He admits his lack of power, as if he were possessed, by stating, "One of the phenomena which had peculiarly attracted my attention was the human frame, and indeed, any animal endued with life Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome, and almost intolerable." ... He has disturbing dreams, one entailing him embracing Elizabeth, but as he "imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death," and he sees his mother's dead figure before him. ...

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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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• Grade Level: Undergraduate