Key Quotes (Leaving Cert English): Revision Notes
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."
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 sympathise with and love me."
Isolation and Suffering
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."