Examples Of Sympathy In Frankenstein

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Reading the first volume of Frankenstein, I felt sympathy towards Victor because of his many losses beginning with his mother, and then his brother. During the scenes regarding the death, created a sympathy for Victor because, the passing occurred before he was away in university. Thus, I felt sympathy because of his distance from his family, he cannot but help think about the loss. Therefore, I felt Victor’s creation of his monster, help him grieve from his mother’s loss, because he combines what he loves, for science, and someone whom he could love. The imagery of Frankenstein in chapter three, surprised me, as I expected the standard image of his green skin, rather yellow Shelley describes because the common photographs of Frankenstein in

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