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Victor's Love In Frankenstein
In chapter four of Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor is completing his intense two-year study to create the monster. As he works, he realizes that the monster would owe him its allegiance. Victor shows his excitement about completing his project. He states his feelings “bore him onwards, like a hurricane…”(55 Shelley). Victor implies that there is a force driving him through his project. We see “like a hurricane”. An uncontrollable, unpredictable, destructive force of nature. Victor says “in the first enthusiasm of success”. Victor has been straight up with what he wants to say throughout the book up until this point. Victor communicates his feelings are steering him toward the first idea of success. Victor states that “Life and death appeared
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