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Frankenstein: Chapter 3
After he had been employed thus about an hour, the young woman joined him, and they entered the cottage together. My departure for Ingolstadt, which had been deferred by these events, was now again determined upon. I uncovered it, and a gentle breeze quickly fanned it into a flame. My mother was dead, but we had still duties which we ought to perform; we must continue our course with the rest and learn to think ourselves fortunate whilst one remains whom the spoiler has not seized. My place of refuge was constructed of wood, but so low, that I could with difficulty sit upright in it. The ambition of the inquirer seemed to limit itself to the annihilation of those visions on which my interest in science was chiefly founded. The theme of scientific idealism is evident and made complicated through Victor's reluctant work on the female monster.
In one corner, near a small fire, sat an old man, leaning his head on his hands in a disconsolate attitude. In my joy I thrust my hand into the live embers, but quickly drew it out again with a cry of pain. But these are not thoughts befitting me; I will endeavour to resign myself cheerfully to death and will indulge a hope of meeting you in another world. He asked me several questions concerning my progress in the different branches of science appertaining to natural philosophy. He also gave me the list of books which I had requested, and I took my leave. Sometimes he could not even enter the laboratory for days. He learns about the social hierarchy, gender roles, family relationships, and death, and the more knowledge he gains, the more loneliness he suffers.
The blind man accepts him into his house and displays a glimpse of love to the monster. Here he finds a kindred spirit in his teacher, who does not ridicule his study of Cornelius Agrippa or Paracelsus but instead sees some value in their work. I had sufficient leisure for these and many other reflections during my journey to Ingolstadt, which was long and fatiguing. I tried, therefore, to dress my food in the same manner, placing it on the live embers. Most importantly Shelley compares Victor through the metaphor to "something utterly destroyed".
I, who had ever been surrounded by amiable companions, continually engaged in endeavouring to bestow mutual pleasure— I was now alone. I passed three days in these rambles, and at length discovered the open country. The monster does not let the family know that he is living there. I requested his advice concerning the books I ought to procure. She afterwards continued her work, whilst the young man went into the garden, and appeared busily employed in digging and pulling up roots.
They penetrate into the recesses of nature and show how she works in her hiding-places. After having made a few preparatory experiments, he concluded with a panegyric upon modern chemistry, the terms of which I shall never forget: "The ancient teachers of this science," said he, "promised impossibilities and performed nothing. When they reached Perth, Victor—conscious of his "horrible curse"—suggested that he and Henry part. As he went on I felt as if my soul were grappling with a palpable enemy; one by one the various keys were touched which formed the mechanism of my being; chord after chord was sounded, and soon my mind was filled with one thought, one conception, one purpose. In the university whither I was going I must form my own friends and be my own protector.
I need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable evil, the void that presents itself to the soul, and the despair that is exhibited on the countenance. How strange, I thought, that the same cause should produce such opposite effects! Aware of the "horror" of his actions, Victor cannot feel excitement or joy in his work. I walked, and, I believe, descended; but I presently found a great alteration in my sensations. With a confusion of ideas only to be accounted for by my extreme youth and my want of a guide on such matters, I had retrod the steps of knowledge along the paths of time and exchanged the discoveries of recent inquirers for the dreams of forgotten alchemists. That night the creature hears, without understanding, a book read aloud for the first time, which hints at the importance books and reading will soon take on in his life.
The day of my departure at length arrived. However, it is more likely that the quotation - "Haunted him. They have acquired new and almost unlimited powers; they can command the thunders of heaven, mimic the earthquake, and even mock the invisible world with its own shadows. . I observed this also, and contrived a fan of branches, which roused the embers when they were nearly extinguished. It also echoes the ill effects that isolating himself from his loved ones has had on Victor, first in Ingolstadt when he was building the creature and now in Belrive as he suffers his secret alone.
He grants the Monster a certain dignity of equal treatment in this regard. The young woman sits down beside him, and he begins to play a beautiful, melancholy tune on a guitar. If you've been wondering what the creature is thinking and feeling, you'll find out in Volume 2, Chapters 3 to 5 of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Now my desires were complied with, and it would, indeed, have been folly to repent. He decides to help them by gat. Instead, he tried to forget what he had done, and his selfishness resulted in tragedy. It was very different when the masters of the science sought immortality and power; such views, although futile, were grand; but now the scene was changed.
The wonder the creature feels when he watches the moon rise for the first time furthers the association between himself and the moon that began the night Victor brought him to life. He finally sees a hut, attached to a cottage and takes refuge there, "from the inclemency of the weather and from. One was old, with silver hairs and a countenance beaming with benevolence and love: the younger was slight and graceful in his figure, and his features were moulded with the finest symmetry; yet his eyes and attitude expressed the utmost sadness and despondency. When night came again, I found, with pleasure, that the fire gave light as well as heat; and that the discovery of this element was useful to me in my food; for I found some of the offals that the travellers had left had been roasted, and tasted much more savoury than the berries I gathered from the trees. She joined the hands of Elizabeth and myself. First, Victor rejects his appearance, oblivious to the being on the inside, now, complete strangers are neglecting him. Of course, as with the male monster,.
