Frankenstein quotes

what victor calls the monster

"I beheld the wretch- the miserable monster...the vile insect."

What the monsters says he 'ought' to be

"I ought to be thy Adam; rather I am they fallen angel"

How the monster says he is different to the devil

"Accursed creator...Satan had his companions, but I am solitary and abhorred"

What the monster says happened to him when he saved the girl

"I had saved a human being from destruction, and as a recompense, I now writhed under the miserable pain of a wound."

What Victor calls Elizabeth when he is given her

"a promised gift"/"a pretty present"

What Victor says about Elizabeth's features

"celestial"

What Victor says about Elizabeth's soul

"saintly soul’

What Walton says about his aims and their outcome

"success shall crown my endeavours"

What the monster threatens

"I will revenge my injuries; if I cannot inspire love I will cause fear"

How the monster views the cottagers and himself - isolation

"I had admired the perfect forms of my cottagers...but how was I terrified when I viewed myself in a transparent pool!"

How the monster feels after killing William

"I gazed on my victim, and my heart swelled with exultation and hellish triumph."

What the monster says he could do to Felix but does not

"I could have torn him limb from limb, as the lion rends the antelope...but I refrained."

How Victor says he will care for Elizabeth

"I loved to tend on her, as I should on a favourite animal"

When Victor says Elizabeth is most appealing

"I never beheld her so enchanting as at this time, when she was continually endeavouring to contribute to the happiness of others"

Ambition key quote - life/death

'One man's life or death were but a small price to pay'

• Highlights Walton's desperate need to be the first to discover new lands - similar to Victor's desperation to be uncover the secrets of the universe and create life - and that he will stop at nothing and hurt anybody in the way of him fulfilling his ambition.

Ambition key quote - heaven and earth

'It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn' -

'Secrets' shows that Victor is aware that the knowledge should be left unknown. The reference to heaven reveals Victor's desire to usurp God and create life which would be shocking to the Christian audience at the time.

Victor interprets monster as a threat initially

'One hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped and rushed down the stairs' -

Victor reads the monster's actions as a threat when they were most likely a desire for companionship. Shelley lost children of her own.

Acceptance and revenge - during vic and frank confrontation on sea of ice - Goodness

'I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend'

Chapter 1, page 35. Frankenstein’s ideal upbringing later contrasts with his treatment of the Creature. Contextual point: Mirrors Shelley’s own views on the importance of parenting and the value of nurture. x2

'no human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself.'

Incestuous quote from victor abt elizabeth - treated as a possession

'My more than sister, since to the death she was to be mine only.'

How the creature views the cottagers

‘perfect cottagers’ ‘superior beings’ ‘i longed to join them but dared not’

The cause of victors motivation (setting)

I beheld a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak

Setting of the creation of the creature - pathetic fallacy

'dreary night of November'

Ingolstadt, where Victor creates his creation

a solitary chamber or rather cell.. my workshop of filthy creation'