Creative Writing: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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“Can you not understand, I am malicious only because I'm miserable? I could be benevolent too, just as most are, if I had the salubrious comfort of another intelligent being. I require for you to bring me a companion of the opposite sex to resolve my melancholy. Only then will I seclude myself from humanity, for my loneliness shall be satiated.”
The odious wretch stood before me, wanting, searching for a change of heart in my eyes. If I said no, he could, and would, come after my loved ones, the very thought of which rendered me timorous. If I agreed to his request, I, debilitated and ashamed once more, would be left to grieve the creation of yet another hideous progeny. Defeated, I agreed to his demand and set off to work on a second monster

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