... economist by the name of Adam Smith advanced ideas on the nature of governments and people that dealt with the moral consciousness inherent within people. In Mary Lowe - Evans work, "Frankenstein: Mary Shelley's Wedding Guest," published in 1993, Lowe states, "Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments, which when published in 1759 argued that moral behavior is motivated by sympathy for others ... through Victor when he states, "How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavored to form?" (Frankenstein...

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... was going to do next without fear of being faced with his creation once again. When describing the monster (remember that the book is written from Frankenstein's perspective and so the words Shelley writes reflect his opinion), Shelley uses many words that develop the sense of how horrifying the monster is - these words include wretch', hideous' and my enemy'. Perhaps the worst word ... to have as much distance as possible between himself and his monster. I think this was intended to make you feel sympathy for Frankenstein, like Shelley has tried to do many times now - however, by this ...

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... the darkness of the night, but also that it harms him when he touches it. The presence of fire in the text also brings to mind the full title of Shelley's novel, Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. The Greek god Prometheus gave the knowledge of fire to humanity and was then severely punished for it. Victor, attempting to become a modern Prometheus, is ... Marxist theory, (which developed much later, but which also developed during the industrial revolution), that men embody themselves in their creations (Wolff 153). Many critics have accused Shelley of faulty characterization by gi...

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