Blending Quotes

Label the type of blending for each of the following quotations: run-in, embedded, or block:

In “Possessing Nature: The Female in Frankenstein,” Anne K. Mellor argues: Frankenstein’s scientific project—to become the sole creator of a human being— supports a patriarchal denial of the value of women […and the] separation of the sphere of public (masculine) power form the sphere of private (feminine) affection also causes the destruction of many of the women in the novel. (274-275)

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Label the type of blending for each of the following quotations: run-in, embedded, or block:

For example, Victor states, “‘I loved to tend on [Elizabeth], as I should on a favourite animal’” (Shelley 20).

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Label the type of blending for each of the following quotations: run-in, embedded, or block:

Instead, he appreciates Elizabeth’s “grace both of person and mind,” which relegates Elizabeth to the feminine virtue of refinement, undercutting her abilities to analyze and think for herself (Shelley 20).

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In Justine’s defense, Elizabeth cannot reason through the evidence against Justine but can only make proclamations about Justine’s innocence based on her relations with her in the past within the home, saying, “‘For my own part, I do not hesitate to say, that, notwithstanding all the evidence produced against her, I believe and rely on her perfect innocence’” (Shelley 54).

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Label the type of blending for each of the following quotations: run-in, embedded, or block:

Elizabeth tries to serve as a character witness to Justine’s behavior within the home by stating that Justine “‘nursed Madame Frankenstein, [Elizabeth’s] aunt, in her last illness with the greatest affection and care; and afterwards attended her own mother during a tedious illness […]’” (Shelley 54).

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Change the type of blending used in the following sentences. If it is a run-in quotation, change it into an embedded quotation. If it is an embedded quotation, change it into a run-in quotation. It is always best to use BOTH styles of blending so that you do not fall into the trap of blending every single quotation the exact same way:

Elizabeth says, “‘[Justine] had no temptation for such an action: as to the bauble on which the chief proof rests, if she had earnestly desired it, I should have willingly given it to her; so much do I esteem and value her’” (Shelley 54).

Change the type of blending used in the following sentences. If it is a run-in quotation, change it into an embedded quotation. If it is an embedded quotation, change it into a run-in quotation. It is always best to use BOTH styles of blending so that you do not fall into the trap of blending every single quotation the exact same way:

Frankenstein contradicts himself in his response to Elizabeth, at first stating that the night “will be safe” and then saying that the night will be “dreadful” (Shelley 135).