Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Mutability (Frankenstein)

"The path of my departure was free". (97)

Victor's creature has also been exposed to a piece of Percy Shelley's work: Mutability. In the poem, there is a similar line: "The path of its departure still is free." The poem speaks about joy and sorrow and how a person may experience either one of those in a lifetime. Later on in the novel, Frankenstein speaks of his unhappiness and sorrow. And also questions why he is so "hideous".

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