Frankenstein ultimate quote list Flashcards
an enterprise which
you have regarded with such evil foreboding
(walton’s letters at the start)
wind of
promise (walton’s letters at the start)
a land surpassing
in wonder and in beauty every region (walton’s letters at the start)
ardent
curiosity (walton’s letters at the start)
poets whose
effusions entranced my soul (walton’s letters at the start)
a most severe evil
I have no friend (walton’s letters at the start)
savage
inhabitant (walton’s letters at the start)
inexpressible
grace (about Caroline, chapter 1)
my mother’s tender caresses
and my father’s smile of benevolent pleasure while regarding me are my first recollections
silken
cord
heaven
sent (Elizabeth)
bearing a celestial
stamp (Elizabeth)
deeply smitten
with the thirst for knowledge
possessed by the very spirit of
kindness and indulgence (victor’s parents)
it was the secrets
of heaven and earth that I desired to learn
sad
trash
fervent longing to
penetrate the secrets of nature
a most violent and terrible
thunderstorm
curiosity and
delight (when watching the storm in chapter 2)
blasted
stump
destiny was too potent
and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction
the consequences of this imprudence
were fatal to her preserver (caroline because she looked after elizabeth)
my firmest hopes of future happiness were
placed in the prospect of your union
i will endeavour
to resign myself cheerfully to death
she veiled
her grief (elizabeth’s sacrifice)
i ardently desired
the acquisition of knowledge
take my station
among other human beings
my mind was filled with
one thought, one conception, one purpose
the labours of men of genius,
however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of humankind
i paid no
visit to geneva (chapter 3)
painful
labour (chapter 3)
a new species would
bless me as its creator and source
workshop
of filthy creation
the beauty of the dream
vanished and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart
unable to compose
my mind to sleep (chapter 5)
livid with
the hue of death (the creature upon its creation)
one hand was
stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped
a voyage of discovery
to the land of knowledge
friends who
love you dearly (elizabeth’s letter to victor)
the blue lake
and snow-clad mountains - they never change
sweet laughing
blue eyes (willliam)
one line - one word
would be a blessing to us (elizabeth’s letter)
life appears to consist in
a warm sun and a garden of roses
he again taught me
to love the aspect of nature, and the cheerful faces of children
a serene sky and verdant fields
filled me with ecstacy
the print of the murderer’s finger
was on his neck
come, victor, not with
brooding thoughts of vengeance against the assassin, but with feelings of peace and gentleness that will heal, instead of festering, the wounds of our minds
the calm and
heavenly scene restored me
vivid flashed of lighting
dazzled my eyes, illuminating the lake, making it appear like a vast sheet of fire
depraved
wretch
my own vampire,
my own spirit let loose from the grave
i resolved to
remain silent
who is safe if
she is convicted of a crime? (Justine)
i commit my cause to
the justice of my judges
fear and hatred of the crime
of which they supposed her guilty rendered them timorous and unwilling to come forward
when i see a fellow creature about
to perish through the cowardice of her pretended friends, i wish to be allowed to speak
the fangs
of remorse tore my bosom and would not forgo their hold
he who would spend
each vital drop of blood for your sakes
the first hapless
victims to my unhallowed arts
solitude was
my only consolation
i the only unquiet
thins that wandered restless in a scene so beautiful and heavenly
i was tempted to plunge
into the silent lake
i ardently wished to extinguish
that life which i had so thoughtlessly bestowed
now misery
has come home (elizabeth about the death of justine)
i, not in deed but in
in effect, was the true murderer
the very accents
of love were ineffectual
naught had changed
in those savage and enduring scenes
3 descriptions of the creature
devil, daemon, abhorred monster
i aught to be
thy Adam
make me happy,
and i shall again be virtuous
i ate some berries
which i found hanging on the trees
feeling pain
invade me on all sides, i sat down and wept
radiant
form (the moon)
i wished to express
my sensations
the science of
words and letters
i longed to join them
but dared not
i saw no cause for their unhappiness
but was deeply affected by it
i viewed myself in a transparent pool…
i became fully convinced that i was in reality the monster that i am
it might be in my power
to restore happiness to these deserving people
the art of
language
my spirits were elevated by
the enchanting appearance of nature
angelic
beauty (safie)
i improved
more rapidly than the arabian
i heard details of vice
and bloodshed, my wonder ceased, and i turned away with disgust and loathing
was i…
a blot upon the earth?
sorrow only
increased with knowledge
taught her to aspire to higher powers
of intellect and an independence of spirit
he loathed the idea that
his daughter should be united to a christian
safie nursed her with
the most devoted affection
my person was hideous
and my stature gigantic
i felt the greatest ardour
for virtue rise within me, and abhorrence for vice
accursed
creator
i am solitary
and abhorred
i cherished hope, it was true
but it vanished when i beheld my person reflected in water
the unnatural hideousness
of my person was the chief object of horror with those who had formerly beheld me
i am blind
and cannot judge your countenance
you raise me from
the dust by this kindness
felix darted forward, and
with supernatural force tore me from his father, to whose knees i clung
why did
i live?
i, like the archfiend,
bore a hell within me
inflamed by pain,
i vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind
unfeeling,
heatless creator
i felt emotions of gentleness and pleasure,
that had long appeared dead, revive within me (because of nature)
i too can create
desolation
it softened
and attracted me (the picture of caroline)
I am alone,
and miserable
my companion must be of the same species
and have the same defects as me
i am malicious because
i am miserable
did i not as his maker
owe him all the portion of happiness that it was in my power to bestow?
i concluded that justice
due both to him and my fellow creatures demanded of me that i comply
to save them,
i resolved to dedicate myself to my most abhorred task
i passed
whole days on the lake alone
the fresh air and bright sun
seldom failed to restore me to some degree of composure
my future hopes and prospects are
entirely bound up in the expectation of our union
to me the idea of an immediate union
with my Elizabeth was one of horror and dismay
this deadly weight
around my neck
he was alive
to every new scene (clerval)
a being formed
in the very poetry of nature (Leigh Hunte story of Rimini)
i saw an insurmountable
barrier placed between me and my fellow men, the barrier was sealed with the blood of William and Justine
the spirit of
elder days found dwelling here (Oxford)
it was a monotonous
yet everchanging scene
obscure forebodings
of evil
i shuddered to think that
future ages might curse me as their pest
tore to pieces
the thing on which i was engaged
you are my creator
but i am your master
i shall be with you
on your wedding night
there was no sign of any violence
except the black mark of fingers on his neck
why did i not
die?
persecuted and tortured as i am and have been,
can death be any evil to me?
nothing, at this moment, could have given me
any greater pleasure than the arrival of my father
the appearance of my father
was to me like that of my good angel
our marriage would render me eternally miserable,
unless it were the dictate of your own free choice
the apple was
already eaten
Elizabeth alone had the power
to draw me from these fits
those were the last moments of my life
during which i enjoyed the feeling of happiness
she was there, lifeless and unanimate,
thrown across the bed, her head hanging down, and her pale and distorted features half covered by her hair
the murderous mark
of the fiend’s grasp was on her neck, and the breath had ceased to issue from her lips
a grin was
on the face of the monster
nothing is so painful to the human mind
as a great and sudden change
revenge kept me alive;
i dared not die and leave my adversary in being
i was cursed by some devil,
and carried about with me my eternal hell
i had money with me,
and gained the friendships of the villagers by distributing it
his soul is as hellish as his form,
full of treachery and fiendlike malice
learn my miseries
and do not seek to increase your own
i trod heaven
in my thoughts
you may give up your purpose
but mine is assigned to me by heaven
you hate me; but
your abhorrence cannot equal that with which i regard myself
