Frankenstein (Pt. 1)

I was required to exchange chimeras of boundless grandeur for realities of little worth. (27)

So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein, --more, far more, will I achieve: treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a  new way, explore unknown powers and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation. (28)

The mere presence of the idea was an irresistible proof of the fact. (50)

Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom you art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us. (68)


[I didn't have any idea that Frankenstein was the name of the scientist, not the monster, until somewhere around chapter six... the second quote listed, therefore, only made any sense to me upon later reflection...Monsieur Frankenstein reads so strangely! Pop culture has done me a general disservice--but Rocky Horror naming makes much more sense now.]