... then - impossibly - into the all-too-literal and present form of the monster itself whom Victor, immediately after this (dream) passage, sees upon awakening from his dream" (Collings 282). Further analyzing the dream, Collings states "clearly the turn from erotic ideal to grotesque body horrifies Victor, and in this respect he is a responsible citizen of the symbolic realm, longing for Elizabeth ... rather than the mother" (Collings 282). Freud defined condensation as having several ... in the light of day. When not with man, he is usually found in a climate of ice. Victor describes even...

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