... inspires him to the study of natural phenomenon instead of natural philosophy. Victor's parents wish he would study at Ingolstadt, however; Elizabeth falls ill with scarlet fever before he leaves. Caroline, their mother, nurses Elizabeth back to health, but falls ill herself and dies. This leaves Elizabeth the duty to ... falls ill from worrying about the creature. Henry nurses Victor back to his health and contacts Victor's family about his health. Victor then reads a letter Elizabeth has written him. She tells him about how Earnest has grown into a young lad, and William is now five y...

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... the morning as soon as it was light, I wen upon deck and found all the sailors on one side of the vessel, apparently talking to some in the sea."(Letter 4 pg. 18) This was when Walton found Victor on a sheet of ice and only one dog remained alive out of the whole team. As Harold bloom describes it in Frankenstein ... Blooms notes "The next letter, written on August 13th, begins with another declaration of Walton's great affection for his new "guest," a man for whom he feels both respect and compassion, one who spoke affectively and ... is eventually devoted to victor and her family. Sh...

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... by it. The creature is not accepted in human society, and his knowledge of this changes his personality into an angry outsider in search of revenge. Mary Shelley writes Victors story from Victor's point of view and of him telling another man, Walton, about his ghastly tale. Victor meets Walton ... around me caused me also to forget those friends who were so many miles absent, and whom I had not seen for so long a time"(39-40) this describes, a lonely man who has become separated from the world around him. This pursuit of the secret of life is tormenting Victor way ... up all night. The ...

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... was hidden. Furthermore in the novel Jolley has cleverly used the well to symbolise access of the imagination. It is near the well where Hester and Katherine imagines the future by peopling the well with trolls, imprisoned princesses, a handsome prince and finally the 'intruder.' "To amuse ... is from the orphanage, an unwanted, unloved child who has already been rejected by people in the country until her lucky meeting with Hester Harper. Although the two are completely opposites where one believes in happily ever marriages with a prince in shining armour whereas the other believes ... ...

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... of how he came to be in the Artic, chasing the "creature". Frankenstein begins his story in Geneva, at home with his family, during chapter three, his mother dies of scarlet fever after attending to Elizabeth, whom she contracts it from. After she dies, Frankenstein's father "resolved" it "necessary for the completion of" his "education for" him "to be made acquainted ... the family to flee from their cottage and the monster to subsequently burn in down. Now the monster turns his anger toward Frankenstein and heads toward Geneva to wreak his revenge. On the way to Geneva, the monster wa...

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... where a scientist, Aylmer, attempts to remove a hand-shaped birthmark from the near perfect face of his wife Georgiana, but fails when the removal results in her eventual death. However, Hawthorne was not born with such insight and wisdom. After enduring the death of his father, an injury forcing him to adopt reading, an education at Bowdoin, a reflective time at Brook ... Farm with famous literary friends, a marriage, and a daughter, Hawthorne became engulfed in "his consuming interest in the nation's history, particularly the Puritan past; his exploration of the psychological and emoti...

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... pour a torrent of light into our dark world. A new species would bless me as its creator and source, many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me." (Shelley 39) He realizes that he will become famous if he accomplishes the task of bringing a person back to life. The realization that he will become famous turns him into an obsessive ... natural world. He is trying to play the role of god by creating life. As the monster comes alive, it runs away and begins to seek revenge against victor for creating him. Nature is getting revenge on him by killing his brother and setting ...

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... his now haunted apartment. He is later relieved to find that it appears that the monster is gone, but is unsure if it will return. Victor finds a letter from his father telling him that Victor's youngest brother, William, has been murdered. Saddened, shocked, and apprehensive, Victor departs immediately for Geneva. By the time ... man the rest of the family returns and drives the monster out of their home. In the wake of this rejection, the monster swears to revenge himself against all human beings, his creator in particular. Journeying for months out of sight of others, he makes his way...

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... a new society, and it is during Shelley's book that this is allowed to happen. Women during the nineteenth century had little choice but to obey their father's and then their husbands. Women announcing her intention to remain single would attract social disapproval. Romanticism began in the early nineteenth century and dramatically changed the way people saw themselves and nature around them ... lonelier and disliked. Rousseau's noble savage idea can be linked to the fact that the creature first was innocent, felt emotions and pain just like every human, until he seeks revenge to Franke...

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... "glory if he could banish disease from the human frame and render man invulnerable" (p. 26). This idea becomes more solidified when his beloved mother dies from exposure to scarlet fever. He pursues science and knowledge to gain these secrets. He then begins to experiment with bodies and electricity and in doing so creates a monster! But Victor is repulsed by ... he wants to hurt the master who has abandoned him to the cruel world that is repulsed by him. The monster kills Victor's brother, friend and bride. Whereas Victor vows revenge to destroy the monster that he created. The story s...

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... how it happened: "He broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing the cane, and carrying on like a madman." In his letter addressed to Mr. Utterson, Dr. Jekyll relates the facts about his creation. Jekyll admits that all there is about Mr. Hyde is evil and that "even as ... Adam and cursed like Satan, he is painfully aware of his creator's utter disdain for him. In the wake of his rejection, the Creature swears to revenge himself against all human beings, his creator in particular. He kills William, Henry Clerval and Elizabeth because they are very close and sp...

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... , and the tree was split in half. He realized the power of electricity, and wanted to learn further about it. The second thing was the death of his mother, from scarlet fever. These two things made him want to study science, and develop new things in the scientific field. Victor then decided to move to Ingolstadt, and study at the University ... Clerval talked, and Clerval told Victor that he came to take Victor home with him, because the family missed him. Victor did not decide to go home, until he received a letter from his Father telling him that his younger brother William was murder...

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... son, William, must be assumed to have been born around this time. It is time for Victor to take his scientific mind to university, but Elizabeth lies near death of scarlet fever. She is nursed back to health by Victor's mother who subsequently succumbs to the same disease. After an acceptable period of mourning and what seems an interminable series of ... rooms, whereupon find that the monster has disappeared; he suffers the first of several complete mental and physical breakdowns. Chapter Six: After careful attendance by Clerval, Frankenstein revives and receives a letter from Elizabet...

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... the devastating results of his long awaited toils. Again Victor plays the role of God when the death of his brother, William, occurs. Victor reads of his brother's death through a letter from his father, and travels back home. He is very troubled by his brother's death and when he nears his home, he stops to watch a lightning storm. Victor says, "A flash ... we are toward the end of the story, and Victor still plays the role of God, which brings him madness of the mind. Victor says, "I was hurried away by fury; revenge alone endowed me with strength and composure And now my wonderings b...

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... , while compassionate and accommodating, is also quite complex. This is evidenced by his perceptions and reactions to Victor's story.codc dcr sedcdcw ordc dck indc fodc dc. In his second letter to Margaret, Walton writes that he truly desires a friend, the absence of the object of which I now feel as a most severe evil (18). With this, Shelley seems to be foreshadowing ... his letters to Margaret, where Walton displays his affections and emotions. He is able, then, to remain connected to the feminine. These qualities of Walton are reflected in his first letter to Margaret, where he state...

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... develops characteristics and qualities resembling those of a human being. The monster is able to sympathize, empathize, crave knowledge, feel lonely, become depressed, want revenge and, like humans, commit unspeakable crimes because of the trauma he is exposed to and left to deal with alone the minute Frankenstein abandons him. ... from his own creation the minute it came to life. Frankenstein embodies the characteristics of a monster when his obsession shifts towards viciously seeking revenge of his creation. In his finals words he talks to Walton and expresses to him his dying request. ...

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... they share somewhat of the same experience. Both of them are excessively ambitious and both attempt, as Victor is successful, to defy the limitations of man. Walton writes in his letter to his sister: "I have no friend Margaret: there will be none to participate my joy" (8). Walton truly desires a friend for companionship and company. He desires a being that can understand him ... your heart, so that you curse the hour of your birth" (119). Besides paralleling his horrible birth with Victor, the creature is willing to give his life to a destiny of revenge if he cannot receive those symp...

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... (page 42) Frankenstein's monster is left with an unfulfilled desire for a companion to share his miserable life with. Society is cruel, and the monster seeks revenge upon his creator by killing all of Frankenstein's loved ones. The theme I have described is most definitely relevant to other readers my age. Many people in ... miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on." (page 204) In some cases, these unaccepted people may seek revenge on society, just as the monster does. If more people followed by the old saying, "Don't judge a book by its...

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... " (138). Victor not taking responsibility for his actions refuses the creatures demands without considering the consequences. The creature states that if Victor does not accept his demand; he will seek revenge. The creature swears: "I will work at your destruction , nor finish until I desolate your heart, so that you shall curse the hour of your birth (139). After being moved by the ... to "inflict this curse upon everlasting generations?" (159). Realizing that he cannot do this again, Victor destroys the creation, and the creature's hopes. The creature full of rage declares his revenge:...

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... , the monster has superhuman strength and speed, which only further separates him from the norm. The one thing that he is not born with is his personality and desire for revenge. Just like a human's personality, the monsters" is shaped though experience and time. Only after he is isolated and rejected by society does the creature show his rage towards humans through ... especially his creator, whom he feels is to blame for his rejection. After many unpleasant attempts to find companionship, the creature acts out and takes revenge on society. Within the novel, there are two major acts of ...

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... an outcast and he doesn't belong to human society. He experiences alienation from society, an unfulfilled desire for a companion with whom to share his life, and an ongoing struggle for revenge. It shows that in his creation he had to deal with the struggle of injustice and so he wants to bring injustice to his creator, Victor. It is ironic because ... . Even now my blood boils at the recollection of this injustice." Page 204 Walton remembers the words that the monster says to him over Victor's dead body, in his final letter to his sister. This eruption of angry self-pity as the monster ...

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... his creature , leaving him helpless and all alone. By doing this Victor ignites the rage within the monster, and soon the monster begins to seek revenge. Because Victor Frankenstein creates this monster, he is a part of the tragedy the monster causes. Throughout the story Victor becomes just as much a ... you turned from me in disgust?" (115). The creatures desperation is soon overcome by his overwhelming need to seek revenge on the person who has caused him all his pain. The creatures revenge was targeted at Victor, but ultimately was suffered by all those whom Victor loved most. "From ...

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... his creator's life, both emotionally and physically. He states "(129). From that moment he declared everlasting war against the species, and more than all, against Frankenstein." The act of plotting revenge upon an entire species can only be displayed by an emotionless monster. The monster declared that he would personally make his victims miserable. The monster did not try to control ... his anger because he admits "(78) The first time the feelings of revenge filled my bosom, I did not strive to control them, I bent my mind towards injury and death." The creature realized his feelings ...

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... different reasoning for their sympathy towards Frankenstein. The audience of Mary Shelley's era would sympathise with Frankenstein for reasons of him losing loved ones and the unsuccessful attempt at acquiring revenge. In the instance of the modern day audience sympathy towards Frankenstein would have been created by the fact that Frankenstein has compromised his integrity and has devoted his life to ... revenge and hate. Although the two audiences different views lead to different character developments of Frankenstein and his creation they would have arrived at the some final conclusi...

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... when it seemed Frankenstein and the monster had developed a relationship things turned for the worst. Frankenstein's late decision to discontinue the creation of a mate for the monster fueled a vow of revenge upon Victor. "Shall each man, cried he, "find a wife for his bosom, and each beast have his mate, and I be alone? I had feelings of affection, and they were requited by ... will fall which must ravish from you your happiness forever. Are you to be happy, while I grovel in the intensity of my wretchedness? You can blast my other passions; but revenge remains-my tyrant and tormentor,...

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