"My mother had much desired to have a daughter, but I continued to be their single offspring" (p 42). ... As Victor recounts this event to Walton, Victor shares "when the lapse of time proves the reality of the evil, then the actual bitterness of grief commences" (50). ... Lacan tells us that the oedipal stage occurs closely with the time words begin to be used as symbols to represent things, the linguistic/symbolic order. ... Victor spends time alone with the dead, seeing himself dead at some unconscious level. ... Doctors of the time prescribed it for almost every aliment. ...

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• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate