However, a certain line should be drawn that limits pleasure in order to prevent it from reaching a point of exhaustion, or pain. ... On the contrary, a person may be more inclined to finish a race to achieve a level of satisfaction and sense of fulfillment, even though it may have been an enduring process to get there. ...
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein explores many aspects of the conscious and unconscious mind. Shelley uses light and dark throughout the novel to symbolize the duality of the mind, a representation of Victor's conscious and unconscious mind. Victor's conscious behavior is clouded by his unconscious repressed desires, as he struggles with the Oedipus complex, defined as subconscious feelings in children of intense competition and even hatred toward the parent of the same sex, and feelings of romantic love toward the parent of the opposite sex, if these conflicting feelings are not s...
