Friday, February 27, 2009

Class Notes: 2/27/2009


Victor agrees to make the monster a mate. Once he begins to put together the monster, Victor starts having second thoughts. He decides to stop the projects and as a result, the monster kills Henry. The monster threatens to kill another one of his loved ones but Victor interprets this as being killed himself. He is so caught up in his own ego that it makes it difficult for Victor to foresee the monster killing another one of his family members. The monster purposely kills Victor's loved ones because it is the most painful thing possible.

Are Victor and the monster one and the same person?
Does anyone besides Walton actually see the monster?
Why would Victor want his family members to die? It is possible he is getting rid of these people in order to not get too close to him. Victor seems to be taking his time in marrying Elizabeth.

Frankenstein Online: Word search "wretch" 13 occurrences

In Chapter 5, volume 2, Victor identifies with the monster by calling himself a wretch as he admits to killing his three family members.
Throughout the novel, Victor switches back and forth between calling himself a wretch and calling the monster a wretch. In the beginning of the novel, Victor is the dominant one and the monster plays the role of the slave. Towards the end their roles are switched. This explains why Victor's begins to see himself as the wretch.

Is there any reason why a person would want to be alone in the world? Does he worry that others will hurt him?

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