Frankenstein Quotes Flashcards
‘___ sensation, half ___ and half ___’
‘Trembling sensation, half pleasurable and half fearful’
- Walton
- Letter II
‘The land of ___ and ___’
‘The land of mist and snow’
- Walton
- Letter II
‘I shall ___ no ___’
‘I shall kill no albatross’
- Walton
- Letter II
What words did Victor use to describe his family?
‘Affection’
‘Tender’
‘Benevolent’
‘Bring ___ to ___’
‘Bring up to good’
- Victor
- C1
‘Their ___, the ___ and ___ ___ bestowed on them by the Heaven’
‘Their child, the innocent and helpless creature bestowed on them by the Heaven’
- Victor
- C1
‘Direct to ___ or ___’
‘Direct to happiness or misery’
- Victor
- C1
How does Victor describe his childhood?
‘Silken cord’
(About Elizabeth) ‘Shed __’/‘Lighter than the ___ of the __.’
‘Shed radiance’/‘Lighter than the chamois of the hills’
- Victor
- C1
How does Victor declare ownership over Elizabeth?
‘Pretty present’
‘Have it’
‘Gift’
‘Mine’
‘Possession’
‘My ___ than ___, since till ___ she was to be ___ ___’
‘My more than sister, since till death she was to be mine only.’
- Victor
- C1
‘The ___ shape of the ___’
‘The sublime shape of the mountains’
- Victor
- C2
‘The ___ was to me a ___ which I ___ to ___’
‘The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine’
- Victor
- C2
(Henry Clerval) ‘He loved ___, ___, and even ___.’
‘He loved enterprise, hardship, and even danger.’
- Victor
- C2
(Henry Clerval) ‘___ read in the books of ___ and ___’/‘composed ___ ___’
‘Deeply read in the books of chivalry and romance’/‘Composed heroic songs’
- Victor
- C2
(Henry Clerval) ‘Write many a ___ of ___ and ___ ___’
‘Write many a tale of enchantment and knightly adventure.’
- Victor
- C2
(Henry Clerval wanted) ‘One among those whose ___ are ___ in ___’
‘One among those whose names are recorded in story’
- Victor
- C2
What where scientists previously called?
Natural philosophers
Name 3 hermetic philosophers Victor mentions in C2.
‘Cornelius Agrippa’
‘Paracelsus’
‘Albertus Magnus’
‘I was not ___ with the more obvious ___ of ___’
‘I was not unacquainted with the more obvious laws of electricity.’
- Victor
- C2
How does Victor’s mother refer to he and Elizabeth in C3?
‘My children’
‘You must ___ my ___ to my ___ ___’
‘You must supply my place to my younger children’
- Victor’s mother
- C3
‘___ into the ___ of nature…show how she ___ in her ___ ___’
‘Penetrate into the recesses of nature…show how she works in her hiding places’
- Waldman
- C3
‘They can ___ the ___ of heaven, ___ the ___, and even ___ the ___ world with its own ___’
‘They can command the thunder of heaven, mimic the earthquake, and even mock the invisible world with its own shadow.’
- Waldman
- C3
‘It ___ my future ___’
‘It decided my future destiny’
- Victor
- C3
How does Victor describe the weather when he created the creature (C5)?
‘Dreary night of November’
‘Rain pattered’
‘An ___ that almost ___ to ___’
‘An anxiety that almost accounted to again’
- Victor
- C5
‘___ eye’/‘___ skin’
‘Yellow eye’/‘yellow skin’
- Victor
- C5
‘___ ___lips’
‘Straight black lips’
- Victor
- C5
‘___ opened’/‘___ wrinkled’
‘Jaws opened’/‘grin wrinkled’
- Victor
- C5
‘Even ___ could not have ___’
‘Even Dante could not have conceived’
- Victor
- C5
‘You have been ___, very ___’
‘You have been ill, very ill’
- Elizabeth speaking about Victor in a letter
- C6
‘You will find a ___, ___ home’
‘You will find a happy, cheerful home’
- Elizabeth’s letter
- C6
‘___ flashes of ___, ___ the lake, making it ___ like a ___ ___ of ___’ —> ‘Everything seemed like a ___ ___’
‘Vivid flashes of lighting, illuminating the lake, making it appear like a vast sheet of fire’
‘Everything seemed like a pitchy darkness’
- Victor
- C7
‘…the ___, so ___yet ___’
‘…the tempest, so beautiful yet terrific’
- Victor
- C7
