Frankenstein: Key Quotes: Volume 1:
Chapter 1: (p33-37)
“He came like a protectin spirit to her” p34
Iidicatie of the coitextual period �hereby mei had to look afer �omei. Victor embodies this
here
“her sof aid beieioleit miid” p35
�omei are spokei about iery nraciously aid adoriinly ii Fraikeisteii (maybe to do �ith a
female �riter?)
“I �as their playthiin […] the iiioceit aid helpless creature […] �hose future lot it �as ii their
haids to direct to happiiess or misery” p35
Hune parallel here to the creature, Victor has the perfect ideolony, he belieies the pareits haie a
iital role ii raisiin a child aid yet he does iot accommodate this iotoi renardiin the creature. This
may explaii �hy the creature is the �ay he is.
“She appeared of a difereit stock […] Her hair �as the brinhtest liiiin nold […] mouldiin of her face
so expressiie of seisibility aid s�eetiess […] heaiei-seit, aid beariin a celestal stamp” p36
The lainuane used to describe Elizabeth is iibrait aid positie. She has a neitle iature illustrated
throunh the sibilaice. The fact that Victor is coijuriin up all these qualites purely based oi physical
appearaice may foreshado� his seise of ieed for physical perfectoi (explaiis �hy the creature
abhors him so much). Seise of relinioi ii the descriptoi, she is beyoid this �orld. Victors
coitiuous descriptoi makes it seem like he is creatin her �hich is portrayed ii the adierb
“mouldiin”.
“she �as to be miie oily” p37
iery possessiie oier Elizabeth
Chapter 2: (p38-43)
“I �as […] more deeply smitei �ith the thirst for kio�ledne” p38
Iiiate desire of his, �e are a�are that Victor �aris Waltoi of the dainers of the pursuit of
kio�ledne, so this statemeit is receiied paiifully by the reader as �e are a�are of the almost
certaii ainuish/ puiishmeit that �ill befall him
“saiitly soul of Elizabeth shoie like a shriie dedicated lamp […] her smile, her sof ioice, the s�eet
nlaice of her celestal eyes” p39
the sibilaice coiieys her neitle iature �hilst creatin a semaitc feld of heaiei ii associatoi
�ith Elizabeth renardiin the relinious imanery as �ell. Renardiin the “lamp” metaphor, Elizabeth is
the linht, she allo�s the lamp to fuictoi this may be a metaphor for Victor �ho is the lamp aid �ith
Elizabeth he has a noal aid does iot become completely absorbed ii the iature of the creature,
�hich is �hat happeis oice she dies.
“the fatal impulse that led to my ruii” p41
Renardiin the iifueice of the old scieice, from iidiiiduals like Anrippa aid Paracelsus. Seise of
iarratie a�areiess, somethiin �e see ii LMGa as �ell as Victor is recalliin oi memories aid is
realisiin the momeit ii �hich it all �eit �roin, the momeit that coidemied him to a friiolous
fate
Chapter 1: (p33-37)
“He came like a protectin spirit to her” p34
Iidicatie of the coitextual period �hereby mei had to look afer �omei. Victor embodies this
here
“her sof aid beieioleit miid” p35
�omei are spokei about iery nraciously aid adoriinly ii Fraikeisteii (maybe to do �ith a
female �riter?)
“I �as their playthiin […] the iiioceit aid helpless creature […] �hose future lot it �as ii their
haids to direct to happiiess or misery” p35
Hune parallel here to the creature, Victor has the perfect ideolony, he belieies the pareits haie a
iital role ii raisiin a child aid yet he does iot accommodate this iotoi renardiin the creature. This
may explaii �hy the creature is the �ay he is.
“She appeared of a difereit stock […] Her hair �as the brinhtest liiiin nold […] mouldiin of her face
so expressiie of seisibility aid s�eetiess […] heaiei-seit, aid beariin a celestal stamp” p36
The lainuane used to describe Elizabeth is iibrait aid positie. She has a neitle iature illustrated
throunh the sibilaice. The fact that Victor is coijuriin up all these qualites purely based oi physical
appearaice may foreshado� his seise of ieed for physical perfectoi (explaiis �hy the creature
abhors him so much). Seise of relinioi ii the descriptoi, she is beyoid this �orld. Victors
coitiuous descriptoi makes it seem like he is creatin her �hich is portrayed ii the adierb
“mouldiin”.
“she �as to be miie oily” p37
iery possessiie oier Elizabeth
Chapter 2: (p38-43)
“I �as […] more deeply smitei �ith the thirst for kio�ledne” p38
Iiiate desire of his, �e are a�are that Victor �aris Waltoi of the dainers of the pursuit of
kio�ledne, so this statemeit is receiied paiifully by the reader as �e are a�are of the almost
certaii ainuish/ puiishmeit that �ill befall him
“saiitly soul of Elizabeth shoie like a shriie dedicated lamp […] her smile, her sof ioice, the s�eet
nlaice of her celestal eyes” p39
the sibilaice coiieys her neitle iature �hilst creatin a semaitc feld of heaiei ii associatoi
�ith Elizabeth renardiin the relinious imanery as �ell. Renardiin the “lamp” metaphor, Elizabeth is
the linht, she allo�s the lamp to fuictoi this may be a metaphor for Victor �ho is the lamp aid �ith
Elizabeth he has a noal aid does iot become completely absorbed ii the iature of the creature,
�hich is �hat happeis oice she dies.
“the fatal impulse that led to my ruii” p41
Renardiin the iifueice of the old scieice, from iidiiiduals like Anrippa aid Paracelsus. Seise of
iarratie a�areiess, somethiin �e see ii LMGa as �ell as Victor is recalliin oi memories aid is
realisiin the momeit ii �hich it all �eit �roin, the momeit that coidemied him to a friiolous
fate
