... Lost" and recurring darkness motif symbolizes Victor's blind attraction to science. In searching science's "new and almost unlimited powers", Victor creates the monster in isolation, his moral blindness alliterated in "deep, dark and deathlike solitude". His rejection of the monster is a catalyst for disaster, "demonical corpse to which I had so miserably given life", questioning ... ...

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... this scientific approach to understanding the world. The connotation of "penetrate the secrets of nature" reflects the Romantic concern that specific aspiration was an exploitative violation of nature. Ultimately, the son of Victor's transgressions is revealed through allusions "an eternal hell" describing the psychological consequences of challenging the natural order. Thus, Shelley criticizes the human tendency to disregard nature in favor ... ...

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