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The meeting of Frankenstein's parents after Beaufort's death is crucial because they are merry, and joyful; setting up Victor's joyful childhood.
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The adoption of Elizabeth gives Victor this sense of security for her setting up the two for potential romance.
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Victor comes across a textbook by Cornelius Agrippa and becomes extremely interested in his findings, even basing them as his own
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This gave him the final push to read and study mathematics and science. It gave him his foundations.
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After his mother's death she tells Frankenstein that he must marry his adopted sister. From this he gains a stronger sense of protection for his sister and may have been a little twisted by his Mother's death
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After his Mother's death he resumes to leave his home to study the science that he cherishes so deeply
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He obtains a small fever and such because creating the monster is taking over his life.
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Victor reveals the reasons for his study to the professor and shows his ambitiousness
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So, here in the 5 chapters we see the ambitious, glory-hungry Victor we come to know reduced to a grief stricken who is plagued by his realization of the line he has just crossed.
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Victor reanimates the monster and is horrified. Realizing the hideous features and the taboo accomplished Victor runs away.
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Clerval coming to the university initially to study encounters Victor in his sickened state and nurtures him back to health
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"One of my first duties ... was to introduce Clerval to the several professors of the university" pg.65
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"William is dead! that sweet child, whose smiles delighted and warmed my heart, who was gentle, yet so gay! Victor, he is murdered!" (pg 69)
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" Justine was called on for her defense. As the trial proceeded, her countenance had altered "
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"Dear Victor, banish these dark passions remember the friends around you, who centre all their hopes in you..." (Pg89)
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"I demand this from you. Hear my tale; it is long and strange, and the temperature of this place is not fitting to your fine sensations; come to the hut upon the mountain." (Pg. 97)
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"The family, after having been thus occupied for a short time, extinguished their lights and retired, as I conjectured, to rest." Pg. 104
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"they placed food before the old man when they reserved none for themselves." (Page 106)
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"Felix seemed ravished with delight when he saw her, every trait of sorrow vanished from his face and it instantly expressed a degree of ecstatic joy." (Page: 112)
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"The father of Safie had been the cause of their ruin... for some reason which I could not learn, he became obnoxious to the government" (
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We see another transition of this self pity to a conflicted mental state splitting Victor between the decision of treating his creation as a monster or giving it an amount of Happiness to repent for the misery he put the Monster through.
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The Ugly monster is looking for refuge in the family He receives instead a beating and disgust instead.
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Coming from Delacey's abandonment the Monster looks for relationships and ends up encountering a Frankenstein. He kills him.
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Frakenstein is asked by the monster to create a spouse for him
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He is going to finally build the monster's spouse
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He is making the Woman, but he is not driven by ambition this time but fear
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Victor destroys his creation because of his realization of the possibilities with two monsters
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Victor has dealt with the internal conflict and is now worrying about the consequences of his choices.
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"I soon learned that Mr.Kirwin had shown me extreme kindness. He had caused the best room in the prison to be prepared for me" pg.170
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"I am the cause of this- I murdered her. William, Justine, and Henry- They all died by my hands." pg 176
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"She was there, lifeless and inanimate, thrown across the bed, her head hanging down and her pale and distorted features half covered by her hair." (Pg.186)
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"when you speak of new ties and fresh affections, think you that any can replace those who are gone" pg.201
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He is consumed with rage and despair when he realizes he is the one to blame for his mistakes. Then he dies. His mental state is literally nothing right now nothing. In a way you could say peaceful, but it's nothing but oblivion.
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"The die is cast; I have consented to return if we are not destroyed." pg.233