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Victor Frankenstein Biography

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Mary Shelley is an English writer and was born on the 30th of August 1797, in London. She was known for publishing the book “Frankenstein”. She married Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1816. She also wrote several books including Valperga, The Last Man, and the autobiographical Lodore. She died of brain cancer on the 1st of February 1851, in her place of birth, London.

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The protagonist was Victor. However, he was the one who created the antagonist, which was the monster. Victor was ecstatic and proud of himself when he created the monster, but things went out completely wrong. Victor Frankenstein is the main character and he also was the “mad scientist” in the story. The monster was a creation by Victor. He was lonely, ugly, and neglected. Victor still liked him though. “His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God! His yellow skin scarcely …show more content…

Victor was just a typical kid from Geneva. At the end of a childhood spent with Elizabeth and friend Henry Clerval, Victor enters the university of Ingolstadt to study natural philosophy and chemistry. There, he is consumed by the desire to discover the secret of life and, after several years of research, becomes convinced that he has found it. He found a lot of spare body parts and organs then combined them together to create a creature like no other. Victor was so happy when he successfully created the monster. However, things went wrong. Victor’s youngest sibling got killed, even Justine (house helper) got accused of killing him. Then the monster said to Victor to make him a female version of him so he won’t feel lonely. Victor didn’t make one and the monster got mad so he killed Elizabeth the day they were supposed to be married. Let’s go back to the part where Walton saw Victor on ice. He was weak and could barely even move. Victor died and the monster died as well because he has nothing to live for

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