... Victor had created the monster and thus knew very well what the creature looked like before it awoke. Therefore, his terror seems to represent a sort of subconscious self-vision. Victor's incestuous dream, where Elizabeth turns into an image of his dead mother, seems to represent his feelings of guilt and betrayal. By ... this, Shelley seems to be foreshadowing the nature of Victor's downfall. Walton wants a friend who would have affection enough for me to endeavor to regulate my mind (19). While it is obvious that he wants a companion to quell his loneliness at sea, it seems from this s...

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