English III: Frankenstein Quotes (quiz 3)
Elizabeth
What is it that agitates you, my dear Victor? What is it you fear?
Victor
Alas! My father," said I, "how little do you know me. Human beings, their feelings and passions, would indeed be degraded if such a wretch as I felt pride. 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. William, Justine, and Henry--they all died by my hands."
Creation
As soon as I was convinced that no assistance could save any part of the habitation, I quitted the scene and sought for refuge in the woods.
Clerval
But in [him] I saw the image of my former self; he was inquisitive, and anxious to gain experience and instruction. The difference of manners which he observed was to him an inexhaustible source of instruction and amusement. He was also pursuing an object he had long had in view.
Creation
Follow me; I seek the everlasting ices of the north, where you will feel the misery of cold and frost, to which I am impassive.
William
Hideous monster! Let me go. My papa is a Syndic-- he is M. Frankenstein-- he will punish you. You dare not keep me.
Victor
His voice became fainter as he spoke; and at length, exhausted by [his] effort, he sunk into silence. About half an hour afterwards he attempted again to speak, but was unable; he pressed my hand feebly, and his eyes closed for ever, while the irradiation of a gentle smile passed away from his lips.
Creation
I entered the cabin where lay the remains of my ill-fated and admirable friend. Over him hung [a form which I cannot find words to describe]--gigantic in stature, yet uncouth and distorted in its proportions.
Alphonse
I have always looked forward to your marriage with our dear Elizabeth as the tie of our domestic comfort, and the stay of my declining years. You were attached to each other from your earliest infancy; you studied together, and appeared, in dispositions and tastes, entirely suited to one another.
Victor
I must pursue and destroy the being to whom i gave existence; then my lot on earth will be fulfilled, and I may die.
Creation
If you consent, neither you nor any other human being shall ever see us again: I will go to the vast wilds of South America. My food is not that of man; I do not destroy the lamb and the kid to glut my appetite; acorns and berries afford be sufficient nourishment.
Mr. Kirwin
Immediately upon your being taken ill, all the papers that were on your person were brought me, and I examined them that I might discover some trace by which I could send to your relations an account of your misfortune and illness.
Walton
It is past; I am returning to England. I have lost my hopes of utility and glory; I have lost my friend. But I will endeavour to detail these bitter circumstances to you, my dear sister; and while I am wafted towards England and towards you, I will not respond.
William
Suddenly, as I gazed on him, an idea seized me, that [this little creature] was unprejudiced and had lived too short a time to have imbibed a horror of deformity. If, therefore, I could seize him, and educate him as my companion and friend, I should not be so desolate in this peopled earth.
Victor
You have destroyed the work which you began; what is it that you intend? Do [you] dare to break your promise?
Elizabeth
You well know, Victor, that our union had been the favourite plan of your parents every since our infancy. We were told this when young, and taught to look forward to it as an event that would certainly take place.
Mr. Kirwin
[He] desired that I should be taken into the room where the body lay for interment, that it might be observed what effect the sight of it would produce upon me.
Mr. Kirwin
[He] had caused the best room in the prison to be prepared for me (wretched indeed was the best); and it was he who had provided a physician and a nurse. It is true, he seldom came to see me; for although he ardently desired to relieve the sufferings of every human creature, he did not wish to be present at the agonies and miserable ravings of a murderer.
Creation
[He] seemed to jeer, as with his fiendish finger he pointed toward the corpse of my wife.
Creation
[He] sprung from the cabin window as he said this, upon the ice raft which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in the darkness and distance.
Elizabeth
[She] had been moved from the posture in which I had first beheld her; and now, as she lay, her head upon her arm, and a handkerchief thrown across her face and neck, I might have supposed her asleep.
