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Frankenstein / Inevitability of Fate
I wait but for one event, and then I shall repose in peace. I understand your feeling,” continued he, perceiving that I wished to interrupt him; “but ...
Frankenstein / Descent and Liberation
I walked and, I believe, descended, but I presently found a great alteration in my sensations. Before, dark and opaque bodies had surrounded me, imper...
Frankenstein / Unexpected Encounter
Their first supposition was that it was the corpse of some person who had been drowned and was thrown on shore by the waves, but on examination they f...
Frankenstein / Self-Taught Pursuits
It may appear strange that such should arise in the eighteenth century; but while I followed the routine of education in the schools of Geneva, I was,...
Frankenstein / Freedom and Accountability
Kirwin’s to give an account of yourself.” “Who is Mr. Is not this a free country?” “Ay, sir, free enough for honest folks.
Frankenstein / Inner Turmoil
My internal being was in a state of insurrection and turmoil; I felt that order would thence arise, but I had no power to produce it.
Frankenstein / Resilience Amidst Adversity
His property was confiscated; his child became an orphan and a beggar. She continued with her foster parents and bloomed in their rude abode, fairer t...
Frankenstein / Creator and Creature
I did not know the names of the towns that I was to pass through, nor could I ask information from a single human being; but I did not despair. From y...
Frankenstein / Fear and Isolation
My wife and my sister will never recover from their horror. Take possession of your tenement and let me fly from this place.’ “Felix trembled violentl...
Frankenstein / Revenge and Survival
How I have lived I hardly know; many times have I stretched my failing limbs upon the sandy plain and prayed for death. But revenge kept me alive; I d...
Frankenstein / Alienation and Identity
The gentle words of Agatha and the animated smiles of the charming Arabian were not for me. The mild exhortations of the old man and the lively conver...
Frankenstein / Transformed Perception
Before, I looked upon the accounts of vice and injustice that I read in books or heard from others as tales of ancient days or imaginary evils; at lea...
Frankenstein / Moral Ambivalence
Felix visited the grate at night and made known to the prisoner his intentions in his favour. The Turk, amazed and delighted, endeavoured to kindle th...
Frankenstein / Moral Dilemmas
To be a great and virtuous man appeared the highest honour that can befall a sensitive being; to be base and vicious, as many on record have been, app...
Frankenstein / Isolation in Nature
But I was in no mood to laugh and talk with strangers or enter into their feelings or plans with the good humour expected from a guest; and accordingl...
Frankenstein / Decay and Mortality
My attention was fixed upon every object the most insupportable to the delicacy of the human feelings. I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and...
Frankenstein / Juxtaposition of Innocence
I was oppressed by fatigue and hunger and far too unhappy to enjoy the gentle breezes of evening or the prospect of the sun setting behind the stupend...
Frankenstein / Quest for Knowledge
But the cursory glance my father had taken of my volume by no means assured me that he was acquainted with its contents, and I continued to read with ...
Frankenstein / Isolation and Virtue
My vices are the children of a forced solitude that I abhor, and my virtues will necessarily arise when I live in communion with an equal. I shall fee...
Frankenstein / Creators Horror
I started from my sleep with horror; a cold dew covered my forehead, my teeth chattered, and every limb became convulsed; when, by the dim and yellow ...
Frankenstein / Marriage and Society
The pretty Miss Mansfield has already received the congratulatory visits on her approaching marriage with a young Englishman, John Melbourne, Esq. You...
Frankenstein / Fear of Knowledge
He soon perceived that I disliked the subject; but not guessing the real cause, he attributed my feelings to modesty, and changed the subject from my ...
Frankenstein / Desolation and Vulnerability
dark when I awoke; I felt cold also, and half frightened, as it were, instinctively, finding myself so desolate. Before I had quitted your apartment, ...
Frankenstein / Fate and Love
And then I thought again of his words—“_I will be with you on your wedding-night._” That, then, was the period fixed for the fulfilment of my destiny....
Frankenstein / Possession and Attachment
The passionate and almost reverential attachment with which all regarded her became, while I shared it, my pride and my delight. On the evening previo...
Frankenstein / Sisterly Sacrifice
You, my playfellow, my companion, my sister, perish on the scaffold! I never could survive so horrible a misfortune.” Justine shook her head mournfull...
Frankenstein / Moral Conflict
It was to be decided whether the result of my curiosity and lawless devices would cause the death of two of my fellow beings: one a smiling babe full ...
Frankenstein / Creator and Creature
Relieve me from the sight of your detested form.” “Thus I relieve thee, my creator,” he said, and placed his hated hands before my eyes, which I flung...
Frankenstein / Love and Turmoil
While we love, while we are true to each other, here in this land of peace and beauty, your native country, we may reap every tranquil blessing—what c...
Frankenstein / Guilt and Innocence
The tortures of the accused did not equal mine; she was sustained by innocence, but the fangs of remorse tore my bosom and would not forgo their hold....
Frankenstein / Sensory Awakening
I walked and, I believe, descended, but I presently found a great alteration in my sensations. Before, dark and opaque bodies had surrounded me, imper...
Frankenstein / Disillusioned Pursuits
I returned home not disappointed, for I have said that I had long considered those authors useless whom the professor reprobated; but I returned not a...
Frankenstein / Mentorship and Knowledge
I requested his advice concerning the books I ought to procure. Waldman, “to have gained a disciple; and if your application equals your ability, I ha...
Frankenstein / Journey of Vengeance
I have traversed a vast portion of the earth and have endured all the hardships which travellers in deserts and barbarous countries are wont to meet. ...
Frankenstein / Familial Expectations
Your father’s health is vigorous, and he asks but to see you, but to be assured that you are well; and not a care will ever cloud his benevolent count...
Frankenstein / Natures Fury
The most violent storm hung exactly north of the town, over the part of the lake which lies between the promontory of Belrive and the village of Copêt...
Frankenstein / Cultural Exchange
He had chosen this work, he said, because the declamatory style was framed in imitation of the Eastern authors. Through this work I obtained a cursory...
Frankenstein / Transition and Isolation
I, who had ever been surrounded by amiable companions, continually engaged in endeavouring to bestow mutual pleasure—I was now alone. In the universit...
Frankenstein / Emotional Resilience
Almost spent, as I was, by fatigue and the dreadful suspense I endured for several hours, this sudden certainty of life rushed like a flood of warm jo...
Frankenstein / Intellectual Passion
My application was at first fluctuating and uncertain; it gained strength as I proceeded and soon became so ardent and eager that the stars often disa...
Frankenstein / Guilt and Creation
Justine, poor unhappy Justine, was as innocent as I, and she suffered the same charge; she died for it; and I am the cause of this—I murdered her. Wil...
Frankenstein / Emotional Resilience
They elevated me from all littleness of feeling, and although they did not remove my grief, they subdued and tranquillised it. In some degree, also, t...
Frankenstein / Pursuit of Happiness
“What a place is this that you inhabit, my son!” said he, looking mournfully at the barred windows and wretched appearance of the room. “You travelled...
Frankenstein / Survival and Identity
Only one dog remained alive; but there was a human being within it whom the sailors were persuading to enter the vessel. He was not, as the other trav...
Frankenstein / Journey of Despair
Six years had passed since then: _I_ was a wreck, but nought had changed in those savage and enduring scenes. I performed the first part of my journey...
Frankenstein / Truth and Discovery
The sun does not more certainly shine in the heavens than that which I now affirm is true. Some miracle might have produced it, yet the stages of the ...
Frankenstein / Existential Struggle
The mere presence of the idea was an irresistible proof of the fact. I thought of pursuing the devil; but it would have been in vain, for another flas...