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5 pages in length. The writer discusses why Frankenstein created his monster and why he abandoned him, as well as the moral implication of possessing too much scientific knowledge. No additional sources cited.
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form. Within the first chapter, the reader finds Victor possessively obsessed with his adopted sister Elizabeth, who, he claims, was "my more than sister, since till death she was
to be mine only" (Shelley PG). This early indication sets up the reader for further understanding of his obsessive nature, ultimately leading to the conclusion of his character development.
Victor describes this search for knowledge and the way this search takes over his life when he declares: "I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the
philosophers stone and the elixir of life; but the latter soon obtained my undivided attention. Wealth was an inferior object; but what glory would attend the discovery, if I
could banish disease from the human frame, and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death" (Shelley PG). Victors so-called search for life appears to be more an
escape from death, a concept that is clearly illustrated with the manner by which his life unfolded after his mothers death; it is at this point that his fascination with
death becomes morbidly acute. "To examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. I became acquainted with the science of anatomy: but this was
not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human body" (Shelley PG). In looking at the monsters creator
from a psychological point of view, one finds a man deeply troubled by the thoughts of death. It is any wonder, then, that his creation was to also harbor
those same haunted and disturbing characteristics, as well, that manifested in violence and rage? It can readily be argued that Frankensteins creature mirrored his maker in more ways than
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