You can only cover up inner savagery so long before it breaks out, given the right situation. It's better to examine the consequences of a decision before you make it than to discover them afterward. ... Like Simon, he was only an innocent child, and he also dies as a fault of the monster (Beast). Piggy is the most sensible and wise out of those in LOTF, he always looks at the big picture and thinks before he acts. ...

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While one may assume that his repulsion is due to the physical appearance of the wretch (56), Victor had created the monster and thus knew very well what the creature looked like before it awoke. ... In confessing all just before he dies, Victor escapes the stifling secrecy that has ruined his life; likewise, the monster takes advantage of Walton's presence to forge a human connection, hoping desperately that at last someone will understand, and empathize with, his miserable existence. ... William, Justine, and Henryothey all died by my hands (176). ...

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We know, then, that Frankenstein is going to die - Shelley could have written this so that the reader feels pity for him. ... In this way of thinking, Frankenstein no longer appears to be the kind, benevolent man he was before - he shows a side that is cruel and merciless. ... I don't think this practical' aspect had ever occurred to him before, and it made him afraid for his future. ...

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Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus What myths are to the race, dreams are to the individual, for in dreams, as in myths, there also appear those primitive emotions and feelings in the form of giants, heroes, dragons, serpents, and blood sucking vampires; representations of guilt, retribution, and ...

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