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Frankenstein's family goes to Italy and finds Elizabeth. They adopt her. pg. 34
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Beaufort dies, and Victor's dad marries his daughter Caroline. pg. 32
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Inspirited by this wind of promise, my daydreams become more fervent and vivid. I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight. There, Margaret, the sun is forever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon and diffusing a perpetual splendour. (pg 11)
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At age 15, Victor sees a tree destroyed by lightning (electricity). He is amazed. pg. 40
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They meet as kids in Geneva. pg. 37
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I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me, whose eyes would reply to mine. You may deem me romantic, my dear sister, but I bitterly feel the want of a friend" pg 18
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At age 17, he goes to university. pg.42
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Victor's mother dies from scarlet fever and asks Victor and Elizabeth to marry.
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But success SHALL crown my endeavours. Wherefore not? Thus far I have gone, tracing a secure way over the pathless seas, the very stars themselves being witnesses and testimonies of my triumph. Why not still proceed over the untamed yet obedient element? What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man? (pg 25
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He is gravedigging and advancing his studies. pg. 50
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He is going mentally insane trying to complete s project. pg. 52
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" a being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature, sat in the sledge and guided the dogs. We watched the rapid progress of the traveller with our telescopes until he was lost among the distant inequalities of the ice." pg 27
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The monster is created after 2 years, and Victor is terrified. pg 57
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After being scared, Victor becomes ill and Henry helps him back to health. pg 59
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At the beginning of chapters 1 and 2, Victor is an innocent child, just learning about science. Towards the later chapters, Victor becomes more obsessive and emotional. He is mentally unstable and dramatic about creating his monster.
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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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"I was firmly convinced in my own mind that Justine, and indeed every human being was guiltless of the " (pg 77)
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" I did confess, but I confessed a lie. I confessed, that I might obtain absolution; but now that falsehood lies heavier at my heart than all my other sins. The God of heaven forgive me! Ever since I was condemned, my confessor has besieged me; he has threatened and menaced, until I almost began to think that I was the monster he said I was." (pg. 83)
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"My wanderings were directed towards the valley of Chamounix" pg.90
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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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"I found a fire which had been left by some wandering beggars, and was overcome with delight at the warmth I experienced from it." Pg. 99
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After the creature realizes that the family that he is stealing from is in fact being saddened by their poverty the creature helps Felix by gathering wood and putting it on their doorstep so that Felix won't have to do it. "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" (pg. 117
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Over the course of these chapters, Victor gets a rude awakening when he realizes what he created. He sees what the monster is capable of doing, and becomes guilty.
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Knowing that De Lacey is blind, the monster tries to talk to him. pg 127
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The monster saves a little girl from drowning, but a man thinks he is attacking her, and shoots him. pg 135
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He says that Victor owes him a mate, so they can live peacefully together alone. pg. 140
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He goes into nature for 2 years to create the girl monster, he bring Henry with him. pg. 149
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He is procrastinating the creation, and leaves Henry with a friend in Scotland to work alone. pg. 156
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He worries that the new monster could cause more deaths on his hands, and destroys it. pg. 165
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Victor becomes more aware of the monsters feelings, and at first wants to help him. He then comes to his senses and destroys the monster's mate, worried with guilt. He is becoming more obsessive and too deep in his mind to thing correctly.
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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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The die is cast; I have consented to return if we are not destroyed. Thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; I come back ignorant and disappointed. It requires more philosophy than I possess to bear this injustice with patience. (pg. 218
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At this point in the novel, Victor has been through a lot, and just ultimately wants to stop his friends and family from being killed. He has gone crazy trying to avoid the monster, and just wants to keep him from doing anymore harm.