... only in areas that he can relate to his desire to renew life. Victor studies forbidden ancient philosophers in order to explore the forbidden side of his unconscious mind, seeking rebirth for his mother and himself. He describes his work as a storm, "no one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onwards like a hurricane" (58); Victor expresses the extent ... took her away from him. He sees the world as dark and his mother as light, highlighting the power of his deep seeded, primitive feelings of death and longing for rebirth of himself and his mother. Victor spends time alon...

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