Frankenstein: Key Quotations

Below is a list of all of the quotations we have covered organised by character and theme:

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."