... any love nor compassion. He uses a vehement tone while addressing the Creature, emphasizing how strong Victor's hatred is towards the Creature. Even after the Creature explains how he aided the De Lacey family with their farm work and his feelings of horror while listening through the Ruins of Empires, Victor is still unable to look past the ugliness of the Creature ... and family, his focus on his own societal image and reputation highlights how his decisions are driven by self-centered, greedy desires. Victor's egocentricity contrasts the Creature's helping of the De Lacey family, des...

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... water. The Creature lives his whole life without love; he has no one to love him. Ice is a symbol of coldness, absence of love. The Creature feels love for the De Lacey family, in part, based on a fantasy that he creates for himself (as Victor's possesses a fantasy of his mother); he views them as his family unit. He desires to belong ... , he expects that he will be able to convince them to view him as the "good spirit" and overlook his obvious abnormality (105). The De Lacey's rejection of the Creature is the second rejection he experiences, (Victor's [as the Creature's birth mother] r...

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... words, by being denied human contact in the face of Victor's rejection of him, the creation has been made 'a monster'. This is also demonstrated by the actions of the De Lacey family and their reaction upon seeing the monster's face. This reinforces John Locke's view that humans are shaped by experience, rather than being innately destined to misery, and Jean ... ...

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... those who are different, whether physically or based on their race and religious background. Society strongly judged others based on their image, as shown through the creature's encounter with the De laceys. When he revealed himself to the blind man, he was welcomed as a good person, for the blind man could not see the hideous image of the creature. It was ... ...

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 Gothic literature explores the natural human sensation of helplessness in the face of the unknown. By comparing Frankenstein with at least one other Gothic text, discuss this view of Gothic literature.' In the novels 'Frankenstein' and 'The Woman in Black' helplessness in the face of the unknown is displayed in multiple ways, one ... ...

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