Frankenstein describes her as being a loving woman, giving him "tender caresses", guiding him throughout the early years of his upbringing and teaching him right from wrong. ... Frankenstein's description of his condition can be compared with that of a woman giving birth: "Every night I was oppressed by a slow fever, and I became nervous to a most painful degree". ...

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