... the age of fifteen, he witnesses a bolt of lightening striking a tree. This 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 ... take care of the younger children, and places to hold on Caroline's wish for Elizabeth and Victor to get married. After the family gets over the loss of their mother, Victor departs for Ingolst...

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... village."(Chapter 11) Racism is an obvious similarity with Frankenstein and today's society. These similarities are shown the moment that the monster is brought into this world. The first thing Victor saw was this horrid and disgusting figure. "His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath" (Chapter 5). At this time when he refers to the monster's skin ... ." (Martin Luther King Jr.) It is seen that in the whole story Mary Shelly (the author) emphasizes many times on horrid, ugly and repugnant things. One of them is when victor went to the university of Ingols...

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• Grade Level: High School