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This 5 page paper discusses the confrontation of Victor Frankenstein with his creation in Chapter Ten of Mary Shelley's novel. Thematic elements are presented, explained, analyzed and quoted from the text. A short synopsis of Chapter ten is offered. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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though Victor reaches god-like status, he still doesnt have the God-like knowledge that surely must come with the job. As a result, then, Victor does not care for his own
creation and in the end rejects him. In Chapter ten (book two, chapter two of older versions) Victor finds himself face to face with the monster as he is hiking
in the mountains. In this classic confrontation, creator with the created, some of the most poignant themes and motifs can be found. Victor, having gone to the mountains to sort
through his own inner demons, determines to go for a hike in the valley of Chamounix. The walk seems to be doing him some good at first as he is
awed by the landscape. Eventually, though, he returns to the theme of disorder and destruction. He loses his earlier light heartedness and instead begins to feel as if the mountains
are about to fall down on him. When he reaches the summit of one of the tallest glaciers his ambivalence is expressed when he says: "Wandering spirits, if indeed ye
wander, and do not rest in your narrow beds, allow me this faint happiness, or take me, as your companion, away from the joys of life"(Shelley Ch.10). As
if in answer to his call, Victor looks up to see the figure of a man approaching him. It is the monster. Despite the terrible curses that Victor throws at
the monster, including a threat to kill him, the monster remains calm. He explains where he has been since leaving the doctor. His tale includes that of finding a
French farmhouse where a blind man teaches him the works of Milton, Plutarch and Goethe. He tells the doctor that he learned the ways of language and of humanity. With
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