Mary Shelley's gothic novel Frankenstein is a tale of an ambitious scientist who succeeds in creating life from deceased body parts. ... When Victor encounters the creature during his walk in the mountains, the creature confronts him and says, "I am thy creature, and I will be even mild and docile to my natural lord and king if thou wilt also perform thy part, the which thou owest me" (Shelley 96). ... However, Victor rejects any idea of love towards the creature, to which the creature responds, "If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear, and chiefly towards you my arch-enemy, beca...

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