"From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry, in the most comprehensive sense of the term, became nearly my sole occupation. I read with ardor those works, so full of genius and discrimination, which modern inquirers have written on these subjects. I attended the lectures and cultivated the acquaintance of the men of science of the university, and I found even in M. Krempe a great deal of sound sense and real information , combined, it is true, with a repulsive physiognomy and manners, but not on that account the less valuable." pg 49
Oh and that's just the beginning folks! That whole chapter, Chapter 4 as it is so eloquently titled, is an entire chapter devoted to his motivation in making the monster. This is the whole lead-in to the creation of the monster chapter which leads to many subsequent freak-outs. But as a whole, this chapter shows Frankenstein's drive for knowledge and understanding. Additionally, it shows his great intelligence and capability for advancement which makes it more believable that he could make a persony-thing. Oddly enough, this motivation is replaced immediately after with lethargy and invalidity. Then a desire to want to destroy the monster comes after that. (Sunday comes afterwaaaarrrrddsss.) Who knows what Frankenstein wants to do after chapter 12?! Let's let our good friend Rebecca tell us more about this sequence stuff.
This is a very disturbing connection.
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