Harry Treadaway: Dr. Victor Frankenstein

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Dr. Victor Frankenstein

[Vanessa Ives sees that Victor Frankenstein has literary books in his carry bag]
Vanessa Ives: Romantic poetry, Doctor?
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: Man does not live only in the empirical world. We must seek the ephemeral or why live?
Vanessa Ives: [Vanessa begins quoting William Wordsworth's poem "Lines Written in Early Spring"] 'If this belief from Heaven be sent, if such be nature's holy plan... '
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: 'Have I not reason to lament... '
Vanessa Ives, Dr. Victor Frankenstein: 'What man has made of man.'

[Victor Frankenstein gives some advice to his new Creature]
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: My mother taught me many things. Among the most useful, is one must always have Shakespeare close to hand.

[Proteus sees a lit flame while strolling outside for the first time with Victor Frankenstein]
Proteus: [Proteus smiles] Fairy lights.
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: What? No, that's something called gas lighting. It's an invisible chemical, which means you can't see it. It has combustible properties that produce flame, thus... illumination.
Proteus: Victor, fairy lights.
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: Who am I to argue?

[Proteus and Victor Frankenstein discuss what friends are]
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: We met Mr. Ethan Chandler...
Proteus: And Miss Brona Croft. Our friends on the river...
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: Well, perhaps not friends, passing acquaintances, more like.
Proteus: Why?
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: Friends are something different. They're people you've known for a while. You're comfortable with, close to.
Proteus: [Proteus smiles] Like Victor.

[Sir Malcolm informs Victor Frankenstein the origin of the hieroglyphics on the vampire body]
Sir Malcolm Murray: They're apparently from the Egyptian 'Book of the Dead.' Do you know it?
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: Not intimately, but I've studied theology over the years. The ancient Egyptian religions were unique in a way. They had a singular goal. Not transmutation to an afterlife, but something even more profound: Eternal life.

[Victor Frankenstein decides how to choose a name for his new Creature]
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: We should give you a name. You're a form of new mankind, so... perhaps Adam? No. Theological connotations aren't very 'us' are they? I know, you shall choose your own name.

[Proteus talks to Victor Frankenstein about having more friends]
Proteus: Will I have many?
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: If you're lucky.
Proteus: I shall have many. Ten. More than ten if we...
[when Proteus is stabbed in the back, looking down to see his chest open apart]

Dr. Victor Frankenstein: Man does not live only in the empirical world. We must seek the ephemeral or why live?

[Victor has his new Creature choose his own name of Proteus]
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: [Victor flips the pages to a Shakespeare book, dropping his finger into the pages] Uuuuuuuummmmmm...
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: Your turn.
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: [Victor flips the pages, when the Creature slaps his finger down] Proteus.
Proteus: [Proteus says his first word] Proteus.

[Victor Frankenstein tells Proteus that we all commit sins]
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: As you grow up, you'll learn we all do things which 'cause us shame. Sins we have committed.
Dr. Victor Frankenstein: [Proteus pours Victor some water] Thank you, Proteus.

Dr. Victor Frankenstein: The ancient egyptian religions were unique in a way. They had a singular goal. Not transmutation to an afterlife, but something even more profound, eternal life.