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"the beauty of my dreams vanished, breathless horrors and disgust filled my heart"

Its from Frankenstein
 

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The only thing I can really think of is juxtaposition. The quote juxtaposes 'beauty' with 'horror and disgust' mainly to exemplify the extremity of the change.
 

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"the beauty of my dreams vanished, breathless horrors and disgust filled my heart"

Its from Frankenstein
"Beauty of my dreams" is personification I think
"breathless horrors", also personification.
So repetition of personification?
 

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hey you sure "beauty of my dreams" is a personfication?
can anyone confirm this?
 

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As LifeBoats said, I think it's just juxtaposition. Plus, (I'm presuming this is for an essay) you do not need a technique for every quote. Some quotes do not have techniques.
I think only "breathless horrors" would be personification.
 

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As already mentioned "Breathless horrors filled my heart" is personification (double) and this is contrasted/juxtaposed with "beauty". I guess you could also throw in imagery if it links to some of the connecting sentences.
 

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Btw, juxtaposition is only when the words are directly beside each other; otherwise it is contrast
 

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Gothic horror imager, highlighting his attempt to play God
 

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positive connotations of" beauty", juxtaposed against the negative connotations of "horrors" and "disgust"
"Beauty" and "horror" - Binary or polar opposites/opposition
Personification
Gothic imagery
 

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Possibly "beauty", and "disgust" being emotive language.
 

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