How Shelley explores revenge, from the creature's war on his creator to Victor's pursuit of him into the Arctic across the text, and why it matters to the text's meaning.
Where it appears, the key quotations that show it, and different ways it can be interpreted.
Evidence from the beginning, middle and end of the text.
How to use the lesson's key quotations in an essay, with a short worked paragraph.
Key quotations: 'not brooding thoughts of vengeance against the assassin', 'my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation', 'For the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred filled my bosom', 'I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind', 'I, too, can create desolation; my enemy is not invulnerable', 'with a howl of devilish despair and revenge', 'revenge, henceforth dearer than light or food!', 'revenge alone endowed me with strength and composure', 'I devote myself, either in my life or death, to his destruction', 'By the sacred earth on which I kneel', 'But revenge kept me alive', 'I was cursed by some devil, and carried about with me my eternal hell'.
Structure: the cycle of revenge from William's murder to the chase across the ice, in which creator and creature destroy each other.
