Childhood In Frankenstein Research Paper

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Underestimating childhood is a mistake many of us make, as it could just be the best moment of your entire life. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor, a mad scientist, and his monstrous human invention called Frankenstein and the unhappy life they both live from adulthood till death. In Frankenstein, childhood is portrayed as the only time of joy and innocence, periodically blissful until reality takes over.

For both the monster and Victor youth seemed as a time of discovery and intrigue, unrelated to the later evil and revengeful beings they represent once they are adults. Victor relates the thoughts of his youth when stating, "The world, was to me a secret which I desired to divine" (Shelley 29). In many opportunities, Victor states
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