Frankenstein #6

In the book Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, characterization occurs through the application and utilization of the stories provided by various characters. A large portion of the book is made up of the second portion of the book is made up of the dialogue provided by the creature. Within these stories the creature made many important illusions that changed who he was. The stories were so important because of the development that he needed to become the person he is near the time he talks to Victor. The Ruins of Empires helped the creature develop language and knowledge of history. Paradise Lost helped the creature understand deep emotions. Sorrows of Werter marked the beginning of the creatures knowledge that he might not understand everything including death. This inclusion of the lack of understanding death becomes important later on in the book. When the creature kills willy he doesn't seem to fully understand what he has done. His understanding of emotions but not of all concepts is very interesting. "Yet I inclined towards the opinions of the hero, whose extinction I wept, without precisely understanding it,"(91) gives an insight into the lack of understanding that the creature sometimes endures.