived
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“Spent days and ___ in vaults and ___ houses”
Nights Charnel
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“ I will not lead you on… to your ___ and ___ misery”
Destruction Infallible
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“ how ___ is the ___ of knowledge”
Dangerous Aquirement
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“How much __ that man is who believes his ___ town will be the world, than he who spires to become greater than his ___ will allow”
Happier Native Nature
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“__ and __ appeared to me ideal bounds”
Life death
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“ a new __ would bless me as its ___ and ___”
Species Creator Source
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“ the moon __ on my ___ labours”
Gazed Midnight
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“ I pursued __ to her ____”
Nature Hiding places
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“With ___ fingers”
Profane
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“In a ___ chamber, or rather __”
Solitary Cell
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“Workshop of __ creation”
Filthy
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“ I was thus__, heart and ___ in one ___”
Engaged Soul Pursuit
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“ forget those ___”
Friends
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“ every night I was __ by a __ fever”
Oppressed Slow
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“ I shunned my fellow ___ as if I had been guilty of a __”
Creatures Crime
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“ it was on a ___ night of November”
Dreary
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“Lifeless ___ that lay at my feet”
Thing
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“ rain pattered ___”
Dismally
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“Candle was ___ burnt out”
Nearly
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“ dull __ eye”
Yellow
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“The ___ of the dream vanished and breathless __ and disgust filled my __”
Beauty Horror
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“First kiss in her lips they became __ with the __ of death”
Livid Hue
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What is this about “First kiss in her lips they became __ with the __ of death”
Victor has a dream about Elizabeth being dead
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“ Justine was the most ___ little ___”
Grateful Creature
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“ she is very __ and gentle and extremely __”
Clever Pretty
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“I felt as if he had placed carefully… those ___…. Slow and __ death”
Instruments Cruel
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“ the flower of spring ___ in the hedges”
Bloomed
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“ stretched on the grass __ and __”
Livid Motionless
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Who was found “ stretched on the grass __ and __”
William
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“I was ___ to become the most __ of human beings”
Destined Wretched
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“ good Justine is ___”
Innocent
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“ during the whole of this wretched ___ of justice I suffered living __”
Mockery Torture
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Justine Is described as being “___ beautiful”
Exquisitely
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“__ knows.. how entirely I am __”
God Innocent
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“I believe and ___ on her perfect ___”
Rely Innocence
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In Chapter 9, what are some of the things Victor calls the monster?
'devil' 'vile insect' 'abhorred monster' 'wretched devil'
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"Do your ___ towards me"- monster
duty
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'have i not ___ enough'- monster
suffered
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' I ought to be thy _ but i am rather the _ angel' - monster
adam fallen
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' I was __ and good; _ made me a _' - monster
benevolent misery fiend
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'these _ skies i hail for they are _ to me'- monster
bleak kinder
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'I felt what the _ of a creator towards his _ were'
duties creature
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'darkness then came over me and _me' - monster
troubled
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In chapter 11, what does the monster repeat?
' i felt cold' 'on a sensation of cold'
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' i was a -- helpless _ wretch' - monster
poor miserable
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'i thrust my hand into the _ embers, but quickly drew it out again with a __ __ ___' - monster
live cry of pain
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'all the _ i enjoyed came through the sty and that was _ for me' - monster
light sufficient
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How did some of the villagers react to the monster in chapter 11?
'one of the women fainted' 'some attacked me... kind of missile weapons'
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'What _ struck me was the _ manners' - monster
chiefly gentle
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what does the monster call the delaceys?
lovely creatures
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'i looked upon them as_ beings'- monster
superior
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'the _ appearances of nature'- monster
enchanting
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' was i then a _, a _upon the earth from... whom all men _?' - monster
monster blot disowned
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'_ by the special care of his Creator' - monster talking about Adam
guarded
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' i considered satan as the fitter __ of my conditions' - monster
emblem
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” why did you form a ___ so __ that even you turned from me in disgust ? 
Monster Hideous
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‘My __ is a __ type of yours’ - monster
form filthy
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“ I am __ and __”- monster
Solitary Abhorred
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“ my heart yearned to be known and__ by these amiable ___”
loved Creatures
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“They are the most __ creatures in the world” monster talking about Delaceys
Excellent
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How did felix react to the Monster?
“Dashed me to the ground” “Struck me violently with a stick” “ darted forward… with supernatural force”
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“My heart __ within me as with __ ___” - monster
Sunk Bitter Sickness
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“Overcome by__ and __” - monster after attempting to meet delaceys
Pain Anguish
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“I like the ___ __ bore a hell within me” - monster
Arch fiend
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The monster was in a “state of __ and __ despair”
Utter Stupid
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“ as the __ advanced a fierce __ arose”
Night Wind
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“ __ and destroying __”
Forked Tongues
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“Nature __ around me and the sun became ___”
Decayed Heatless
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“ I had saved a human being… as a __ I now __ under the miserable __ of a wound”
Recompense Writhed Pain
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“ my daily vows rose for revenge - a __ and __ revenge … compensate for the outrages and anguish I endured”
Deep Deadly
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“ I am __ because I am miserable” monster
Malicious
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” I demand a creature of another sex but as ___as myself” monster
Hideous
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“ sometimes felt a wish to __ him” Victor
Console
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“ orkneys as the scene of my __”
Labours
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give quotes to show how the Orkney’s is characterised 
The soil was barren few miserable cows Miserable fare Miserable huts
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“ Those employed in the most__ occupation immersed in a__”
detestable solitude
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In what chapter does Elizabeth die?
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Give some quotes to show Elizabeth’s dead body
Her pale and distorted features half covered by her hair Her bloodless arms
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Victor describes seeing a” pale yellow___ on the moon”
Light
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“ Learn my__ and do not seek to__ your own” -Victor 
Miseries increase
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“ I am chained in an__ hell”
Eternal
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What are some quotes to show Walton respecting the power of nature
“ I am surrounded by mountains of ice which admit of no escape and threaten every moment “ “Immured in ice”
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“If we are lost my __ schemes are the cause”
Mad
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“ I would rather __ than return ___” Walton
Die Shamefully
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“ my hopes are blasted by __” - Walton
Cowardice
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“ I cannot lead them __ to danger” Walton
Unwillingly
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“ seek happiness In __ and avoid __”
Tranquillity Ambition
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“ the fallen angel becomes a ___ devil” monster
Malignant
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“ I shall ascend my funeral like triumphly and __ in the agony of the torturing flames”
Exult
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“ he was soon borne away by the waves and lost in __ and distance”
Darkness
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