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Epilogue To Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Even now, he haunts me. He had stood there, only a few meters away from me. His eyes were locked on mine, and I couldn't look away. I couldn't move. I wanted to, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't tear my eyes off from those demonic, red, unblinking eyes of the creature. It felt like I had been petrified ... or it could have been the immense fear that I was feeling. I wasn’t able to think straight. The only thing I could focus on was the creature. The only emotion I felt was fear. No hope, no fighting spirit. It felt as all of my little hope was gone. I had no way to know how long we both stood there, but to me, it felt like a decade. If the creature didn't kill me, I was sure of all the suspense. I didn’t even know how I got there …show more content…

Instead of running away, the first thing I did notice was his ... smile. It was unnaturally big and wide, so that it almost split his face apart. There was no possible way this creature could be human. No creature often seen on this earth can open their mouth that wide without damaging their being. The other thing that I noticed about his smile was the stained teeth sticking out of it. There were thousands of large, very sharp canines. They were teeth that seemed to belong to a shark. There also happened to be a red sticky substance dripping from it. I knew what it was, but I chose to think a bit more positively, "Maybe it was strawberry milkshake or jam?". His eyes were glued back to my shaking body. He watched my every move with awe. There was a strange glint in his eye that I chose to ignore. His body gave off a menacing aura which sent shivers down my spine. It was incredibly foggy. The fog was so thick that I could barely see the outline of a house in the distance, and though it seemed a bit cliche, it was quite the eerie day. I remember stories, stories that my grandfather used to tell me. He used to say,”Oh, my young boy, there were days of such fog, the menaces of down below dared come into this countryside. Back in the days of my childhood, I used to dream of winning glory by conquering these.” I used to have nightmares of these creatures that he told me of, for he never seemed

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