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- He burns down the cottage and heads for Geneva and Victor.
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He burns down the cottage and heads for Geneva and Victor. Its innocence and hopes of inclusion in society dashed, the monster is left with only pain, and naturally wants to hurt those who hurt it. That includes human society (symbolized in the house he burns) and its creator, Victor.
- Summary: Chapter 15
- Summary: Chapter 16
- Summary: Chapter 17
- Analysis: Chapters 15–17
While foraging for food in the woods around the cottage one night, the monsterfinds an abandoned leather satchel containing some clothes and books. Eager to learn more about the world than he can discover through the chink in the cottage wall, he brings the books back to his hovel and begins to read. The books include Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s S...
In the wake of this rejection, the monsterswears to revenge himself against all human beings, his creator in particular. Journeying for months out of sight of others, he makes his way toward Geneva. On the way, he spots a young girl, seemingly alone; the girl slips into a stream and appears to be on the verge of drowning. When the monster rescues t...
The monster tells Victorthat it is his right to have a female monster companion. Victor refuses at first, but the monster appeals to Victor’s sense of responsibility as his creator. He tells Victor that all of his evil actions have been the result of a desperate loneliness. He promises to take his new mate to South America to hide in the jungle far...
Paradise Lost,here and throughout the novel, provides a touchstone for the monster as he tries to understand his identity. Comparing himself to both Adam and Satan, perceiving himself as both human and demonic, the monster is poised uncomfortably between two realms. “Like Adam,” he says, “I was created apparently united by no link to any other bein...
All there was at peace. I crept into my hovel, and remained in silent expectation of the accustomed hour when the family arose. That hour passed, the sun mounted high in the heavens, but the cottagers did not appear. I trembled violently, apprehending some dreadful misfortune.
The inside of the cottage was dark, and I heard no motion; I cannot describe the agony of this suspense. "Presently two countrymen passed by, but pausing near the cottage, they entered into conversation, using violent gesticulations; but I did not understand what they said, as they spoke the language of the country, which differed from that of ...
3.8 (6 reviews) What did the creature do to the cottage when he returned and found that the De Laceys had. moved out? Click the card to flip 👆. He set fire to it in a rage. Click the card to flip 👆.
During the exorcism, the boy allegedly slipped one of his hands out of the restraints, broke a bedspring from under the mattress, and used it as an impromptu weapon, slashing the priest's arm and resulting in the exorcism ritual being halted.
Agatha fainted, Safie fled, and Felix hit him with a stick until he left the cottage. What did the creature do to the cottage when he returned and found that the De Laceys had moved out? He set fire to it in a rage.
