Victor Frankenstein - Quotations

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Quotations About Victor Frankenstein

Victor had a charmed, loving childhood which makes his rejection of his progeny, the Monster, even more ironic.

Victor's childhood

"I was guided by a silken cord that all seemed but one train of enjoyment to me."
"For a long time I was their only care."

Love of knowledge

"Deeply smitten with the thirst for knowledge."
His obsession for knowledge of "the secrets of heaven and earth that I desire to learn" leads him into committing a sin against nature, creating and abandoning the Monster.

Victim?

Victor sees himself as the victim of fate ("unparalleled misfortunes") and circumstance ("no creature had ever been as miserable as I was.")

Victor's aim

Victor begins with a worthy aim: "if I could banish disease from the human frame and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death!"
However, he is apparently corrupted by his desires, emphasised by the almost sexual language accorded to his desire to "penetrate into the recesses of nature."

1Narrative Structure

1.1Narrative Structure

1.1.1Narrative Structure

1.1.2Narrative Distancing

1.1.3End of Topic Test - Narrative Structure

2Character Summaries

2.1Walton & Frankenstein

2.1.1Walton

2.1.2Victor Frankenstein

2.1.3End of Topic Test - Walton & Frankenstein

2.2The Monster

2.2.1The Monster

2.2.2The Monster 2

2.2.3End of Topic Test - The Monster

2.3Elizabeth, Justine & Henry

2.3.1Elizabeth Lavenza

2.3.2Justine Moritz

2.3.3Henry Clerval

2.3.4End of Topic Test - Elizabeth, Justine & Henry

2.4Families & Other Characters

2.4.1The Frankenstein Family

2.4.2The De Lacey Family

2.4.3Other Characters

2.4.4End of Topic Test - Families & Other Characters

3Intertextuality & Allusions

3.1Intertextual References

3.1.1The Modern Prometheus

3.1.2The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

3.1.3The Bible

3.1.4Mutability & Tintern Abbey

3.1.5End of Topic Test - Intertextual References

3.2Philosophical & Scientific Theories

3.2.1Edmund Burke

3.2.2Thomas Paine

3.2.3John Locke

3.2.4Jean-Jacques Rousseau

3.2.5Historical Figures

3.2.6End of Topic Test - Philosophy & Science Theories

4Biographic Context

4.1Biographic Context

4.1.1Shelley's Parents

4.1.2Loss & Maternal Anxiety

4.1.3Literary Legend

4.1.4End of Topic Test - Biographical Context

5Chapter Summaries

5.1Letters

5.1.1Letters 1 & 2

5.1.2Letters 3 & 4

5.1.3End of Topic Test - Letters

5.2Chapters

5.2.1Chapters 1-2

5.2.2Chapters 3-4

5.2.3Chapters 5-6

5.2.4Chapters 7-9

5.2.5Chapters 10-11

5.2.6Chapters 12-15

5.2.7Chapters 16-19

5.2.8Chapters 20-23

5.2.9Chapter 24 & Walton’s Last Letters

5.2.10End of Topic Test - Chapters 1-6

5.2.11End of Topic Test - Chapters 7-15

5.2.12End of Topic Test - Chapters 16-23

5.2.13End of Topic Test - Chapter 24 & Walton's Letters

6Key Themes

6.1Key Themes

6.1.1Curiosity & Knowledge

6.1.2Science & Society

6.1.3Loss & Companionship

6.1.4Connection to Nature

6.1.5Injustice

6.2Key Locations

6.2.1Extreme Landscapes

6.2.2Industrialised University Cities

6.2.3End of Topic Test - Key Themes & Locations

7Recap: Main Quotes

7.1Characters Quotes

7.1.1Walton - Quotations

7.1.2Victor Frankenstein - Quotations

7.1.3The Monster - Quotations

7.1.4The Educational Texts - Quotations

7.1.5Elizabeth Lavenza - Quotations

7.1.6Justine Moritz - Quotations

7.1.7Henry Clerval - Quotations

7.1.8Alphonse Frankenstein - Quotations

7.1.9The De Lacey Family - Quotations

7.2Quotes by Chapters

7.2.1Letters 1 & 2 - Quotations

7.2.2Letters 3 & 4 - Quotations

7.2.3Chapters 1-6 - Quotations

7.2.4Chapters 7-13 - Quotations

7.2.5Chapters 14-20 - Quotations

7.2.6Chapters 21-24 & Waton's Last Letters - Quotations

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