1. Intellect, Self-Awareness and Knowledge in Frankenstein
... I had ever seen before, and his flight somewhat surprised me." (Shelley 73) In saying the stranger's flight surprised him, the creature demonstrates he had not yet realized what he was, nor what that made him in relation to other people. The man's frightened response genuinely confused the not-yet-self-aware creature, exemplifying his very basic mental state. However, in retelling his memories ... that he had originally stolen food from the cottagers, "but when I found that in doing this I inflicted pain on the cottagers, I abstained" (Shelley 78) This is the first time the creature exh...
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