The story begins with Walton, a sailor, telling his sister he had finally met a true friend named Victor. ... She becomes more than a sister to Victor; she is his playmate as well as his one true friend. Henry Clerval is another true friend that Victor had in school. ... This is when his friend, Henry Clerval, comes to visit him, but Victor falls ill from worrying about the creature. ... The creature wants to take him and raise him as his companion and his friend, but the boy resists. ...

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Victor stubbornly views science as the only true route to new knowledge and instills all his time into his studies, selfishly forgetting his family and friends in Geneva. ... While walking in town, Victor sees his dear friend Henry Clerval alight from a carriage. Ecstatic, he instantly forgets his own troubles.Almost like reverting back to childhood Victor is joyous and takes his friend back to his apartment and he soon falls ill from fatigue. ...

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Many would assume that this monster was evil from the very start, but even he recognizes that this was not true. ... Next, is Victor's long time friend, Harry, and finally the creature kills Victor's beloved Elizabeth. ...

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He killed William, Frankenstein's younger brother, Elizabeth, his wife, and also Henry, his best friend. This beast possessed all the necessary characteristics of a true monster: unnatural and extreme deformities, wickedness, lack of humanity for other humans, and the ability to kill. ... The creature was a true accident and mistake of science and could not have been held accountable for his actions. ...

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Is it true that the monster is treacherous? ... Ordinary on the outside, he may be the true "monster" inside, as he is eventually consumed by an obsessive hatred of his creation. ... In his second letter to Margaret, Walton writes that he truly desires a friend, the absence of the object of which I now feel as a most severe evil (18). ... Walton wants a friend who would have affection enough for me to endeavor to regulate my mind (19). ...

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Bibliotherapy of the Creature I saw a creature, naked, bestial, which, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, and ate of it. I said, "Is it good friend?" "It is bitter-bitter," he answered; "But I like it because it is bitter and because it is my heart." - Stephen ...

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So focussed on his grasp towards knowledge, Victor's heart was confined from the true essentials which were needed to fulfill it. ... Victor's impressions upon himself became presumptuous, as he abused his knowledge, and he was unable to achieve the glories without the help of a friend. ...

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Throughout the book, Shelly uses the words, "friend, monster, daemon, vile insect, enemy, and abhorred devil" to describe the monster. ... Are scientists, like the ones at CloneAid for example, true scientific pioneers whose work will result in the extent, or even the perpetuality, of human life or are they simply a modern, modern Prometheus? ...

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However, beneath Victor's elegant and philanthropic surface lies a more unattractive trait, which makes readers doubt whether his true intentions with the creation really were as noble as he makes them out to be. ... The Monster does commit heinous crimes: he kills William, frames Justine for the murder of William (which results in her being condemned to death), murders Victor's best friend Henry Clerval, and does not spare Victor's wife, Elizabeth. ...

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A friend of his, Jefferson Hogg, describes Percy Shelley's early experiments with galvanism, which solidly makes the link between Mary's husband and Victor Frankenstein: Percy Shelley proceeded, with much eagerness and enthusiasm, to show me the various instruments, especially the electrical apparatus; turning round the handle very rapidly, so that the fierce, crackling sparks flew forth; and presently standing on the stool with glass feet, he begged me to work the machine until he was filled with the fluid [ ].... Indeed he may be regarded as true `monster` of the piece, as he i...

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Frankenstein's wife, brother, friend, and father die by the hands of his creation. ... Even after the death of his brother William, friend Justine and lifetime companion Clerval, he remains so entirely fixated on himself that he cannot even comprehend the possibility that the monster would not target him when given the threat: "I shall be with you on your wedding-night." ...

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He was determined that everyone would love his creation and he would be praised for having created life - and only when he succeeded did he see the true horror of his vision. I also think this was done to show some sort of prejudice message, or a bullying message, that runs true throughout the whole book - Shelley may have been trying to get the message across that appearances can be deceiving, and people shouldn't be judged by what they look like. ...

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