Frankenstein Quotes

• Isolation : 'I, who had ever been surrounded by amiable companions.. now alone!' - Victor
• 'The beauty of the dream vanished' - Victor
• Isolation : 'Like one on a lonesome road' - Victor
• Isolation : 'A solitary being' - Victor
• Appearence/Prejudice : 'My heart was sickened with horror at my own deformity' - Victor
• Isolation : 'I am alone and miserable man will not associate with me' - Monster
• Isolation : 'Am I to be thought the only criminal when all humankind sinned against me' - Monster
• Ambition/Obsession : 'When i am glowing with the enthusiasm of my success' - Walton
• Ambition/Obsession : 'But success should crown my endeavours' - Walton
• Appearance/Prejudice : 'His yellow skin scarcely covered his bones; water dripped from his long black hair, which fell over his furrowed forehead' - Victor
• Ambition/Obsession : 'I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you' - Victor
• Appearance/Prejudice : 'The monster was hideous and its ugliness made it double repulsive' - Elizabeth
• Ambition/Obsession : 'It was the secrets of heaven and earth i desired to learn' - Victor
• Ambition/Obession : 'My mind became more vividly alive' - Victor
• Women : 'I looked upon Elizabeth as mine- mine to protect, love and cherish' - Victor
• Women : 'since till death she was to be mine only' - Victor
• Guilt : 'A thousand times rather would I have confessed..'
• Guilt : 'From the tortures of my heart it tried to contemplate the grief of Elizabeth'
• Appearance/Prejudice : 'It was the wretch, the filthy daemon to whom i had given life'
• Appearance/Prejudice : 'Savage inhabitant' 'He was a savage'
• Dehumanisation of monster: 'lifeless thing that lay at my feet'
• Biblical allusion 'Dear god'
• victimising of victor 'How can i describe my emotions at this catastrophe?'
• victimising victor 'one hand stretched out, seemingly to detain me'
• victimising victor 'living torture'
• guilt : 'but i, the true murderer' - victor
• appearance/ prejudice 'unearthly ugliness'
• guilt 'i am the assasin of those most innocent victims, they died by my machinations'
• ambition- 'senseless curiosity'