Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. Chapters 13-15.
This section of the novel gives the reader the deepest glimpse of the creature that has been seen so far in the novel
"God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance. Satan had his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and abhorred" (Shelly, 93).
I saw the in the creature, above all else, duplicity. The creature presents himself as a sophisticated and suave thing with an elegant speech. However, him getting close to Victor has more dark intent than to just tell him what it has been doing for two years. Chapter XV, to a specific degree, foreshadows that the creature is going to make a request to victor. From the quote above, it is clear what that request might be. That is not the point of these chapters.
These chapters close the gaps between the creature being like a child on the night of his creation, to an eloquent eight foot tall beast. The literary works that the creature learn from become his surrogate parents, which do not teach him the concept of self control, which will be clearly illustrated later on.
So far, we have gone from a frame story to going into another frame story. In a way, this book reminds me of Inception. Just a thought.
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