Frankenstein Quotes Flashcards
(7 cards)
Quotes about gender
Her hair was the brightest living gold ( describing Elizabeth standing out from the poor people she lived with)
I looked upon Elizabeth as mine
And extremely pretty ( Victor talking about justine)
Quotes about power
Beware for I am fearless and therefore powerful creature
A new species would bless me as its creator and source Victor
I was the slave not the master Victor
I preferred glory to every enticement wealth placed in my path Walton
Remember that I have power creature
Quoted about ambition
Have you drunk also of the intoxicating draught
Victor to Walton deciding to tell him his story
And avoid ambition
Victor to Walton as he reflects on life
It was the secrets of the heavens and the earth I desired to divine
Victor talking about himself as a child
Quotes about nature vs nurture
was benevolent and good, misery made me a fiend
Creature
If I cannot inspire love I will cause fear
Creature
Instead of stealing from the delacys
Creature, showing he was generous and kind
Isolation quotes
I am alone
Creature after saying even the devil has companions
This solitude has made me incapable of all affection
Victor
I am miserable, I am alone
Victor after loosing clerval
Religion vs science quotes
I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel
Creature
Because Victor created him so he is god
A new species would bless me as its creator and source
Victor
I will pioneer a new way
Victor talking about making the creature
Accursed creator
Creature to Victor
Quotes about companionship
Such a friend ought to be
Victor telling Walton that we r incomplete without friends
I beleive myself totally unfitted for the company of strangers
Victor Chapter 3, its hard for him to make friends