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“I began to worry that

they’d go mad with fear, crazy with isolation.”

  • Captain Walton, prologue

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2

“I keep it cold on purpose -

it’s the only way to preserve my specimens… I don’t notice it anymore.”

  • Frankenstein, Act 1

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3

“Well, my dear fellow,

we’re on the threshold of a new age.”

  • Frankenstein, Act 1

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4

“the power that can do that is the power of

life and death. I’ll harness it. I’ll study it and master it and make it work for mankind.”

  • Frankenstein, Act 1

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5

“The chap it was attached to was hanged,

he had no further use for it.”

  • Frankenstein, Act 1

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6

“This is the greatest

discovery of the age! A wonderful piece of work!”

  • Clerval, Act 1

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7

“You’ve no idea how lonely it’s been…

I’ve been working at this for six years now. Six years!”

  • Frankenstein, Act 1

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8

“Frankenstein, are you

mad or am I?”

  • Clerval, Act 1

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9

“To him, I mean. I can see

there’s plenty more important to you.”

  • Elizabeth, Act 1

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10

“How can I understand

a son who cares nothing for his father?”

  • Elizabeth, Act 1

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11

“Oh, my friend -

you don’t know how important it is…”

  • Frankenstein, Act 1

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12

“I thought I was making something better than human! Something so precious and

beautiful that everyone would love it - and now look at you. Look at what I’ve done.”

  • Frankenstein, Act 1

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13

“No! This isn’t what I wanted.

Oh, dear God, what have I done?”

  • Frankenstein, Act 1

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14

“in God’s name,

what have you done?”

  • Clerval, Act 1

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15

“I can judge a real face with my hands now,

but I can’t judge the expression of a picture.”

  • Agathe, Act 2

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16

“I will not

hurt anyone. I am their friend. Friend of everyone.”

  • Monster, Act 2

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17

“Men see me, they hurt me -

dogs - they shout, they throw stones. But I am good. I want to love them, not hurt, not kill.”

  • Monster, Act 2

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18

“Everywhere I go, they hate me.

Am I not good? I look bad.”

  • Monster, Act 2

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19

“You want me bad! All of you -

everyone - you all want me bad!”

  • Monster, Act 2

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20

“I shall be terror

and hatred and revenge - revenge!”

  • Monster, Act 2

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21

“You didn’t see him, Agathe -

you don’t know what he’s done already.”

  • Felix, Act 2

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22

“We should have understood him, Felix.

He was an outcast just like us.”

  • Agathe, Act 2

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23

“I am exactly what

you made me, Frankenstein.”

  • Monster, Act 3

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24

“You are the betrayer - you

created me, and you made sure I could never be happy.”

  • Monster, Act 3

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“I shall tell my brother,

Herr Frankenstein! He shall punish you, ugly monster!”

  • William, Act 3

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“How can I love, when

I am met with nothing but hatred and disgust?”

  • Monster, Act 3

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27

“am I to be the only

creature in the universe doomed to live alone?”

  • Monster, Act 3

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“And that’s humanity

for you, in a nutshell.”

  • Monster, Act 4

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“When a human sees a living thing,

his first impulse is to destroy it.”

  • Monster, Act 4

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30

“That’s the one occasion when I behaved like a human being.

As a result, it is the one thing I’m ashamed of.”

  • Monster, Act 4

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31

“All killers -

all destroyers - every one of you-“

  • Monster, Act 4

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“I hope I have no soul.

All I want now is oblivion.”

  • Monster, epilogue

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