Frankenstein Love Quotes

Elizabeth read my anguish in my countenance, and kindly taking my hand, said, “My dearest friend, you must calm yourself. These events have affected me, God knows how deeply; but I am not so wretched as you are. There is an expression of despair, and sometimes of revenge, in your countenance that makes me tremble. Dear Victor, banish these dark passions. Remember the friends around you, who centre all their hopes in you. Have we lost the power of rendering you happy? Ah! 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 can disturb our peace?”

– Mary Shelley

Frankenstein, Chapter 9. Elizabeth Lavenza urges Victor Frankenstein to overcome his dark passions and enjoy the love they share.

“Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed. Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. I was benevolent and good – misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.”

– Mary Shelley

Frankenstein, Chapter 10. The monster, who longs for love, blames Victor for his evil actions by failing to provide him with a loving, nourishing environment. He compares Victor to God and rebukes him for casting him as the fallen angel instead of Adam. In his allusions to the bible, the creature is referencing God’s love, which is at the heart of Christianity.

“When I slept or was absent, the forms of the venerable blind father, the gentle Agatha, and the excellent Felix flitted before me. I looked upon them as superior beings who would be the arbiters of my future destiny. I formed in my imagination a thousand pictures of presenting myself to them, and their reception of me. I imagined that they would be disgusted, until, by my gentle demeanour and conciliating words, I should first win their favour and afterwards their love.”

– Mary Shelley

Frankenstein, Chapter 12. The creature’s desire for affection and love makes him appear a sympathetic and deeply human character. He considers revealing himself to the De Lacey family, hoping they will look beyond his appearance, not prejudge him and accept him like any other person.

“The more I saw of them, the greater became my desire to claim their protection and kindness; my heart yearned to be known and loved by these amiable creatures; to see their sweet looks directed towards me with affection was the utmost limit of my ambition. I dared not think that they would turn them from me with disdain and horror.”

– Mary Shelley

Frankenstein, Chapter 15. The monster on the love and kindness Felix and Agatha show towards each other, and on his own sense of isolation and desire to be loved.
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