All 10 Uses of
resolution
in
Frankenstein
- My courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often depressed.
Chpt Intr. (definition 1) *resolution = firmness of purpose
- Yet do not suppose, because I complain a little or because I can conceive a consolation for my toils which I may never know, that I am wavering in my resolutions.
Chpt Intr. (definition 1)resolutions = determination (firmness of purpose)
- There only remained a resolution to return to my ancient studies and to devote myself to a science for which I believed myself to possess a natural talent.
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- I was partly urged by curiosity, and compassion confirmed my resolution.
Chpt 10 (definition 1)
- With this resolution I traversed the northern highlands and fixed on one of the remotest of the Orkneys as the scene of my labours.
Chpt 19 (definition 2)resolution = decision
- I have declared my resolution to you, and I am no coward to bend beneath words.
Chpt 20 (definition 1)resolution = determination (firmness of purpose)
- My manner as I thus addressed him was impressive but calm; I had formed in my own heart a resolution to pursue my destroyer to death, and this purpose quieted my agony and for an interval reconciled me to life.
Chpt 23 (definition 1)
- My first resolution was to quit Geneva forever; my country, which, when I was happy and beloved, was dear to me, now, in my adversity, became hateful.
Chpt 24 (definition 2) *resolution = decision
- Even the sailors feel the power of his eloquence; when he speaks, they no longer despair; he rouses their energies, and while they hear his voice they believe these vast mountains of ice are mole-hills which will vanish before the resolutions of man.
Chpt 24 (definition 1)resolutions = determination (firmness of purpose)
- At length I gathered resolution to address him in a pause of the tempest of his passion.
Chpt 24 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (resolution as in: Her resolution weakened.) determination (firmness of purpose)
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(2) (resolution as in: a New Year's resolution) a firm decision to do something