(i) shakespeare, richard iii (1593)
(ii) shelley, frankenstein (1818)
Tag: lit
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Monster of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: “Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance. Satan had his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and abhorred.”
Monster of Frankenstein in pop culture: (unintelligible moaning)
romeo and juliet (1.4) – william shakespeare
“The most stable elements, Clarice, appear in the middle of the periodic table, roughly between iron and silver. Between iron and silver. I think that is appropriate for you.“
Hannibal Lecter.
“The Silence of the Lambs”, Thomas Harris
an ember in the ashes by sabaa tahir.
Fear is only your enemy if you allow it to be.
Lord Roiben sinks to one knee, as he promised. “My k i n g,” he says. I wonder what that promise will cost. I wonder what he will ask us for, now that he has helped give Cardan a crown.
“And we fairies, that do run
By the triple Hecate’s team,
From the presence of the sun,
Following darkness like a dream,
Now are frolic:”— Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 5.1.373-377 (via terpsikeraunos)
character aesthetics | Helene Aquilla (A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir)
“You are a Mask, yes.” he whispers. “But you are not finished. You are my masterpiece, Helene Aquilla, but I have just begun. If you survive, you shall be a force to be reckoned with in this world. But first you will be unmade. First, you will be broken.”
““You are my temple,” I murmur as I kneel beside her. “You are my priest. You are my prayer. You are my release.””
— Elias Veturius, A Torch Against the Night (a.k.a the moment I need to put the book down because feels 😭)
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