Prologue To Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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In a forested woodland area, a being sat alone. Shrouded by darkness it appeared as if the creature was part of the night that surrounded it. A boy stumbled forewords upon noting the creature’s presence. It appeared as if the boy had no control of his limbs as he was forced towards the creature. His heart pounded against his ribcage as he was directed towards the hulking being made of the endless ebony void. “What are you?” The boy stammered helplessly. The creature forced the boy to sit on the mossy, damp, forest floor before speaking.
“I am a creature of darkness, the unknown if you will. I feed on the beliefs society grasps in tightly clenched fists that they have a purpose,” the creature laughed, “it’s funny actually, humans having
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So fixed in society’s beliefs, you actually think your purpose is to be the ideal man when you grow up? Pathetic. That belief is the reason that humans like you don’t have a purpose. You don’t deserve one. If you had a purpose you would obsess over it. All of humanity is obsessed with purposes and roles, when you should really be worrying about creatures like me. We control your fickle desires and bring chaos to society. However, you never notice, because you are too focused on something that isn’t there.” The Unknown licked the tears off of it’s ebony phalanges. A wicked grin soon stretched itself across the creature’s grotesque …show more content…
I simply wait for small beings like you to stumble across me. Then, I simply take over your entire being. Your entire essence will be mine. I then ensure that I never fulfill your belief in your purpose. Negativity is the easiest human emotion to evoke, you know? Then, I make sure that I have offspring and give them a life with insecurities and lack of a purpose. The more I do this, the more humans lose their purpose. They never achieve anything, and I grow stronger, hidden in the shadows of every mortal’s mind. Though, they do not know me as The Unknown, they simply know me as negativity. I believe I’ve been called an existential crisis before. Now it is your turn. You will be my next physical form. Goodbye.” The Unknown said simply and snapped the boy’s head back, opening his mouth and crawling down his throat. Completely taking over the male’s body, it stood up and flexed it’s new fingers. It then walked determinedly back to the boy’s home. To onlookers, it simply looked like a dirtied boy with a wicked grin stretched across his

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