Frankenstein Quotes

"We called each other Familiarly by the name of cousin. No words, no expression could body forth the kind of relation in which she stood to me - my more than sister, since till death she was mine only."

Context: Chapter 1 - adoption Speaker: Victor Meaning: Elizabeth was always meant to marry victor, and he loved her more than a sister since her joining of the family.

"Such were the professor's words--rather let me say such the words of fate, enounced to destroy me.

Context: Chapter 3 - learning more, going to college Speaker: Victor Meaning: Foreshadowing his demise bc of knowledge. Reminder of Gothic theme

"until the midst of this darkness a sudden light broke upon me-a light so brilliant and wondrous, yet so simple" and "I was like the Arabian who had been buried with the dead and found a passage to life, aided only by one glimmering and seemingly ineffectual light"

Context: Chapter 4 - found the knowledge to make the monster Speaker: Victor Meaning: light reflects knowledge