If you were wondering, yes that is the legitimate German pronunciation of "Frankenstein." :]
"It was a place fitted for such a work, being hardly more than a rock, whose high sides were continually beaten upon by the waves. The soil was barren, scarcely affording pasture for a few miserable cows, and oatmeal for its inhabitants, which consisted of five persons, whose gaunt and scraggy limbs gave tokens of their miserable fare." (page 119).
As Victor is touring Europe with Henry Clerval, he realizes that it is important for him to get this monster business out of the way and just create the "bride" for the creature so he doesn't have to toil and slave over it anymore. Remembering the anguish the creation took on his body, mind, and soul before, he is having a difficult time bringing himself to making another monster. He can barely handle himself just thinking about the horrendousness of the monster, and yet he is willing to put himself through pain again so he can try to save his family and humanity from this awful infestation. He sends Henry off and then retreats to this sad little place where no one else lives. He seriously has some depression issues or something because he puts himself in situations in which he will be hurting himself or depriving himself of his basic needs. He needs to have people in his life...not monsters....who he can be happy with and not have to worry about making some creation that would ruin his life. The description of the new setting he is planning on working in is even miserable and decrepid sounding. There is one thing to say for Victor though. When he is determined, there is not much that will deter him.
"It was a place fitted for such a work, being hardly more than a rock, whose high sides were continually beaten upon by the waves. The soil was barren, scarcely affording pasture for a few miserable cows, and oatmeal for its inhabitants, which consisted of five persons, whose gaunt and scraggy limbs gave tokens of their miserable fare." (page 119).
As Victor is touring Europe with Henry Clerval, he realizes that it is important for him to get this monster business out of the way and just create the "bride" for the creature so he doesn't have to toil and slave over it anymore. Remembering the anguish the creation took on his body, mind, and soul before, he is having a difficult time bringing himself to making another monster. He can barely handle himself just thinking about the horrendousness of the monster, and yet he is willing to put himself through pain again so he can try to save his family and humanity from this awful infestation. He sends Henry off and then retreats to this sad little place where no one else lives. He seriously has some depression issues or something because he puts himself in situations in which he will be hurting himself or depriving himself of his basic needs. He needs to have people in his life...not monsters....who he can be happy with and not have to worry about making some creation that would ruin his life. The description of the new setting he is planning on working in is even miserable and decrepid sounding. There is one thing to say for Victor though. When he is determined, there is not much that will deter him.
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