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"The voyage came to an end. We landed, and proceeded to Paris. I soon found that I overtaxed my strength and that I must repose before I could continue my journey. My fathers care and attentions were indefatigable, but he did not know the origin of my sufferings and sought erroneous methods to remedy the incurable ill."(shelley 234)

He went back to Geneva to find some closure and get away from the chaos. He needed time to think about everything that has happened since he created the monster and for the reasons he did it. He created the monster for good intentions but the outcome came out horrendous. He needed time to come to terms of his actions and now had to take responsibility for his creation and how he turned his creation into a monster with how he treated him all because of how his life has turned out. The monster was a symbol of his life and feelings towards life.

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"Even if they were to leave Europe and inhabit the deserts of the new world, yet one of the first results of those sympathies for which the daemon thirsted would be children, and a race of devils would be propagated upon the earth who might make the very existence of the species of man a condition precarious ad full of terror." (shelley 210)

The absence of major women characters is evident. The monster wants him to create a female version of him to help him live through the rest of his life. Even though there is no major female characters, the absence of them is a major point of the book. The absence of the female monster triggers a lot of major events in the rest of the book because of his refusal to create her for him in fear of destroying the world.

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"I was moved. I shuddered when I thought of the possible consequences of my consent, but I felt that there was some justice in his argument. His tale and the feelings he now expressed proved him to be a creature of fine sensations, and  did I not as his maker owe him all the portion of happiness that was in my power to bestow?"(shelley 184)

Frankenstein is starting to understand the consequences of the choices he made in making the monster. He had good intentions but didn't want to take responsibility at first. He knows now that he needs to take responsibility for everything he has done starting with his creation. He feels bad because he started showing hate to the monster first and that led to every effected event after.

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"I shall no longer see the sun or stars or feel the wind so play on my cheeks(Shelly 281)."
LC- it seems that the monster now feels sad that victor has passed which seems a bit ironic. Why didn't he try to tell victor that he would be willing to die. Was it that the monster wanted to die his way? I think that the monsters fear was consuming him so he wanted to make it seem like he was tougher than his creator and to show his dominance. it seems that at the end the monster feels guilty for everything.

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" three years before , I was engaged in the same manner and had created a fiend whose unparalleled barbarity had desolated my heart and filled it forever with the bitterest remorse ( Shelly203)."
LC)  this resentment that victor has toward the monster is what's is causing him to do things out of the ordinary. he's so deeply wants revenge that he isn't even concerned with his health.

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"The sun sank beneath the horizon as we landed, and as i touched the shore i felt those cares and fears revive which soon were to claps me and cling to me forever." (Shelley 245)
when the monster attacks victor always seems to come back to attack but in a brighter way than the attack. when the misery will finally come to an end. i think that he will continue to live his life in a storm and nothing will every change or go back to the way everything once was for him.

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"Another women confirmed the account of the fishermen having brought the body into her house; it was not cold. they put it into a bed and rubbed it, and Daniel went to the town for an apothecary, but life was quite gone." (Shelley 222)
Mary Shelley blamed the death of her children on her husband. she thought everything was his fault. and with the death of another body it didn't seem like anything was wrong with it. when victor stayed ill for two months he realized that that ought to be his prison. it didn't seem like there was any way out of it.

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"I rushed toward her and embraced her with ardour, but the deadly languor and coldness of the limbs told me that what I now held in my arms had ceased to be the Elizabeth whom I had loved and cherished. The murderous mark of the fiend's grasp was on her neck, and the breath had ceased to issue from her lips." (Shelley 248)
(LC) Continuing on with the Biographical Criticism, I feel that the tragedies of the story reflect what Shelley felt in life. While at the time of writing her Husband had not yet died, he did eventually do so before her. Perhaps Shelley was anticipating that tragedy in some capacity as the death of her loved ones was an all too common occurrence for her.

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"I threw myself into the carriage that was to convey me away, hardly knowing whither I was going, and careless of what was passing around. I remembered only, and it was with a bitter anguish that I reflected on it, to order that my chemical instruments should be packed to go with me." (Shelley 194)
victor travels to gather information about his new creation of a women monster. the marriage to Elizabeth seems to be the only happiness that would be in his life.

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" I knocked. Who is there? Said the old man ," come in ". I entered "pardon this intrusion." Said I . "I am a traveler in want of a little rest, you would greatly oblige me if you would allow me to remain a few minutes before the fire". "Enter "de lacy said( shelly167)."
LC) this is what happens in society so much, whenever sommething can't be seen or is hidden its better because there's the sense of something anonymous, so the monster sees this blind man and takes adapvantage that he can't see to get close to him, which is sad at the end since hit doesn't work. But this hope that the monster has that he can be bed is what's going to lead him to his death. He can't risk his life, but all he wants is to be normal. He wants to be seen from the inside and not through the outside, yet society is so used to judging solely on appearances that thy discard all true and sincere intentions that one , like the monster has.

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"I found in it a never-ending source of speculation and astonishment... well with my experience among my protectors and with the wants which were forever alive in my own bosom." (Shelley 161)
with all the death Shelley experienced in her life was this during the time when she decided that all her books were going to be based on someone or something that occurred in her life?

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"The first part of this deposition id not in the least interest me, but when the mark of the fingers was mentioned I remembered the the murder of my brother and felt myself extremely agitated; my limbs trembled, and a mist came over my eyes, which obliged me to lean on a chair for support." ( Shelley 222)
(P) The course of The Monster's revenge is set, and it will be killing all of Victor's friends and family for denying him a companion to share in his loneliness. Victor himself, I predict, will ultimately, meet his end due to the Monster, who will afterwards become empty. Enacting one's vengeance usually leads to a loss of purpose, and thus The Monster, may take his own life.

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"'Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence you had so wantonly bestowed? I know not; despair had not yet taken possession of me; my feelings were those of rage and revenge." (Shelley 171)
(LC) I think one interpretation of the Monster's feelings throughout the story originate from Shelley's own personal life. She lost her first child before writing the story, which most certainly would inspire feelings of despair for ones own existence. I mean, your kid died. Anyone would hit the brakes on life for a moment. The death of her child also possibly plays into the reason for The Monster's existence, with her possibly wanting to bring the dead child back from beyond the grave.

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"This reading had puzzled me extremely at first, but by degrees I discovered that the uttered many of the same sounds when he read as when he talked. I conjectured, therefore, that he found on the paper signs with speech which he understood, and I ardently longed to comprehend these also...." (Shelley 140)
I don't really understand what the author is trying to say by this? Is it referring to her specifically?

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" I was oppressed by the cold, I found a fire which had been left by some wandering beggars and was overcome with delight at the warmth.i experienced from it. In my joy I thrust my hand into the live embers , but quickly drew it out again with a cry of pain. How strange, I thought, that the same cause should produce such opposite effect ! ( Shelly 129). "
L C ) it seem so hat the monster isn't Ike's a curious child, it's scary a time Lloyd. Ed so curiousness bouts himself, others, Ndola her world rounds him, which makes him seem so innocent. . iTs isn't until last ev realizes all the bad Andy horror in the world did hate he begin soon his burnings hatred in himself on hurt others Andy seek revenge, his I see seem so on be what society does. Em jusdge base do on appe

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"My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this men? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination?"(Shelley 161-162)

He is constantly asking himself these questions. Wondering about he world around him and why it happens the way it does. He uses books to figure out the world around himself and things about himself. Its human nature for us to question and try to put a meaning to everything in life.

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"'At that instant, the cottage door was opened, and Felix, Safie, and Agatha entered. Who can describe their horror and consternation on beholding me?Agatha fainted, and Safie, unable to attend to her friend, rushed out of the cottage.Felix darted forward, and with supernatural force tore me from his father, to whose knees I clung; in a transport of fury, he dashed me to the ground and struck me violently with a stick. I could have torn him limb from limb, as the lion rends the antelope. But my heart sank within me as with bitter sickness, and I refrained. I saw him on the point of repeating his blow, when, overcome by pain, and anguish, I quitted the cottage, and in the general tumult escaped unperceived to my hovel." (Shelley 170)
(C) Everyone wishes to be accepted, and no one wants to be alone. The Monster is a representation of that desire given physical form. He craves connection with people, but he is an abhorrent creature who is not fully human, so he is shunned and feared. This loneliness and heartbreak would consume anyone with sadness and anger, leading you to outbursts of retaliation in response to your rejection.

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"But soon,’ he cried with sad and solemn enthusiasm, ‘I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly and exult in the agony of the torturing flames."(Shelley  282)
The monster's enraged behavior and desire to kill and  ruin Victor's life has faded due to his creator's death. He now stands full of guilt and regret that he would like to kill himself to end this traumatic life he lives now that he has nothing to life for anymore. This falls under Psychoanalytic criticism since the monster's desire to kill (id) was his creator for bringing him into this world. His will to kill over encumbered his guilt of killing, and his morals from doing so since his creator was still alive. Now that his creator was dead however, he now felt the full extent of his guilt without anything to bring his hopes up. His wills vanished as soon as his creator was found dead, and now he deems his life guilty of killing for a meaningless cause.

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" I felt that the duties of a creator towards his creature were, and that I ought to render him happy before I complained of his wickedness .these motives urged me to colmply with his demand( Shelly 126)."
Lc) If victor thinks about pleasing everyone , how will he be happy. I think that's the problem he has, he doesn't want to tell anyone about the monster because he's so afraid of what the people will say. But that's his only hope to get the monster out of his life yet he lets his freight consume his happiness with elisnt until he loses everything he has to vent out the truth.

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"I perceived, as the shape came nearer (sight tremendous and abhorred!) that it was the wretch whom I had created. I trembled with rage and horror, resolving to wait his approach and then close with him in mortal combat.He approached; his countenance bespoke bitter anguish, combined with disdain and malignity, while its unearthly ugliness rendered it almost too horrible for human eyes." (Shelley 122-123)
(LC) If you were to view this encounter through an Archetypal Lens, it's the preliminary encounter to the big showdown between the two bitter rivals. This is where they make their final statements to each other, for whence next they meet, it will be on the field of battle. Victor is the protagonist and The Monster the antagonist, but the conflict is not man vs. man, but more like man vs. himself. The Monster is a representation of everything bad about Victor, including his guilt over William and Justine's deaths. Victor has unleashed an 'evil' or 'dark' side of himself unto the world, and now he must conquer it.

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"This state of mind preyed upon my health, which had perhaps never entirely recovered from the first shock it had sustained. I shunned the face of man; all sound of joy or complacency was torture to me; solitude was my only consolation- deep, dark, deathlike solitude."
(shelley 111)

Mary Shelley went through a hard time when her kids died and she began to pull away from her husband. She's good at writing and explain these dark and depressing situations because she's experienced all of these. Her life was hard and shaped how she wrote in all her writings. So many of the emotions felt and feelings are from her own.

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"" What his feelings were whom I pursued I cannot know. Sometimes, indeed, he left marks in writing on the barks of the trees or cut in stone that guided me and instigated my fury. ‘My reign is not yet over’— these words were legible in one of these inscriptions— ‘you live, and my power is complete. Follow me; I seek the everlasting ices of the north, where you will feel the misery of cold and frost, to which I am impassive. You will find near this place, if you follow not too tardily, a dead hare; eat and be refreshed. Come on, my enemy; we have yet to wrestle for our lives, but many hard and miserable hours must you endure until that period shall arrive.’ "" (shelley 258)

(Q) Why does the monster goad Victor on like this? Where did the innocent monster become the villain? It wasn't when he realized his predetermined role in society, it was when he was given life. It wasn't until learning of the monstrosity of his creation that he realized that he cannot hope to coexist with others that might sympathize with him, but it was not because he realized he was a monster, it was because he was created by a god which in turn was imperfect. The monster was not created to enjoy life, but to simply be the result of an attempt against nature. In his bitterness, he resolves to not allow his creator the luxuries that the monster was rejected of.

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" William is dead! That sweet child , whose smiles delighted and warmed my heart, who was so gentle yet so gay! Victor he is murdered! ( Shelly 87)".

E) Elizabeth seems to have such agood relationship with the family even though she isn't blood related. William seems to mean alot  more to her than the reader would expect. She almost seems to be like his mother and she cares to deeply for him. It's this care that victor has towards the whole world that will lead him to his death and misery.

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"Our house was the house of mourning. My father's health was deeply shaken by the horror of the recent events. Elizabeth was sad and desponding; she no longer took delight in her ordinary occupations..." (Shelley 114)
Mary Shelley had death all around her with her mother and her children. It then just became something she had to get used to. nothing was the same and all her work was sad and horrifying, because of all the tragedy in her life.

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"Presently Ernest came and inquired if we had seen his brother; he said that he had been playing with him, that Williams had run away to hide himself, and that he vainly sought for him, and afterwards waited for him a long time, but he did not return... About five in the morning I discovered my lovely boy, who the night before I had seen blooming and active in health, stretched on the grass livid and motionless; the print of the murderer's finger was on his neck." (Shelley 88)
(CL) Soo, seems my prediction was right. Little Williams was snuffed out by a monster, NAY, THE MONSTER. I know that gets revealed later, but the point is I predicted right. The dark theme of this story won't allow for such a positive character to live to the end, and the story itself will have an unhappy ending.

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"Slave, I before reasoned with you, but you have proved yourself unworthy of my condescension. Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master; obey!" (Shelley 212)

The dominant being turns out to be not the creator or producer, but the one that has more power than the other. The monster became Victor's master, thus deeming him a slave to his ideals, totally stopping Victor from pursuing his own needs. This falls under Marxist criticism since the dominant power will always be the one to express their ideals. The minority power will be under the influence of the dominant power, thus is caused to be silenced by the other by force. Victor is now working for his own creation since he did not secure his power over the monster, thus is now a slave to him.

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" I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms, a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave worms crawling in the folds of the flannel( Shelly 70)."

BC ) Mary Shelly and victor have both lost their mother. I think Shelly added this in to make her novel a bit more personal to her and almost relate to her character. This also would explain why she added so much deaths in the novel. She probably wanted to write about it and it could've been something to help her cope with all the horror in her life.

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"I must say also a few words to you, my dear cousin, of little darling William. I wish you could see him; he is very tall of his age, with his sweet laughing blue eyes, dark eyelashes and curling hair. When he smile, two little dimples appear on each cheek, which are rosy with health." (Shelley 81)
(P) Crazy coincidence, I know, but I get the feeling little William is gonna die too. This Gothic Horror book is pretty bleak most of the time, so anytime someone or something is described in a positive light, I feel like it's gonna get destroyed. Little William will meet his end.

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"My journey was very melancholy. At first I wished to hurry on, for I longed to console and sympathize with my loved and sorrowing friends; but when I drew near my native town, I slackened my progress."(Shelley 90)

He wants to show and experience great emotion but refuses. Or almost cant in some cases. He knows he has the right to these emotions but still keeps them in. He lets them pass and moves on to focus on anything else.

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" the raising of ghosts and Devils was a promise liberally accorded by my favorite authors, the fulfillment of which I most eagerly sought....( Shelly 47)"

B.C) this relates to how Shelly lost her child and she wanted and would do anything to revive it. I think that her novel is her almost venting out in a way and release all her feeling of her past . There are too much connections between her and victor; they both lost their mother and loved one and a Childers close to them. This book could be her unconsciously venting out .

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"" I was engaged in the same manner and had created a fiend whose unparalleled barbarity had desolated my heart and filled it forever with the bitterest remorse. I was now about to form another being of whose dispositions I was alike ignorant; she might become ten thousand times more malignant than her mate and delight, for its own sake, in murder and wretchedness. ... She also might turn with disgust from him to the superior beauty of man; she might quit him, and he be again alone, exasperated by the fresh provocation of being deserted by  one of his own species. "" (Shelley 202)

Aside from the ominous threats that the monster had given him, he had no idea that complying would result in a better outcome than not. His hatred for his own creation embeds a self-hatred in Victor that despises that he had once willingly created a monstrosity. In an attempt to reason to himself why not to reenact his greatest mistake, he imagines the worst of the possible scenarios.

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"They consulted their village priest, and the result was that Elizabeth Lavenza became the inmate of my parents' house - my more than sister - the beautiful and adored companion of all my occupations and pleasures." (Shelley 41)
(P) Easy breezy prediction here, but Victor will marry Elizabeth. It's a little weird, since she's like part of the family, but that's how they did things way back in the day. I also get the feeling that Elizabeth will die too, just like everyone else in Mary Shelley's life.

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"Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? I know not; despair had not yet taken possession of me; my feelings were those of rage and revenge."
(Shelley 171)
From a Biographical lens we could consider the monster's outlook on like to be horrifying as a reflection of Shelley's own outlooks as well. Gaining knowledge of disasters is what had ruined the monster's life and deems his creator responsible for bringing him into such a sad world. Shelley could be conveying a message about her perspective of the world as well. She might be telling us how she may hold a grudge against whoever brought her into the sad world she lived in.

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"None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science. In other studies you go as far as others have gone before you, and there is nothing more to know; but in a scientific pursuit there is continual food for discovery and wonder."(shelley 61)
Nothing else excites him more than science. To him, science brings out the desire to discover and the want to know everything about the world around us. When you experience a scientific event, you want to have more to explain the unexplainable and impossible. He was so bent on making discoveries and emerging himself in his studies.

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"" " I swear to you, by the earth which I inhabit, and by you that made me, that with the companion you bestow I will quit the neighborhood of man and dwell, as it may chance, in the most savage of places. My evil passions will have fled, for I shall meet with sympathy! My life will flow quietly away, and in my dying moments I shall not curse my maker " "" (shelley 177)

The monster , having discovered he is alone and hated(like all men in times of depravity), he scorns his creator for the injustice of his existence. Though, for all the reasons that the monster gives for wanting a mate, sexual desires are never brought up. This indicated that the monster wishes only for a platonic relationship where physical forms are meaningless. The lack of attraction between characters may be influenced by Shelley's loose perception of love that she had experienced in her early adolescence.

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"‘I cannot describe to you the agony that these reflections inflicted upon me; I tried to dispel them, but sorrow only increased with knowledge. Oh, that I had forever remained in my native wood, nor known nor felt beyond the sensations of hunger, thirst, and heat!'" (Shelley 150)
The monster began to feel the pain in which knowledge brings upon us, becoming aware of the pain in life, things that we want to totally isolate ourselves from. It is no wonder why Victor perceives knowledge as a restriction to our freedom, we gives meaning to such things, yet that meaning could potentially ruin our lives. Knowledge is like a double-edged sword, it's risky to learn and become aware, yet it benefits us to know why things the way they are.

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"My courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate and my spirits are often depressed. I am about to proceed on a long and difficult voyage, the emergencies of which will demand all my fortitude: I am required not only to raise the spirits of others, but sometimes to sustain my own, when theirs are failing."(Shelley 15)

Mary Shelley went through a lot of bad times in her life. From losing babies, bad relationship with her stepmother, then having to chose between her husband and father. She's constantly making decisions based on everyone but herself. She has to think about everyone else's feelings even though she went through so much, its hard to imagine how she made it through life.

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"If our impulses were confined to hunger, thirst, and desire, we might be nearly free; but now we are moved by every wind that blows and a chance word or scene that that word may convey to us."
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Shelley may be trying to convey how we are destined to interact with any event or scene and give it meaning in some way. We force ourselves to listen to other's meanings and any chance we get will always lead to a new way of looking at something. If we simply did things the same way as animals, we wouldn't focus our urges on giving things meaning, we would be free from having to think about how we could influence others. We would simply think about ourselves and freely roam without having to stop and wonder.

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"Six years had elapsed, passed in a dream but for one indelible trace, and I stood in the same place where I had last embraced my father before my departure for Ingolstadt. Beloved and venerable parent! He still remained to me." (Shelley 95)

Victor's life had felt to be disbelieved after he had come back home after six years in Ingolstadt which explains why he dubbed the passing of time a "dream". It was almost as if he never left his home and stayed all of his life with his beloved father. Shelley possibly reflected upon her own respect she had with her father, even though he had sent her away. However, she did come back and she probably felt the exact same when doing so, as if she had never left. This could've preserved her respect for her father, ultimately not making him someone who she doesn't want to die. Which maybe inspired her to not have Victor's father be killed by the monster, but instead by disease which is less painful.

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"" " Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind when it has once seized on it like a lichen on the rock. " ""(Shelley 142)

Shelley uses the monster to further the development of several major ideas; the use of knowledge for good, and the ambiguous nature of man. While Victor initially sought out knowledge as a youngling, he sought out knowledge for the sake of ascertaining an advancement in his goal to eventually achieve a victory over nature, the monster, as a youngling, seeks to learn from the cottage dwellers only as a way to anonymously assist them more effectively.

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" He sprang from the cabin window as he said this, upon the ice raft which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance. "

(A) This mystery of not knowing whether or not he actually died is a great ending. Even though the likelihood of him surviving is slim, the monster could still be out there somewhere. He could in fact be right out side of your window.... You should probly check ;)

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"I had gazed on him while unfinished; he was ugly then, but when those muscles and joints were rendered capable of motion, it became a thing such as even Dante could not have conceived."
(Shelley 71)
Victor's creation looked more horrifying when in motion rather than when he was unfinished. This could've possibly led to his regret to the creation of the monster after it being finished. He even described the monster as something "even Dante could not have conceived."  which is a lot. Considering the Dante he's talking about is the one who's journeyed to the likes of hell, Victor is basically saying that his creation is worse than anything in hell. Which in the end reflects his regret and feeling of despair when he sees the monster.

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"she had not; and she, who in all probability was to become a thinking and reasoning animal, might refuse to comply with a compact made before her creation. They might even hate each other; the creature who already lived loathed his own deformity, and might he not conceive a greater abhorrence for it when it came before his eyes in the female form? "
"The fact that he automatically makes the next creation female when the monster only requested a companion truly speaks tales about the place of women. It shows that the best companions to a man is not another man, but for that of a women. And vice versa. This clearly shows just how Frankenstein was putting his attention to the similarities b/w him and the creation. Frankenstein wants Elizabeth to be his forever companion, thus the creation must also want a female.

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" My creator, make me happy; let me feel gratitude towards you for one benefit! Let me see that I excite the sympathy of some existing thing; do not deny me my request!’ "

The only thing that Frankenstein's creation requests from his creator is the companionship of another. This is the only thing that a creation requests even though the creator is responsible for everything that the creation should learn and act. The fact that all he wants is to not be lonely reveals a lot about the character of the monster. He does not blame Frankenstein for anything. He just wants to be left alone.

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"" " Happy, happy earth! Fit habitation for gods, which, so short a time before, was bleak, damp, and unwholesome. My spirits were elevated by the enchanting appearance of nature; the past was blotted from my memory, the present was tranquil, and the future gilded by bright rays of hope and anticipations of joy " "" (Shelly 135)

The monster, though physically decrepit, is mentally pure like a newborn child and is wondrous of the existence of nature which everyone else has grown to see as commonplace. This establishes Shelley's belief that all people are born innately good and that society is what eventually seeds evil into them. The monster, having compared his appearance to those of the cottage dwellers, sees himself as a lesser individual because he was not beautiful as all else was, but because no one has yet to interact with him, he does not have any desire to infict harm to others.

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"All that had so long engaged my attention suddenly grew despicable. By one of those caprices of the mind which we are perhaps most subject to in early youth, I at once gave up my former occupations, set down natural history and all its progeny as a deformed and abortive creation and entertained the greatest disdain for a would-be science which could never even step within the threshold of real knowledge." (Shelley 48)
Victor's sudden encounter with this lightning strike which had torn down a tree right before him was his main inspiration to pursue natural philosophy. Meanwhile this had also caused him to turn his back on natural history calling it a "deformed and abortive creation". He then considers his studies obsolete which ultimately led him to studying natural philosophy, something he deems a true threshold of real knowledge. This could also reflect Victor's feelings toward what he pursues, perhaps this could be an allusion to how he deals with the monster, call it too a "deformed and abortive creation" or at least something that's on the same level

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' ‘The Turk quickly perceived the impression that his daughter had made on the heart of Felix and endeavoured to secure him more entirely in his interests by the promise of her hand in marriage so soon as he should be conveyed to a place of safety. Felix was too delicate to accept this offer, yet he looked forward to the probability of the event as to the consummation of his happiness. '

(Rant) Ok so obviously this Turk is a douche already. Instead of you know furthering Felix's devotion to the cause through wealth, he uses his freaking DAUGHTER. Argh, Look I know that during this time it was normal for arranged marriages to happen and that the true concept of a love-based marriage wasn't popularized till the modern era but STILL!. FRICK THIS GUY!. (then there is the obvious thing of OF COURSE HE IS NOT GOING TO KEEP HIS FREAKING WORD!) He is a rich noble.... Noble's do not keep their word about marriage to commoners.

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" ‘It was dark when I awoke; I felt cold also, and half frightened, as it were, instinctively, finding myself so desolate. Before I had quitted your apartment, on a sensation of cold, I had covered myself with some clothes, but these were insufficient to secure me from the dews of night. I was a poor, helpless, miserable wretch; I knew, and could distinguish, nothing; but feeling pain invade me on all sides, I sat down and wept "

(A) Even just being born, he knows that he is miserable and how to weep. This shows that unlike an animal who does not cry, he can. Also he knows misery, therefore he must already know happiness. This proves that emotions are embedded into the human mind, not taught.

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"" Justine shook her head mournfully. ‘I do not fear to die,’ she said; ‘that pang is past. God raises my weakness and gives me courage to endure the worst. I leave a sad and bitter world; and if you remember me and think of me as of one unjustly condemned, I am resigned to the fate awaiting me. Learn from me, dear lady, to submit in patience to the will of heaven!’ "" (Shelley 98)

(c)Justine was most likely a character in the story created to reveal the injustice of society and how religion plays a part in the way people draw the line between good and bad, just and unfair, fate and choice. Justine, believing it was fate that she dies in this manner, unbeknownst to who is truly at fault, justifies her death by believing that it was predetermined by God to be this way. She lies in a false confession to prevent excommunication because she would rather die in the grace of the God that allows her to die for a crime she hadn't committed than to testify for her own good will.

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"Mine has been a tale of horrors; I have reached their acme, and what I must now relate can but be tedious to you. Know that, one by one, my friends were snatched away; I was left desolate." (Shelley 250)
(R)
Frankenstein, who created the monster, acted like everyone else . He was repulsed by the appearance of the monster and shunned it. In turn, the monster felt lonely and unloved. I believe Frankenstein made many wrong decisions in this story. The deaths of his family could have been avoided. Because Frankenstein made the monster lonely, the monster paid that same debt to him. Frankenstein is now just like the monster.

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" Every night I was oppressed by a slow fever, and I became nervous to a most painful degree; the fall of a leaf startled me, and I shunned my fellow creatures as if I had been guilty of a crime. Sometimes I grew alarmed at the wreck I perceived that I had become; the energy of my purpose alone sustained me: my labours would soon end, and I believed that exercise and amusement would then drive away incipient disease; and I promised myself both of these when my creation should be complete. " (shelly 57)

Victor has become enraptured by his thought of breaking the boundary between life and death, going against nature. This emphasizes Shelly's reoccurring theme that gaining knowledge is not always good and technology is inherently evil for defying nature. Victor begins to think of himself as a transcendant being for believing he has surpassed nature, but then becomes terrified when an illness encloses on him, which signifies his mortality. There is a possible allusion to the classic german legend of Faust, a scholar, who in his search for knowledge, sold his soul to a demon. Faust is later rescued by divine intervention, but no such aid is there for Victor.

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" Meanwhile Clerval occupied himself, so to speak, with the moral relations of things. The busy stage of life, the virtues of heroes, and the actions of men were his theme; and his hope and his dream was to become one among those whose names are recorded in story as the gallant and adventurous benefactors of our species." (shelley 33)

Shelly words this description of Clerval's interest with a tone of distaste. It establishes Victor's thoughts on the subjects to be superficial , vain, and sees it as a silly merry pursuit. Victor regards himself as something separate to people and their inter-mingling and possible as someone who is above those things. Shelly establishes the idea that wanting recognition or fame for the sake of attaining stature is distasteful.

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"As I sat, a train of reflection occurred to me which led me to consider the effects of what I was not doing. Three years before, I was engaged in the same manner and had created a fiend whose unparalleled barbarity had desolated my heart and filled it forever with the bitterest remorse..." (Shelley 209)
(R) Frankenstein is now thinking of the effects of what he's doing. He is reminded of the regret he felt creating the first monster. While he believes he is doing the right thing by destroying the she monster, I don't think its the right choice. Like the monster said earlier, its the loneliness and neglect that causes the bad actions. I believe the monster will be quite hurt by him changing his mind and will retaliate.

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"Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? I know not; despair had not yet taken possession of me; my feelings were those of rage and revenge. I could with pleasure have destroyed the cottage and its inhabitants and have glutted myself with their shrieks and misery." (Shelley 170)
Lc- Psychoanalytic Criticism
This neglect and hatred that the monster is experiencing is finally causing him to snap. He only craves love and attention from others, but his appearance causes him to be shunned by others due to their lack of understanding. This is psychoanalytic criticism in that it reflect many people everywhere. Every human just wants to be loved, and when they can't be understood, they begin to resent everyone and everything.

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"She was there, lifeless and inanimate, thrown across the bed, her head hanging down and her pale and distorted features half covered by her hair"(Shelley 247).

(LC) The psychoanalytic lens can be used in the quote. This quote is describing victor loosing someone who really matters to him. Furthermore the author also lost someone who really means something to her. With this happening this helps us get insights on on behavior of the author.

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"I was now about to form another being of whose dispositions I was like Ignorant
; she might become ten thousand times more malignant than her mate and delight, for its own sake, in murder and wretchedness"(Shelley 209).

(LC) A Feminist lens could be used in this quote. This quote is describing how victor was going to create another monster but this time make it a girl. When he is thinking about this he starts to think that the girls monster would be ten thousand more times more malignant then the boy. The lens is used because their describing a gender is better than another gender. Shelley is basically saying that a female can be more dangerous in this situation.

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*all of ch 14 & 15/ any quote from these chaps*
(LC- Psychoanalytic)/ biographical
The monster retells the story of Felix and Safie to Victor. He is able to remember everything. I believe the reason that he tells all of these things to Victor is to seek acceptance. In his trek through the villages, he observes the ways of the humans. The humans are loving creatures but the unpleasant appearance of the monster repulses people. The monster is outcasted. I think this might reflect the subconscious thoughts of the author. The author Shelly grew up with her father and stepmother. Her stepmother often made her do the chores and must have neglected her, this can reflect the wants and needs of the author.

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"I remember the first time I became capable of observing outward objects with any kind of pleasure, I perceived that the fallen leaves had disappeared and that the young buds were shooting forth from the trees that shaded my window." (Shelley 76)
(P): When Victor left his family to study and think nothing more, but his studies it made me think of when Mary Shelley was sent off away from her family, because of her stepmother. She had nothing but the choice to focus on her writing and depart everything else. I think that even if Victor thought his creation was horrifying hes going to keep trying and trying to get exactly what it is that he wants. He will blossom through his work.

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"What then became of me? I know not; I lost sensation, and chains and darkness pressed upon me.”
(Shelley 251)

Victor, in the end has lost everyone. But is he to blame? Or his creation? If he treated his creation with care and stuck with him maybe the outcome of his life would be different. But he abandons it and lets it run ramped through country.  Victor is then driven by his loss to find his creation and end him for good. He feels no more remorse for him, just hatred. Though he blames the monster, was it really his fault? He should have taken responsibility for his creation.

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Their faces expressed a mixture of curiosity and anger, which annoyed and in some degree alarmed me."(Shelley 219).

The faces the people make towards him make him feel outcasted like his monster. In this sense, he got a taste of how the monster felt every single time a human saw him. Being put in that situation relates to how people based off looks and presumptions. Not real evidence when they first looks upon someone. It has a deeper message that looks and first impressions are important when meeting new people or even interacting.

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"I too can create desolation; my enemy is not invulnerable; this death will carry despair to him, and a thousand other miseries shall torment and destroy him" (Shelley 180).

The monster knows it is easier for him to destroy/kill something than make something of himself. That is why he wants to get revenge on Frankenstein. His rage for his creator is forged from his abandonment and ugliness. No one wanted to look at him, he was just another beast that was to be avoided. Feeling this way, he had to hurt the person who made him feel this pain. This, he feels would hopefully get him justice.

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A new light seemed to dawn upon my mind, and bounding with joy, I communicated my discovery to my father. My father looked carelessly at the title page of my book and said, ‘Ah! Cornelius Agrippa! My dear Victor, do not waste your time upon this; it is sad trash.’

This attitude of not caring about the main character from the parental figure is very similar to how Shelley's life was. Her stepmother was very similar to the typical Cinderella esc stepmother who hates the child of the previous wedding. Therefore Shelley did not have a parental figure that cared about her. This is echoed by the father of Frankenstein in his blatant dismissal of his excitement.

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"My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination? These questions continually recurred, but I was unable to solve them. " (Shelley 162)

LC - Psychoanalytical Criticism
All of the questions that the beast asks can be overarched with the question of what is his purpose in life?  Including these questions in the text can be seen deeper into the author. Was she going through some type of crisis at the moment of writing this book? Did she need to write this book to find herself? or was she still searching?

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"For the first time, also, I felt what the duties of a creator towards his creature were, and that I ought to render him happy before I complained of his wickedness...I consented to listen, and seating myself by the fire which my odious companion had lighted, he thus began his tale."(Shelley 126)

For the first time in the entire book, he has tried to take responsibility for his creation. He takes time to listen to his creation's adventures and how his life has been, learning how to adapt to the humans. Even though Frankenstein listens and later attempts to help, he is still ver fearful of the beast he created.

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"Like one who, on a lonely road, Doth walk in fear and dread, And, having once turned round, walks on, And turns no more his head; Because he knows a frightful fiend Doth close behind him tread. " (Coleridge's 'Ancient Mariner.')

(A) This reference to the Ancient Mariner enhances the thriller nature of Frankenstein. Also through quoting a well known poem, Shelley borrows some ethos from Coleridge. This enhances the very nature of Frankenstein, a person who tries to become a creator and succeeds. Only to find out that his creation is horrendous.

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"Nothing in human shape could have destroyed that fair child. He was the murderer!” (Shelley 93)

LC - Biographical Criticism
Like William who died in the book, Shelley own son died a few years later.  He was taken by Malaria which relates to the quote. Nothing of human shape meaning the virus had fatally taken the son. Shelley was put into depression after the news got to her.

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" His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips. " (chapter 5)

(E) So essentially what Frankenstein created was a zombie. However, if you notice the that Frankenstein perfectly details the body's amazing teeth, proportional limbs, and flowing hair, goes to show that he was trying to create someone that he considered beautiful. This vary well could indicate that he was trying to create a mate either for himself or Elizabeth.

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"...following letter from Elizabeth:
My dear Friend,
...My poor cousin, how much you have suffered!" (Shelley 236)

(LC- Psychoanalytic Criticism) Victor is soon to be wed to Elizabeth, yet they still refer to each other as "cousin." Although they are not related, they grew up together and grew up as more of brother and sister than as two people to be married later in life. Mary Shelley might have engaged in or maybe thought of incestuous relationships such as this. In some of her later novels, incest is also a big theme.

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"Soon, oh, very soon, will death extinguish these throbbings and relieve me from the mighty weight of anguish that bears  me to dust; and, in executing the award of justice, I shall also sink to rest. Then the appearance of death was distant, although the wish was ever present to my thoughts..." (Shelley 230)

(R) To live a life in a constant state of fear and sorrow is not a life worth living. Victor realizes he would rather die because with death, his suffering would be no more. I feel like this is a punishment for Victor trying to play God. The death of Clerval might finally push Victor into spilling the truth in hopes that he can protect the other people he loves. At this point, I'm sure Elizabeth or Victor's father will be the next victim. I also find it surprising that the monster has gained enough knowledge to determine that death is not a sufficient price to for Victor to pay. He has discovered how to torture Victor in the worst way possible.

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"He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance." (Shelley 197)

(Q) In the final line, Shelley never outright tells readers the fate of the monster. We are left to wonder if he really does die. So, what do you think? Did the monster sail to death, or did he go into hiding?

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"It is well. I go; but remember, I shall be with you on your wedding-night." (Shelley 149)

(E) Another one of the main themes of the novel is presented here. I take this statement as a lesson saying you can't outrun your mistakes. Frankenstein's creation follows him across countries to wreak havoc on him. Frankenstein neglected his creation, and now it seeks revenge.

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"And you, my friend, would be far more amused with the journal of Clerval, who observed the scenery with an eye of feeling and delight, than in listening to my reflections. I, a miserable wretch, haunted by a curse that shut up every avenue to enjoyment." (Shelley 138)

(E) Clerval acts as a foil to Frankenstein. The former shows what the latter could've been if he hadn't been faced with so much tragedy. By contrasting the two, Shelley highlights Frankenstein's misery. By placing Frankenstein next his happy-go-lucky friend, his misery becomes more apparent.

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"'You are in the wrong,' replied the fiend; 'and instead of threatening , I am content to reason with you. I am malicious because I am miserable. Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind?'" (Shelley 182)

(Q) Who's side would you take, Frankenstein's or his monster's?
(R) Since the POV shifted from Frankenstein's to the monster's, it's hard not to feel sorry for the monster.
(C) Like in The Metamorphosis, the absurd is shunned by the rest of society. No matter how hard the monster tries to convey its benevolence, people will be frightened by its looks and judge harshly before allowing it a chance to explain itself.

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" 'I am blind, and cannot judge your countenance, but there is something in your words which persuades me that you are
sincere.' " (Shelley 120)

(E) Here, Shelley presents one of the main themes of her novel. She stresses the idea that appearances aren't everything. The monster may be ugly, but in the beginning he is kind and compassionate, and can be quite amicable, as shown here with De Lacey. He only becomes a monster when people treat him badly due to his appearance. It's much like the lesson taught in Beauty and the Beast.

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" '...Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due. 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...' " (Shelley 89)

(LC - Archetypal Criticism)
There is a line in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (the Disney version) that goes "Who is the monster and who is the man?" and Frankenstein follows this motif. From Victor's perspective, his creation is the monster, but from the "monster's" perspective,  it's Victor. The creation starts of very kind but is labeled as a monster simply because he's ugly. This really makes Victor the monster, because he's inflicted misery on his creation without a care.

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"I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I have deprived myself of rest and health." (Shelley 70).

(R) The extreme care he has for his creation shows his deep interest for the creature. Treating it like his own child, like a mother would. A mother would care for her child to the point of complete exhaustion and put the child before her. Nothing could ever get in the way of the interest of the creator.

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"I have a pretty present for my Victor- tomorrow he shall have it." And when on the morrow, she presented Elizabeth to me as her promised gift, I, with childish seriousness interpreted her words literally and looked upon Elizabeth as mine- mine to protect, love, and cherish."
(Shelley 41)

(LC - Feminist Criticism)
Elizabeth is like a prize for Victor. She is given to him for him to care for as a doll of sorts. She is looked down upon as much women were in this era. They had no power over men and were seen as too weak to care and defend for themselves.

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"Frankenstein, I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity; but am I not alone, miserably alone? You, my creator abhor me; what hope can I gather from your fellow creatures, who owe me nothing? They spurn and hate me."

(R) This quote made me realize how mean Frankenstein was. He created a the monster and only saw his own successful creation as ugly. As the monster is seen by other people, it is so ugly people see it as a monster and also hate it. It must be very hurtful since everyone and its own creator only sees it as an ugly monstrosity. It is outcasted in life. No one understands it though it can speak loudly and clearly. sad face

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" 'William is dead! - that sweet child, whose smiles delighted and warmed my heart, who was so gentle, yet so gay! Victor, he is murdered!' " (Shelley 64)

(LC - Biographical Criticism)
Three years after this was written, Mary Shelley's son (also named William) died of malaria. It's almost like she predicted her own son's death. Besides the death of William, Shelley suffered through many loses in her lifetime. This explains why her writing is so dark and full of death. She knew from experience how dark life can be.

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"His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips." (Shelley 51)

(R) Here we have the first appearance of Frankenstein's creation. I find it interesting that all classic depictions of him are nothing like what is explicitly mentioned in the book. In films, he's portrayed with green skin, a flat head, and bolts through his neck and temples. Shelley's description of the monster actually sound more horrifying than the stereotypical depiction of him.

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"From the tortures of my own heart, I turn to contemplate the dep and voiceless grief of my Elizabeth. This was also my doing!"(Shelley 110)

(R) I am disappointed at how irresponsible Frankenstein is. He created a monster and let it roam around the city. Then it kills one of his family members and someone else is accused of the murder. Not only was the accused innocent, but she was also his family member. Frankenstein allowed the death of two of his family members. I believe that the death of Justine is karma from his actions.

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"She died calmly; and her countenance expressed affection even in death." (Shelley 38)

(LC - Biographical Criticism)
Mary Shelley's mother passed away 11 days after Shelley was born. While many of Shelley's other works are much more biographical, there's a hint of it here. Both Frankenstein and Shelley lost their mothers, an event that set them up for tragedy later in life. They both lost several people in their lives, starting with their mothers.

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"Every night I was opressed by a slow fever, and I became nervous to a most painful degree; the fall of a leaf startled me, and I shunned my fellow creatures as if I had been guilty of a crime. Sometimes I grew alarmed at the wreck I perceived that I had become; the energy of my purpose alone sustained me: my labors would soon end, and I believe the exercise and amusement would then drive away incipient disease; and I promised myself both of these when my creation should be complete."(Shelley 68)

(R) At this point, Frankenstein is putting his all into this project. He tucks himself away in his apartment and does not socialize. He has become obsessed with completing this knowing that he is almost done but is neglecting his own body and mind by doing so. But, this also brings in much anticipation for his results. Frankensteins obsession and hard work makes the reader also feel his excitement to see his completion.
P.s. About chapter 5- I too, am horrified at the sight of this monster y u put it as the background Dr. B why why :(

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"My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination? These questions continually recurred, but I was unable to solve them. " (Shelley 162)

(LC-Psychoanalytic Criticism) Through this recount of the monster's life so far, we can see that he is trying to find the meaning in his life. Because the tale takes up several chapters, I think Shelley is having an existentialist crisis herself. (?)
(R) Though self-reflection is seen as something everybody should do because it helps oneself find meaning and true happiness, self-reflection for this monster will only make him more and more unhappy. This is because he is not like the rest of society and his creator condemns him. This idea is reflected in real life, where what we do as human beings is dependent on how we think others will view us. Meaning, we do things to please others, to please the "rules" of society, which includes modifying the way we look.

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"I Continued to wind among the paths of the wood until I came to its boundary which was skirted by a deep and rapid river, into which many of the trees bent their branches, now building with the fresh spring" (Shelley 177).

(LC) Archetypal Lens is used in this quote by the use of imagery. This imagery helps describe to the audience the history of the Seven Years War. The history of the Seven Years War was fought on parts of the Mississippi River. The result of the war was England gets all the French territory except New Orleans which included parts of the Mississippi River

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"On the evening previous to her being brought to my home, my mother had said playfully, 'I have a pretty present for my Victor - tomorrow he shall have it.' And when, on the morrow, she presented Elizabeth to me as her promised gift, I, with childish seriousness, interpreted her words literally and looked upon Elizabeth as mine - mine to protect, love, and cherish." (Shelley 41)
(LC- Feminist Criticism)
Since this was written in the 1800's, women at this time were seen as subordinate. Though in a playful tone, both Victor and his mother speak of Elizabeth more like an object than a person. They also describe her as a 'pretty present' also emphasizing the importance of beauty in a woman. This defines her value by her looks. Victor owned Elizabeth.

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"At first I had neglected them, but now that I was to decipher the characters in which they were written I began to study them with diligence" (Shelley 163).

(R) This quote is very interesting because the monster learns how he was created. When he finds this out he becomes mad because he finds out that he is ugly and lonely. Next he wants Victor to create him a friend because he is lonely, but Victor doesn't want to. The monster knows how he was created so he should create his friend instead of making someone else do it.

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"The ascent is precipitous, but the path is cut intro continual and short windings, which enable you to surmount the perpendicularity of the mountain" (Shelley 121).

(Q) What does perpendicularity mean in the third paragraph of chapter 10? What is the author trying to saying in this sentence? The word perpendicularity means perpendicular it makes a 90 degrees with another object. Furthermore the author is saying that the path is perpendicular to the mountain. Which means the path makes 90 degrees with the mountain.

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"Where had they fled when the next morning I awoke? All of the soul-inspiriting fled with sleep, ad dark melancholy clouded every thought. The rain was pouring in torrents, and thick mists hid the summits of the mountains, so that I even saw not the faces of those mighty friends. Still I would penetrate their misty veil and seek them in their cloudy retreats." (Shelley 120)

(LC-Biographical Criticism) All the despair that plagues Victor mirrors the depression Mary Shelley suffered in her life. From the death of her first-born to the suicide of her half-sister, Shelley experienced so much sorrow in the form of deaths of loved ones. Writing this book may have been a cry for help, a therapy in which she could convey her misery and suffering. This is probably why she was able to write such a dark book at such a young age.

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"William is dead.That sweet child, whose smiles delighted and warmed my heart, who was so gentle, so yet so gay! Victor, he is murdered" (Shelley 87)!

(R) Reading this letter would make you feel so sad and upset that your not their when your brother died. Furthermore in Victor situation He would feel guilty because he created the monster who killed his little brother. Also if you find out threw a letter I think I would loose it. Not only is that sad you can't express no emotions to anyone.

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"It was a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils" (Shelley 69).

(Q) What does the word toils mean in the first paragraph of chapter 5? Furthermore what is the author trying to state in this paragraph? The word toils means a reference in a situation to regard a trap. The author is saying that victory accomplished his traps.

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" Despair! Who dared talk of that? The poor victim, who on the morrow was to pass the awful boundary between life and death, felt not, as I did, such deep and bitter agony." (Shelley 108)

(R) There is a theme of life and death in this novel. While the one condemned to death does not feel anguish as one would expect her to, the one who holds a secret feels the more terrible agony. It was this disgust for death, since death robs living things of its beauty, that caused Victor to create his monster in the first place. I feel if Justine does die, it will be the second turning point moment in his life that causes him to do something drastic. Justine is accepting of her death, because at this point there is nothing left for her to do. It is the people who are still living who bear the weight of memories and guilt that may make living worse than dying.

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"A new species would bless me as its creator and source... Pursuing these reflections, I thought that if I could bestow animation upon lifeless matter, I might in process of time (although I now found it impossible) renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption." (Shelley 65)

(R) There are three possible reasons Victor Frankenstein is so into this particular path of study. He is power hungry and wants to be worshipped, although I feel as if this was a weak reason. Victor doesn't really seem to be the kind of person who wants things to bow at his feet. Another reason is he is a man of science and this new discovery excited him so much, he wants to experiment and draw out as much data/conclusions from it as possible. The last possible reason is he is influenced by his studies of early alchemists and the death of his mother. If he is able to bring lifeless matter to life, the decay of death may never have to be present again.

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"Sir Isaac Newton is said to have avowed that he felt like a child picking up shells beside the great and unexplored ocean of truth. Those of the successors in each branch of natural philosophy with whom I was acquainted appeared even to my boy's apprehensions as tyros engaged in the same pursuit." (Shelley 46)

(Q): The many discoveries and ideas that he was making was eventually just not enough for him. Comparing to everything that will be found. He thought everything he was thinking of was way to small, and he should have more to give considering everything else that will be discovered. But what does he mean by the second part of this quote? is it that there are many other men on his side with the same issues as him?

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"In the mean time I took every precaution to defend my person in case the fiend should openly attack me. I carried pistols and a dagger constantly about me and was ever on watch to prevent artifice"(Shelley 243)

It seems like Mary Shelley wanted to make Victor's fear for his life very distinct. It created irony in the idea that while his original purpose was to create a more meaningful life, he ultimately isn't living a life. The threat the monster makes causes Victor to live in fear. It's almost impossible for him to appreciate what he has or enjoy his surroundings--it could all be taken away from him. I think this may be Shelley's way of punishing Victor for trying to play God in the beginning of the novel.

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"Several people crowded towards the spot. They seemed surprised by my apperance, but instead of offerimg me any assistance , whispered together with gestures that at any other time might have produced in me a slight sensation of alarm...Their faces expressed a mixture of curiosity and anger, whch annoyed and in some degree alarmed me."(Shelley 219)

It seems like Victor is getting a taste of what he caused his monster. He wasn't accpeted. He was judged, and talked about and deemed a murder. People made assumptions and accusations that were not true, and Victor had to suffer the consequences himself. This is exactly what the monster experienced. He was somewhere he didn't fit in and was ulimately looked down upon.

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"I knew that I was preparing for myself a deadly torture; but I was the slave, not the master, or an impulse which I detested, yet could not disobey."
(Shelley 278)

LC- (Psychoanalytic) In this quote, Victor Frankenstein talks about those impulses that lead toward destruction but are nonetheless impossible to simply ignore. Once a reasonable man, Victor becomes overwhelmed with the idea of revenge, and it results in an accelerated fate that he knows will destroy him.  He is almost being driven to die in order to honor his loved ones that he blames himself for killing. Being the creator, he is expected to be the master, however because he is controlled my his impulses, Victor is turned into the slave.

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"Slave, I before reasoned with you, but you have proved yourself unworthy of my condescension. Remember that I have power...You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!"
(Shelley 212)

LC- Seeing this through the Marxist lens, it is truly enlightening to see Shelley include this element.  It is apparent that Victor is the wealthy ruling class, and that the monster is the poor working class.  This quote could be seen as the working class finally overthrowing the ruling class for their power.  The monster now has no remorse for his creator and now makes demands, thus controlling his "ruler."

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"I rushed form my hiding place and wih extreme labour form the force of the current, saved her and dragged her to shore...I was suddenly interuppted by the approach of a rustic...On seeing me. he darted towards me, and tearing the girl from my arms, hastened towards the deeper parts of the wood."(Shelley 177)

After he chased the rustic, the monster got shot in the shoulder. This makes me again bring up why we judge people based on looks. The monster clearly has good morals at this moment. He saved this man's daughter and in return gets shot. None of that makes sense to me. People shouldn't be judged like this. Although he may not be like us, he cares for us, he protects us. Why do people find it okay to hurt people like this?

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"I gazed on my victim, and my heart swelled with exultation and hellish triumph; clapping my hands, I exclaimed, 'I too can create desolation; my enemy us not invulnerable; this death will not carry despair to him, and a thousand other miseries shall torment and destroy him."
(Shelley 180)

LC- Reading this quote though the biographical lens,  the reader could view this quote of anger and thirst for vengeance as how she feels about losing her children so early on. Victor's misfortunes could be a representation of Shelley's loss. Losing all but one of her children and her husband, she had spent a great deal of her time grieving. Perhaps the author is using this quote to "vent" out her feelings towards what ever "ultimate being" exists beyond the real world.