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My

rage

was

without

bounds

;

I

sprang

on

him

,

impelled

by

all

the

feelings

which

can

arm

one

being

against

the

existence

of

another

.

He

easily

eluded

me

and

said

,

"

Be

calm

!

I

entreat

you

to

hear

me

before

you

give

vent

to

your

hatred

on

my

devoted

head

.

Have

I

not

suffered

enough

,

that

you

seek

to

increase

my

misery

?

Life

,

although

it

may

only

be

an

accumulation

of

anguish

,

is

dear

to

me

,

and

I

will

defend

it

.

Remember

,

thou

hast

made

me

more

powerful

than

thyself

;

my

height

is

superior

to

thine

,

my

joints

more

supple

.

But

I

will

not

be

tempted

to

set

myself

in

opposition

to

thee

.

I

am

thy

creature

,

and

I

will

be

even

mild

and

docile

to

my

natural

lord

and

king

if

thou

wilt

also

perform

thy

part

,

the

which

thou

owest

me

.

Oh

,

Frankenstein

,

be

not

equitable

to

every

other

and

trample

upon

me

alone

,

to

whom

thy

justice

,

and

even

thy

clemency

and

affection

,

is

most

due

.

Remember

that

I

am

thy

creature

;

I

ought

to

be

thy

Adam

,

but

I

am

rather

the

fallen

angel

,

whom

thou

drivest

from

joy

for

no

misdeed

.

Everywhere

I

see

bliss

,

from

which

I

alone

am

irrevocably

excluded

.

I

was

benevolent

and

good

;

misery

made

me

a

fiend

.

Make

me

happy

,

and

I

shall

again

be

virtuous

.

"

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"

Begone

!

I

will

not

hear

you

.

There

can

be

no

community

between

you

and

me

;

we

are

enemies

.

Begone

,

or

let

us

try

our

strength

in

a

fight

,

in

which

one

must

fall

.

"

"

How

can

I

move

thee

?

Will

no

entreaties

cause

thee

to

turn

a

favourable

eye

upon

thy

creature

,

who

implores

thy

goodness

and

compassion

?

Believe

me

,

Frankenstein

,

I

was

benevolent

;

my

soul

glowed

with

love

and

humanity

;

but

am

I

not

alone

,

miserably

alone

?

You

,

my

creator

,

abhor

me

;

what

hope

can

I

gather

from

your

fellow

creatures

,

who

owe

me

nothing

?

They

spurn

and

hate

me

.

The

desert

mountains

and

dreary

glaciers

are

my

refuge

.

I

have

wandered

here

many

days

;

the

caves

of

ice

,

which

I

only

do

not

fear

,

are

a

dwelling

to

me

,

and

the

only

one

which

man

does

not

grudge

.

These

bleak

skies

I

hail

,

for

they

are

kinder

to

me

than

your

fellow

beings

.

If

the

multitude

of

mankind

knew

of

my

existence

,

they

would

do

as

you

do

,

and

arm

themselves

for

my

destruction

.

Shall

I

not

then

hate

them

who

abhor

me

?

I

will

keep

no

terms

with

my

enemies

.

I

am

miserable

,

and

they

shall

share

my

wretchedness

.

Yet

it

is

in

your

power

to

recompense

me

,

and

deliver

them

from

an

evil

which

it

only

remains

for

you

to

make

so

great

,

that

not

only

you

and

your

family

,

but

thousands

of

others

,

shall

be

swallowed

up

in

the

whirlwinds

of

its

rage

.

Let

your

compassion

be

moved

,

and

do

not

disdain

me

.

Listen

to

my

tale

;

when

you

have

heard

that

,

abandon

or

commiserate

me

,

as

you

shall

judge

that

I

deserve

.

But

hear

me

.

The

guilty

are

allowed

,

by

human

laws

,

bloody

as

they

are

,

to

speak

in

their

own

defence

before

they

are

condemned

.

Listen

to

me

,

Frankenstein

.

You

accuse

me

of

murder

,

and

yet

you

would

,

with

a

satisfied

conscience

,

destroy

your

own

creature

.

Oh

,

praise

the

eternal

justice

of

man

!

Yet

I

ask

you

not

to

spare

me

;

listen

to

me

,

and

then

,

if

you

can

,

and

if

you

will

,

destroy

the

work

of

your

hands

.

"

"

Why

do

you

call

to

my

remembrance

,

"

I

rejoined

,

"

circumstances

of

which

I

shudder

to

reflect

,

that

I

have

been

the

miserable

origin

and

author

?

Cursed

be

the

day

,

abhorred

devil

,

in

which

you

first

saw

light

!

Cursed

(

although

I

curse

myself

)

be

the

hands

that

formed

you

!

You

have

made

me

wretched

beyond

expression

.

You

have

left

me

no

power

to

consider

whether

I

am

just

to

you

or

not

.

Begone

!

Relieve

me

from

the

sight

of

your

detested

form

.

"

"

Thus

I

relieve

thee

,

my

creator

,

"

he

said

,

and

placed

his

hated

hands

before

my

eyes

,

which

I

flung

from

me

with

violence

;

"

thus

I

take

from

thee

a

sight

which

you

abhor

.

Still

thou

canst

listen

to

me

and

grant

me

thy

compassion

.

By

the

virtues

that

I

once

possessed

,

I

demand

this

from

you

.

Hear

my

tale

;

it

is

long

and

strange

,

and

the

temperature

of

this

place

is

not

fitting

to

your

fine

sensations

;

come

to

the

hut

upon

the

mountain

.

The

sun

is

yet

high

in

the

heavens

;

before

it

descends

to

hide

itself

behind

your

snowy

precipices

and

illuminate

another

world

,

you

will

have

heard

my

story

and

can

decide

.

On

you

it

rests

,

whether

I

quit

forever

the

neighbourhood

of

man

and

lead

a

harmless

life

,

or

become

the

scourge

of

your

fellow

creatures

and

the

author

of

your

own

speedy

ruin

.

"

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As

he

said

this

he

led

the

way

across

the

ice

;

I

followed

.

My

heart

was

full

,

and

I

did

not

answer

him

,

but

as

I

proceeded

,

I

weighed

the

various

arguments

that

he

had

used

and

determined

at

least

to

listen

to

his

tale

.

I

was

partly

urged

by

curiosity

,

and

compassion

confirmed

my

resolution

.

I

had

hitherto

supposed

him

to

be

the

murderer

of

my

brother

,

and

I

eagerly

sought

a

confirmation

or

denial

of

this

opinion

.

For

the

first

time

,

also

,

I

felt

what

the

duties

of

a

creator

towards

his

creature

were

,

and

that

I

ought

to

render

him

happy

before

I

complained

of

his

wickedness

.

These

motives

urged

me

to

comply

with

his

demand

.

We

crossed

the

ice

,

therefore

,

and

ascended

the

opposite

rock

.

The

air

was

cold

,

and

the

rain

again

began

to

descend

;

we

entered

the

hut

,

the

fiend

with

an

air

of

exultation

,

I

with

a

heavy

heart

and

depressed

spirits

.

But

I

consented

to

listen

,

and

seating

myself

by

the

fire

which

my

odious

companion

had

lighted

,

he

thus

began

his

tale

.

It

is

with

considerable

difficulty

that

I

remember

the

original

era

of

my

being

;

all

the

events

of

that

period

appear

confused

and

indistinct

.

A

strange

multiplicity

of

sensations

seized

me

,

and

I

saw

,

felt

,

heard

,

and

smelt

at

the

same

time

;

and

it

was

,

indeed

,

a

long

time

before

I

learned

to

distinguish

between

the

operations

of

my

various

senses

.

By

degrees

,

I

remember

,

a

stronger

light

pressed

upon

my

nerves

,

so

that

I

was

obliged

to

shut

my

eyes

.

Darkness

then

came

over

me

and

troubled

me

,

but

hardly

had

I

felt

this

when

,

by

opening

my

eyes

,

as

I

now

suppose

,

the

light

poured

in

upon

me

again

.

I

walked

and

,

I

believe

,

descended

,

but

I

presently

found

a

great

alteration

in

my

sensations

.

Before

,

dark

and

opaque

bodies

had

surrounded

me

,

impervious

to

my

touch

or

sight

;

but

I

now

found

that

I

could

wander

on

at

liberty

,

with

no

obstacles

which

I

could

not

either

surmount

or

avoid

.

The

light

became

more

and

more

oppressive

to

me

,

and

the

heat

wearying

me

as

I

walked

,

I

sought

a

place

where

I

could

receive

shade

.

This

was

the

forest

near

Ingolstadt

;

and

here

I

lay

by

the

side

of

a

brook

resting

from

my

fatigue

,

until

I

felt

tormented

by

hunger

and

thirst

.

This

roused

me

from

my

nearly

dormant

state

,

and

I

ate

some

berries

which

I

found

hanging

on

the

trees

or

lying

on

the

ground

.

I

slaked

my

thirst

at

the

brook

,

and

then

lying

down

,

was

overcome

by

sleep

.

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