A common element in a Romantic Period classic is the use of nature throughout the story. Nature is used predominately through the course of the novel. In the beginning when Victor is about fifteen years old, he witnesses a bolt of lighting destroy a tree. This incident inspires him to change to the study of

natural phenomena, instead of natural philosophy. From that point on, he concentrates on electricity and galvanism. He views witnessing the lightening strike a

Everyone has emotions, emotions expressing both positive and negative, they are impossible to be changed, and are easily hurt with other peoples views. Once Victor creates the monster, and just leaves him, Victor was so disturbed by his creations appearance, he just left it. From the start, the moster already feels rejection. The monster than begins to talk about how all of mankind hates him and how he in turn is forced to hate them. He draws a parallel between his situation and that of Milton's Satan. He claims that he has been forced to hate his "creator," just as Lucifer had turned against God. "And what was I? Of my creation and creator I was absolutely ignorant, but I knew that I possessed no money, no friends, no kind of property. I was besides, endued with a figure hideously deformed and loathsome.....;" After once being rejected by his "creator" he again tries to have human contact when he goes to the town. Again, he is rejected while people around him drive him away with sticks and stones. He is confused, having already been rejected by his master and

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