Frankenstein Quotes Flashcards
Letter 1
Walton informs his sites about his plan to go to the north pole
My first task is to assure my dear sister of my welfare and increasing confidence in the success of my undertaking. - Walton
I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path. - Walton
I voluntarily endured cold f
Letter 3
But success SHALL crown my endeavours. - Walton
Letter 4
I would sacrifice my fortune, my existence, my every hope, to the furtherance of my enterprise - Walton
One man’s life were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of knowledge - Walton
“Unhappy man! Do you also share my madness? Have you also drunk from the intoxicating draught?” - Victor
Chapter 1
I was their plaything and their idol - Victor
The innocent and helpless creature bestowed upon them by Heaven - Victor
A being Heaven-sent, and bearing a celestial stamp in all her features. - Victor
Chapter 2
The world to me was a secret which I desired to divine. -Victor
It was the secrets of Heaven and earth that I desired to learn - Victor
The birth of that passion. which afterwards ruled my destiny. - Victor
Chapter 4
How dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge - Victor
A new species would bless me as it’s creator and source: many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me. - Victor
I seemed to have lost all soul - Victor
I kept my workshop of filthy creation
I appeared rather like one doomed by slavery to toil in the mines. - Victor
Chapter 5
It was on the dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. - Victor
The beauty of the dream had vanished and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. - Victor
Chapter 7
It was the wretch, the filthy demon to whom I had given life. - Victor
Chapter 8
I see a fellow creature about to perish through the cowardice of her pretended friends - Victor
She appeared to me the most amiable and benevolent of human creatures. - Victor
In an evil hour I subscribed to a lie; and now only am I truly miserable - Victor
I bore a Hell within me which nothing could extinguish. - Victor