... things around him worked but instead encountered adversity from others. Since the villagers chased him away he decides that it would be best to keep himself hidden. In his lone travels he finds the De Lacey family. He is impressed with them and continues to observe them. In his mind only and through constant observation he adopts the family as his ... later in life. In the case of the wretch all he wanted was companionship and someone not unlike himself to confide in. It was not until he continues on his travels that he realizes that this would be impossible. It is total isolation and l...

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... with grief and guilt. Chapter Nine: Victor's emotions are volatile. He at last resolves to find and destroy the creature he brought to life. He begins his travels and travails. Chapter Ten: Travails and travels continue. He meets the creature who has acquired the ability to speak and reason articulately (in a little more than two years time). They have a heated argument, and ... ...

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... more. Mary's childhood was isolated and she suffered the loss of many children. Mary traveled all over Europe in her lifetime; this parallels the creature, Victor and Walton. These extensive travels may have been based on a fear to connect with anyone on a deep level, rooted in her fears of rejection and loss throughout her life. The creature is physically repulsive, anyone ... ...

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In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley a man named Victor Frankenstein travels to the North Pole and meets a man named Robert Walton. Robert helps nurse Victor back to health because the ice and cold dog sledding through the North Pole weakened him. ... ...

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... touring some months in London with his childhood friend Henry,, "Having parted from my friend, I determined to visit some remote spot of Scotland, and finished my work in solitude." Victor travels north to the Orkneys Islands by himself, in order to create a female monster as requested by the monster. The author is demonstrating another eery and mysterious action by Victor, Victor ... ...

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... 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 of lightning illuminated the object ... ...

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... of how scared Victor really is of the monster. He's constantly looking over his shoulder to see if he is being followed, and to top it all off, the creature travels at night. The description of the creature's "dead eyes" is mentioned many times to emphasize the frightening appearance of the monster. His entire appearance adds to the horror as Frankenstein ... ...

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... the creature he commits sin akin to that of Adam and Eve in Eden and is punished in similar fashion. Frankenstein is forced to leave his garden of Europe and travels to the desolate lands of the arctic. Victor is haunted by his own "miserable reflections" (62). Only after he creates his creature does he see the ramifications of playing God ... ...

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... himself as a "poor, helpless, miserable wretch" (98). Everywhere he goes people flee because of his appearance. The creature longs for acceptance. The creature proceeds into the village to "recommence [his] travels" (101), and the creature recalls: "the whole village [is] roused; some flee some attack me" (101). After this incident the creature leaves the village, and retreats to the De Lacey ... ...

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... . After the monster saves the starving family by harvesting their crops, they repay him by running him off their land. This incident repeats itself throughout his journeys. Finally, the creature travels to the cold wastelands of the Arctic Circle. In this uninhabitable place there is no one to persecute him, and Frankenstein maliciously continues to follow his own invention, hoping to ... ...

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... being than Victor. After the abominable creature is given life, and without any love from his master, the creature lives a solitary life in which his only pastime is nature. He travels, learns languages, reads books, and acquires a philosophy of life. However, due to his detestable looks he is feared by everyone and finds peace only in the wilderness where "the unstained ... ...

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