The Role Of The Monster In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Hey Guys! Its your blogger, the Green Goblin back at it again with other blog. The last time we met was when I discussed whether Victor or his creation was the monster in Shelley's novel. As I continue to read more about the novel, it starts to become more clear that Victor's creation isn't a monster. To start off on where we left off, Victor finished his creation in chapter 5 but it turns out that Victor was horrified of what he created. As Victor stated in terror, "Oh! no mortal could support the horror of that countenance. A mummy again endued with animation could not be so hideous as that wretch. I had gazed on him while unfinished; he was ugly then; but when those muscles and joints were rendered capable of motion, it became a thing such

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