Africa

             The concept of family in Mary Shelley's book Frankenstein is openly depicted in the first chapter. The chapter starts out by talking about how the family is on of the most distinguished of th Geneva republic, with this being said the story then goes back-wards and describes the marriage story of Caroline. Caroline being the daughter of Beaufort, n honorable, wealthy man, found herself penny-less when her father died. her father's best friend decide to taker her in, and two years later they got married. The couple had one child and adopted another (Elizabeth Lavenza). The concept of family is relevant throughout chapter one because they were family oriented.
             "And when, on the morrow, she presented Elizabeth to me as her promised gift, I, with childish seriousness, interpreted he words literally and looked upon Elizabeth as mine-mine to protect, love, and cherish." (21)
             This quote signifies the love in which Victor gives to Elizabeth, and to everyone he encounters, it seems as though Victor can become attached to something he has no clue about. As in it could be good or bad and it is as though he loves everything.
             Chapter two has a lot to do with an exploration Victor takes. The exploration isn't traveling from place to place, but more so one of which he is exploring the nature of science, especially when he see's the burning tree stump; Victor ventures and finds what he is really interested in. The allusion presented in the chapter is the book of Cornelius Agrippa, Victor studies many books and says,
             "I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight; they appeared to me treasures known to few besides myself."(25)
             This quote signifies how much Victor is interested in the study of science and nature.
             Inspiration in chapter three, is found in the professor M. Waldman. Although Victor has met M. Krempe, he doesn't hold him in as much esteem as he does M. Waldman. Vict
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