... occurrence, but some scientists were trying to do the very same thing Frankenstein was trying to do, but this was a valid, though morbid, route of discovery at the time, and so was felt to be justified. As many people were trying to make this gloomy discovery, Shelley played upon this and used a character that eventually does go on to create "life ... to Frankenstein. Shelley made this family purposefully to illustrate the frustration of the monster; there is the patriarch, De Lacy, his son, Felix, his wife, Agatha and their children, the family was later joined by another, Safie, a Turk...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate