Frankenstein Quotes Flashcards

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Quotes about gender

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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)

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Quotes about power

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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

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Quoted about ambition

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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

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Quotes about nature vs nurture

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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

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Isolation quotes

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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

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Religion vs science quotes

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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

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Quotes about companionship

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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

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