7.2.3
Chapters 1-6 - Quotations
Chapters 1-6 - Quotations
Chapters 1-6 - Quotations
Here are key quotations from Chapters 1-6:


Chapter 1
Chapter 1
- Victor describing Elizabeth: "More than sister".


Chapter 4
Chapter 4
- Victor's studies become his "sole occupation".
- Victor collects his "material" from charnel houses and graveyards, which fills him with "loathing".
- "I pursued nature to her hiding place".
- Note the feminisation of nature here and how Victor posits himself as the hunter and nature as the prey. Shelley may be commenting on the usurping of the female from the process of life-giving and how men push women into the submissive role in society.


Chapter 5
Chapter 5
- Victor informs Walton of his success in creating new life in November as the Monster "agitated its limbs" with a "convulsive motion", echoing the notes from Luigi Galvani’s 1780 experiment with a dead frog’s legs.


Chapter 6
Chapter 6
- Elizabeth describing Justine: "clever and gentle".
- Victor on nature: "A selfish pursuit had cramped and narrowed me until your gentleness and affection warmed and opened my senses".
1Narrative Structure
2Character Summaries
2.1Walton & Frankenstein
2.3Elizabeth, Justine & Henry
3Intertextuality & Allusions
3.1Intertextual References
3.2Philosophical & Scientific Theories
4Biographic Context
5Chapter Summaries
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
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
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1Narrative Structure
2Character Summaries
2.1Walton & Frankenstein
2.3Elizabeth, Justine & Henry
3Intertextuality & Allusions
3.1Intertextual References
3.2Philosophical & Scientific Theories
4Biographic Context
5Chapter Summaries
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
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
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