When Victor turned seventeen he was to attend university but was detained by, "the first misfortune of my life occurred-an omen, as it were, of my future misery". His mother died of scarlet fever. This had a hugely profound effect on Victor. At first he could not bring himself to admit that she had truly passed on, " It is so long before the mind can persuade itself that she, whom we saw every day, and whose very existence appeared a part of our own, can have departed for ever--that the brightness of a beloved eye can have been extinguished, and the sound of a voice so familiar, and dear to the ear, can be hushed, never more to be heard. These are the reflections of the first days; but when the lapse of time proves the reality of the evil, then the actual bitterness of grief commences".

Victor was in the midst of the grieving process, therefore wa

Victor expected his endeavors to culminate in the production of a creature that was beautiful, as was the love for his mother. However, we only get out of something what we put into it. As part of working through (or ignoring) his grief, he took everything that was ugly and miserable from his life and put it into that creation. His madness begot madness.

s in no shape to embark on another traumatic event -his departing for university as planned, leaving behind his entire support system. He even stated that he thought it was too soon, "It appeared to me sacrilege so soon to leave the repose, akin to death, of the house of mourning and rush into the thick of life".

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It is utterly appropriate that this monster born of grief only brings forth more grief for the creator. If one looks at this story as a path of self-destruction; Victor's grief over his mother leading to the creation of the monster, which then leads to a vicious circle of death and more grief, all culminating in the destruction of the creator- it could be looked upon as being an slow form of suicide. Suicide being the only way to completely end the madness.

It is at the university that Victor finds a channel for his grief. In his attempt to eradicate his suffering, he chose to direct his efforts to the very source of what distressed him, which was to

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