After she dies, Frankenstein's father "resolved" it "necessary for the completion of" his "education for" him "to be made acquainted with other customs than those of" his "native country" and so he makes plans to study at Ingolstadt. ... As many people were trying to make this gloomy discovery, Shelley played upon this and used a character that eventually does go on to create "life from dead matter". ... Shelley made this family purposefully to illustrate the frustration of the monster; there is the patriarch, De Lacy, his son, Felix, his wife, Agatha and their children, the family was la...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate