Frankenstein theme quotes

Creation and identity - ‘what they owed…’ c1

‘what they owed towards the being to which they had given life’

Creation and identity - ‘angel of…’ c3

‘angel of destruction

Creation and identity ‘I began the… / a new species would… / owe their being…’ c4

‘I began the creation of a human being / a new species would bless me as its creator and source / owe their being to me’

Creation and identity ‘wretch - the miserable…’ c5

‘wretch - the miserable monster whom I had created’

The body - ‘A being… / a celestial…’ c1

‘A being heaven sent / a celestial stamp in all her features’

The body - ‘My heart…’ c5

‘My heart palpitated in sickness of fear’

The body - ‘I collected… and disturbed, with… the…’ c3

‘I collected bones from charnel houses; and disturbed, with profane fingers, the tremendous secrets of the human frame’

Science and knowledge - ‘I remained, while the…’ c1

‘I remained, while the storm lasted, watching its progress with curiosity and delight’

Science and knowledge - ‘The summer months passed while… heart and… It was the most… - but my eyes were…’ c3

‘The summer months passed while I was thus engaged, heart and soul, in one pursuit. It was the most beautiful season … but my eyes were insensible to the charms of nature’

Science and knowledge - ‘The natural… before our…’ c1

‘The natural phenomena that take place every day before our eyes did not escape my examinations’

Science and knowledge - ‘after… of incredible… I succeeded in… nay, more, I…’

‘After days and nights of incredible labour and fatigue, I succeeded in discovering the cause of generation and life, nay, more, I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter’

Science and knowledge - ‘The world was…’ c2

‘The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine’

Romanticism - ‘A serene sky and…’ c6

‘A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstacy’

Romanticism - ‘I never saw a…’ letter 4

‘I never saw a more interesting creature’

Romanticism - ‘A beam…’ letter 4

‘A beam benevolence and sweetness’