... of what constitutes being human. At birth, Victor's creation reflects the Lockean "blank slate" concept as he begins in a state of innocence, exemplified in the metaphor "my soul glowed with love and humanity." He develops characteristically human traits such as the understanding of values, illustrated in his use of superlatives "I felt the greatest ardor for virtue and abhorrence for vice." However ... where individual needs have been ignored, challenging Reagan's right to detract from social welfare for the benefit of economic superiority. As the motif of eyes, exemplified thr...

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