I sat quite still and observed the heavens revolving above my head, and wondered if they were the origin of my being. Or had I come from the creeping waters of the river? Or from the mild earth that nurtured all the plants and flowers of the world? When at first light a wood pigeon came before me, I took part in its existence and pecked upon the ground; when a gull flew above my head I shared its soaring form; when I watched an otter upon the bank, I could feel the sleekness of its limbs. In all creatures now I felt the force of one life, a life I shared, of which the principles were energy and joy. ibid.
Galvanism was the belief that electricity was the spark of life, perhaps even the very essence of life itself. Science Britannica I: Frankenstein’s Monsters, BBC 2013
Frankenstein becomes a stereotype: a view of science as darkness as well as light. ibid.
If we look at the base of the brain which has just been removed from the skull ... Young Frankenstein 1974 starring Gene Wilder & Marty Feldman & Peter Boyle & Teru Garr & Cloris Leachman & Madeline Kahn & Kenneth Mars & Richard Haydn & Rolfe Sedan & Gene Hackman & Mel Brooks et al, director Mel Brooks, Frankenstein’s lecture
My grandfather used to work for your grandfather. But of course rates have gone up. ibid. Feldman
So this is where it all happened. ibid. Wilder
Why, you’re chilled to the bone, sir. A nice warm fire would be the thing for you. ibid. Constable Henry
Frankenstein: Igor, release the safety valve on the main wheel.
Igor: Yes, master. ibid.
Poor lifeless hulk. Maybe it’s better off dead. ibid. Frankenstein
Alive! It’s alive! It's alive! ibid.
The crack of lightning. A mad genius. An unholy creation. The world of course remembers the monster and not the man. Victor Frankenstein 2015 starring James McAvoy & Daniel Ratcliffe & Jessica Brown Findlay & Andrew Scott & Charles Dance & Freddie Fox & Mark Gatiss & Callum Turner & Daniel Mays & Spencer Wilding et al, director Paul McGuigan
As my assistant you will be at the very heart of as scientific enterprise that will change the world. ibid. Victor to Igor
I think it is high time you met our monster. ibid.
Life – I’ll say this very slowly – is merely the application and outcome of applied chemistry. ibid.
Frankenstein: one of the greatest horror stories ever written. But Frankenstein is more than mere fiction written to thrill and fascinate. Inspired by real events, it captured the dark side of a period of revolutionary upheaval and provided an eerily accurate vision of the future. In Search of History s5e1: Frankenstein, History 1996
Clearly the groundwork for Frankenstein had been laid in Mary’s mind. ibid.
17-year-old Mary possessed the attractive combination of her mother’s brilliance and her father’s wisdom. ibid.
When Percy and Mary returned home Mary was pregnant. ibid.
Mary Shelley: a novel about progress and the dangers that come with it that still sends a shiver up the spine today ... Frankenstein. Andrew Graham-Dixon, The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour 2/3: The City and the Soul