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  1. Mar 2020
    1. . For my own part I was not sorry. I had now neglected my promise for some time, and I feared the effects of the dæmon's disappointment. He might remain in Switzerland, and wreak his vengeance on my relatives. This idea pursued me, and tormented me at every moment from which I might otherwise have snatched repose and peace.

      Victor probably felt obligated to complete his promise to the monster in fear that he would lose more loved ones. He was afraid of history repeating itself and probably felt anxious to know how his family was doing. Were they safe? Were they alive? These thoughts probably tormented his mind.

    2. I looked towards its completion with a tremulous and eager hope, which I dared not trust myself to question, but which was intermixed with obscure forebodings of evil, that made my heart sicken in my bosom.

      Victor probably wanted to get this project overwith. He could not wait until it was over and he could just go back to his everyday life. But it seems like there was probably a part of him that wanted the monster to feel the same pain adn anguish he felt. Maybe he was thinking about deatroying the female monster as a way of revenge towards the monster. Maybe then the monster would feel the pain of losing a loved one. These a probably thoughts that had caused Victor's heart to sicken in my bosom.

    3. Every moment I feared to meet my persecutor. Sometimes I sat with my eyes fixed on the ground, fearing to raise them lest they should encounter the object which I so much dreaded to behold. I feared to wander from the sight of my fellow-creatures, lest when alone he should come to claim his companion.

      Victors anxiety is getting worse along with his fear of the monster. He was most likely afriad of losing someone else he loved.

    4. In this manner I distributed my occupations when I first arrived; but, as I proceeded in my labour, it became every day more horrible and irksome to me. Sometimes I could not prevail on myself to enter my laboratory for several days; and at other times I toiled day and night in order to complete my work.

      Victor felt conflicted here. The obligation he had towards the monster in keeping his promise and the fear of creating another monster. Maybe the female monster would be worse? In his mind she could have become a cold blooded murderer. The two contradicting thoughts probably were the reason why he would avoid entering the lab on some days. And on others work night and day to complete his creation.

    5. I would not quit Henry for a moment, but followed him as his shadow, to protect him from the fancied rage of his destroyer. I felt as if I had committed some great crime, the consciousness of which haunted me.

      Victor seems to be protraying a psychological defense mechanism called attachment. He followed Henry everywhere in hopes to calm his anxiety. He believes that in following Henry in every waking moment then he could prevent both of their deaths. His anxiety was only calmed by the attachment of someone.

    6. we passed two months in Cumberland and Westmoreland. I could now almost fancy myself among the Swiss mountains.

      Cumberland and Westmoreland were a historic county in north west England.

    7. For an instant I dared to shake off my chains, and look around me with a free and lofty spirit; but the iron had eaten into my flesh, and I sank again, trembling and hopeless, into my miserable self.

      Even when Victor tries to forget about his past and all he has lost. He is always dragged down by the ghost of his past. His guilt and his regret of his actions in the past.

    8. We visited the tomb of the illustrious Hampden

      Victor was probably visiting the tomb of a famous author called John Hampden. He was very famous in his time period (1600's). John Hampden became a national figure when he stood up in trail in 1673 for his refusal to be taxed for ship money.

    9. is spread forth into a placid expanse of waters, which reflects its majestic assemblage of towers, and spires, and domes, embosomed among aged trees.

      Spires and Domes are great architecture buildings which have stood for over centuries. They are one of the most oldest construction forms. They have probably been used in every culture and maybe on every continent. They are symbols of architecture power. They are known to be sturdy and well built.

    10. amiable Falkland, the insolent Gower, his queen, and son,

      Gower is a name used to identify people who lived in the district north of Paris known as Gohiere.

      Ex: American (Is a name used to identify the people who live in America).

    11. It was here that Charles I. had collected his forces.

      Victor was probably here in hopes to learn about thes city that has such a rich history. Maybe he was traveling here to escape reality of having to create another monster.

    12. I now also began to collect the materials necessary for my new creation, and this was to me like the torture of single drops of water continually falling on the head. Every thought that was devoted to it was an extreme anguish, and every word that I spoke in allusion to it caused my lips to quiver, and my heart to palpitate.

      Victor was afraid of creating another murder. What if the female monster he was now creating worse than the monster than already existed? His anguish and fear is so painfully explained when he said that the tourture was like a single drop of water continually falling on his head.

    13. I saw an insurmountable barrier placed between me and my fellow-men; this barrier was sealed with the blood of William and Justine; and to reflect on the events connected with those names filled my soul with anguish.
      • Victor was feeling guilt. He probably felt guilty becuase had he not rejected and abandoned the monster than Willaim and Justine would still be alive.