Key Quotes

Ambition and Knowledge

Victor Frankenstein:

"I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body."

Robert Walton:

"I cannot lead them unwillingly to danger, and I must return."

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Creation and Responsibility

The Monster:

"I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel."

Victor Frankenstein:

"Learn from me …how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge."

Elizabeth Lavenza:

"She was docile and good-tempered, yet gay and playful as a summer insect."

Henry Clerval:

"He was a being formed in the 'very poetry of nature.'

Robert Walton:

"I have sought one who would sympathize with and love me."

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Isolation and Suffering

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The Monster:

"I am malicious because I am miserable."

Victor Frankenstein:

"Learn from me… how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge."

Elizabeth Lavenza:

"The saintly soul of Elizabeth shone like a shrine-dedicated lamp in our peaceful home."

Henry Clerval:

"How great was the contrast between us!"

The Monster

"I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel."

Justine Moritz:

"I did confess, but I confessed a lie. I confessed, that I might obtain absolution; but now that falsehood lies heavier at my heart than all my other sins."