The Olympians feel that man should sacrifice animals to the gods to show respect. Zeus is set to make the decision of which parts of the animals are to go to the humans. Prometheus makes two piles: one of bones covered in animal fat and the other of edible meat covered with ugly animal hide. As expected, Zeus picks the better-looking pile; the bones covered with animal fat. ... Victor succeeds, but when he finishes he sees "the beauty of the dream [vanish], and the breathless horror and disgust fill his heart" (56). ...

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During her stay at the Villa Diodati, Mary Shelley dreamed of a "hideous phantasm of a man stretched out... on the working of some powerful engine... [it shows] signs of life, and stir[s] with an uneasy, half-vital motion" (Buzwell 2, Shelley 19). This was the beginning idea of her world-famous nove...

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His studies turned into the largest science experiment anyone had ever dreamed, Victor created an animate monster out of dead human remains. ... Besides, the strange nature of the animal would elude all pursuit, even if I were so far credited as to persuade my relatives to commence it. ... When Victor sees what he has created, he is immediately repulsed by the monster and hides. "...now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. ... I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beaut...

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Victor delves into the mysteries of nature "One of the phenomena which had peculiarly attracted my attention was the structure of the human frame, and, indeed any animal endued with lifeTo examine the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death. ... He continues to describe his activities " Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?... Only when he completes his creation does he finally realizes the horror of what he has done "Now that I had finished, ...

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It is this and the superiority of our intellect and emotions that separate humans from animals. As humans, we seek to mean in our lives, whereas animals or other specifies simply survive with nothing to look forward to. ... By learning the language, he feels that it will bring him closer to his dream of acceptance, he hopes to master the language in order to inspire the family's affection and trust. ...

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Victor Frankenstein's dream was to "explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation" (pg 47). ... (pg 56)The beauty of this dream however, vanished, and "Breathless horror and disgust filled his heart" (pg 56) when this being was actually came to life. ... The tests of this research have been successfully created on animals, and we have seen cloned sheep, and dogs, plus many more animals. ...

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Rather then showing the creature love, Victor chooses to ignore the fact that he bestowed life upon the creature, " the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart." (85) He leaves the creature for dead just as an irresponsible mother would leave her child at birth. ... Many psychologists have done work o the effects of isolation on humans and animals. ... His creator's dream of greatness turned into a nightmare, and a story of unimaginable effects. ...

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He states, now that I have finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. ... Victor's incestuous dream, where Elizabeth turns into an image of his dead mother, seems to represent his feelings of guilt and betrayal. ...

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Though he "once [his] fancy was soothed with dreams virtue, of fame, and of enjoyment", the creature makes the pessimistic observation that he is condemned to misery. ... In the creature's first days, he is a frightened, dazed animal seeking nothing but sustenance and protection. ...

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