Who Is Victor's Reason In Frankenstein

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Surprisingly, Victor fears on the creature that he creates. Victor, the creator, didn’t feel proud of his creation, he abandons it. He feels scared and disappointed because of the creature’s ugly face and scary eyes. Nevertheless, Victor is abandoning him and unwilling to tell anyone about the creature, this can show that Victor’s shame and regret on hoping to create a new life.

Everyone abandons the theory of Albertus Magnus and Paracelsus. However, Victor Frankenstein is obsessed to alchemy and both professors. Even his father wants Frankenstein to stop his studying on them when he is small. His first college professor also suggests him to restart a new subject because all the stuffs that he has been studying are ancient.

Victor’s goal

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