Victor's Fate In Frankenstein

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If Victor’s fate tells the story of a moral compass distorted and strained against its purpose, the Creature’s recounts a harrowing tale of someone made without one all together. As an imperfect mockery of humanity, and as an abandoned child of his creator, the Creature is born into a world without guidance and without love. We can see this outlook peppered throughout the recount of his time watching over the de Laceys, he does not know the words ‘justice’ and ‘fairness,’ but he feels cheated of both all the

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