All 3 Uses of
machinations
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- But through the whole period during which I was the slave of my creature I allowed myself to be governed by the impulses of the moment; and my present sensations strongly intimated that the fiend would follow me and exempt my family from the danger of his machinations.†
p. 159.1 *
- I gasped for breath, and throwing myself on the body, I exclaimed, "Have my murderous machinations deprived you also, my dearest Henry, of life?†
p. 181.4
- I am the assassin of those most innocent victims; they died by my machinations.†
p. 190.6
Definition:
typically plural: a crafty and involved plot to achieve usually sinister ends; or the process of creating the plot