Frankenstein Quotes

Question 1

Frankenstein’s retrospective statement about knowledge

Answer 1

“How dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge”

Question 2

Frankenstein’s desire to surpass God

Answer 2

“Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds which I should first break…a new species would bless me as its creator”

Question 3

The womb (relation to Shelley’s life Ao3)

Answer 3

“Workshop of filthy creation”

Question 4

Frankenstein’s dark Oedipal desires (dream scene where Elizabeth turns into mother)

Answer 4

“I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms”
“Grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel”
p.g 36

Question 5

Frankenstein’s view of his son/ creation

Answer 5

“The wretch - the miserable monster”
“Hideous guest”
“He was the murderer”

Question 6

Frankenstein playing the victim….

Answer 6

“Oh, save me! Save me!”
“Grief and fear again overcame me” (Personification)
“Fangs of remorse tore my bosom” (Personification)

Question 7

Frankenstein’s reaction to the sublime

Answer 7

“Weighed down by horror and despair”
“magnificent scene afforded me the greatest consolation”
(massive contradiction, he knows he is nothing - thus he lies to himself)

Question 8

Reason vs Rational

Answer 8

“Devil…I may trample you to dust”

“I expected this reception”

Question 9

The monster

Answer 9

“I will be with you on your wedding night”