Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Helena Bonham Carter: Elizabeth Lavenza
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Quotes
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Victor Frankenstein : I have done something - so terrible, so evil, that I am frightened that if I tell you the truth, that I will lose you.
Elizabeth : You'll lose me if you don't.
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Victor Frankenstein : I haven't got time to argue!
Elizabeth : Oh, isn't it convenient? Or doesn't it fit in with your plans? Don't you ever think of anything or anyone than yourself?
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Victor Frankenstein : One month, that's all I ask - and then we can be married and then we can forget this whole business. I promise!
Elizabeth : Promise? Promise? Oh, don't dare use that word to me! You promised to tell me who this man was. You promised to abandon this work of yours. Your promises don't mean anything.
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Henry Clerval : Victor? Victor! Victor, open the door! Victor, please!
Victor Frankenstein : What do you want?
Henry Clerval : There's cholera. It's an epidemic! The city's been placed under martial law. Are you listening to me, Victor?
Victor Frankenstein : Yes. And?
Henry Clerval : The militia's arriving to quarantine the city. Most of us are getting out while we still can. Krempe knows you're here. What if he tells the authorities?
Victor Frankenstein : Goodbye, Henry.
Elizabeth : Victor, it's me. Elizabeth. Can you hear me? Victor, I have to see you.
Victor Frankenstein : Go away.
Elizabeth : Please, Victor! I won't leave here until you see me.
Victor Frankenstein : Come in the side door. Alone!
Elizabeth : What's happened to you? How can you live here like this? And that stench.
Victor Frankenstein : Don't go in there!
[He shuts the doors]
Elizabeth : We have to leave. It isn't safe.
Victor Frankenstein : No, I have to stay.
Elizabeth : Even if it means you'll die?
Victor Frankenstein : Yes.
Elizabeth : Well, let me help you.
Victor Frankenstein : No, that's impossible.
Elizabeth : We made a promise. Victor, I beg you.
Victor Frankenstein : Look, I know that this is difficult for you to understand..but I cannot abandon this work now. It is too important. Not just for me, but, believe me, for everyone. And it must come first.
Elizabeth : Before us?
Victor Frankenstein : Elizabeth... I love you so much, but...
Elizabeth : Goodbye.
[She runs out]
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Elizabeth : He's probably found someone else.
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Victor Frankenstein : So, how do you feel Elizabeth?
Elizabeth : Alive!
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Victor Frankenstein : Are you my sister?
Elizabeth : Sister, friend, lover.
Victor Frankenstein : Wife?
Elizabeth : Yes!
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Victor Frankenstein : I - cannot abandon this work now. It is too important. Not just for me, but, believe me, for everyone. And it must - come first.
Elizabeth : Before us?
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The Creature : Don't bother to scream.
Elizabeth : Please - please don't hurt me.
The Creature : You are lovelier than I ever - could have imagined.
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Elizabeth : Who is this man? I mean, how do you know he's responsible?
Victor Frankenstein : I'll tell you everything after I destroyed him.
Henry Clerval : If what you say is true then surely this is a matter for the police!
Victor Frankenstein : They wouldn't understand.
Elizabeth : Well, neither do I.
Victor Frankenstein : Then just accept it.
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Elizabeth : Tell me everything. But you must tell me the truth. And together, we can face anything. Whatever you've done, whatever has happened - I love you.
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Elizabeth : You're soaking. Brother and sister, no more.
Victor Frankenstein : Now husband and wife.
