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Jun 15 2015 06:52pm
Have an English exam on Wednesday,
have to prepare things for 3 questions. However this one question has me quite stumped.


Question:

How is Victor driven by fear? Show that Victor is more afraid of himself than the monster, and this fear relates to his egoism.



I don't quite understand at which point in the book was he ever afraid of himself and what he was able to do.

He was more afraid of The Monster and then afraid of what the monster would do to his family.

Anybody have any ideas? I need some quotes as well, however I just can't get a grasp on it.
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Jun 15 2015 07:04pm
Obviously there is a sense of fear in Victor when it comes to confronting The Monster if you think of in literal terms. However, The Monster is not so much the literal manifestation of what one might generalize to be a monster but rather a manifestation of Victor's greatest fears. So in that way, Victor is more afraid of himself since it was because of his mind that he was able to create the fearsome Monster. His fear of himself relates to his egoism because it plays with the notion that the only thing Victor is afraid of is what he chooses to be afraid of.

While it may be perceived that Victory is more afraid of The Monster and what it might do to his family, this in fact stems from Victor's fear that he would be unable to protect his family in a moment of danger. Also while it may seem like Victor and The Monster have very little in common, a careful analysis will show that they are very much alike. For example, like Victor, The Monster is a rational and intelligent creature. Both are recluses and shunned by civilization to some extent.

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This post was edited by JDota72 on Jun 15 2015 07:18pm
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