Frankenstein: Unlimited Quest for Knowledge Destroys Victor's Life

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create life, collecting materials from the dissecting room and slaughterhouse, he breaks his ties with his friends and family, becoming increasingly isolated" (Penguin Group). "My cheek had grown pale with study, and my person had become emaciated with confinement..." (Shelley 40). Once Victor brings the monster to life, and lays his eyes on the monster, is when he started to become ill. The more that Victor excels in his endeavors, and brings his project to life, the more his own body begins to decay. Similarly, his mental state is equally in danger, despite his awareness of his deteriorating body, his obsession is so intense that he is not capable of tearing himself away after only months of his labor. It takes Victor two years to complete the monster (Novels for Students).When one spends years thinking of one goal and one goal alone with hardly social contact or much bonding with other humans, he or she will eventually go mad. Dr. Frankenstein's madness does not even end upon ...

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