... form the ideal mental state that the creature needs. They drive him to a point where "the past blotted from his memory, the present was tranquil, and the future gilded by bright rats of hope and anticipation of joy" (119). Consequently, the desire to live with company arrives. Unlike Victor, the creature fears loneliness and has a strong wish for a partner. When the ... a creature as horrible as himself. Such creature, he believes, would not turn his back on him since they long the same company. He finds his creator and is "consumed by a burning passion which [Victor] can only gratify" ...

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