Frankenstein goes to college and studies chemistry and creates a being out of human parts. Realizing the implication of what he has done, he temporarily goes insane. Eventually, he returns home to find his brother has been murdered, and a family friend is on trial, but Victor it was his creation.
This novel is written in a frame story. Frankenstein is relaying his tale of woe to Walton to warn him against attempting a task solely to be recognized as the first to ever do it. This is done to make the story believable, but also to justify the inclusion of small asides in Frankenstein’s story to implant words of wisdom and worry, or comment on the countenance of the listener, whose reactions should parallel those of the reader. While telling of his initial epitomical moment, Frankenstein remarks that “ the wonder and hope which [Watson’s] eyes express”(Shelly 37) show
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Multiple times he relays his great appreciation of nature multiple times saying it was capable of “Bestowing on [Frankenstein] the most delightful sensations” (Shelly 54). He also spends time discussing his desire to be remembered by posterity, his main drive for creating the monster is so that “many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to [him]” (Shelly 38). This desire to be considered, by humanity, a larger than life subject reflects the works of many romantics including John Keats in “When I have fears that I may cease to be.” Shelly’s general descriptions throughout her writing also reflect the romantic style in that many tangents from the plot are taken to describe in depth the natural scene in which the storyline is unfolding. At one time Shelly goes into an in depth description of a thunderstorm that shattered a tree near Frankenstein’s home saying “the thunder burst at once… from various quarters of the heavens.” The storm unfolds as Frankenstein watches with “curiosity and delight” (Shelly