... again abandoned by someone she trusted. In the end, Blanche could no longer cope with harsh reality, and as a result she took refuge in a "make believe- world of fantasy and dreams. In order to better understand blanche's fantasies, one must retrace the events to the root of the problem. As a young girl blanche married Allen Grey, who at the time was ... nature! Not one particle, no! Oh, if he was just ordinary! - Just - plain - but good and wholesome, but - No -. There's something downright - bestial--about him! . . . He acts like aan animal, has an animal's habits! There's even someth...

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... into a refined being of self-examination. Furthermore, the creature realizes he has moved beyond the naiveté of his first days. Though he "once [his] fancy was soothed with dreams virtue, of fame, and of enjoyment", the creature makes the pessimistic observation that he is condemned to misery. The beast culminates the entirety of his human development in a single ... , his humanity becomes increasingly evident. However, the creature's ongoing development of his humanity mirrors the maturation process of most human beings. In the creature's first days, he is a frightened, dazed animal se...

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