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Frankenstein Summary Chapter 4

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In chapter 4, of Frankenstein, Victor has the ambition to discover how life begins. He starts to study anatomy and physiology, this pushes him to find out how life works. He is so intrigued by this that he becomes obsessed. Victor Frankenstein states, “Now I was led to examine the cause and progress of this decay, forced to spend days and nights in vaults and charnel-houses” (Shelley 30). In this Victor is describing how he spent his free time. He would go to cemeteries and break into vault and observe and record data on decaying bodies. He does this for the next two years, finally he finds the way to give animation to a lifeless matter. He is so encouraged by his discovery that he wants to actually preform the experiment on a decayed lifeform.
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