Evaluate the methods used by Shelley to present the relationship between the Creature and Victor, the creator

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Evaluate the methods used by Shelley to present the relationship between the Creature and Victor, the creator

Shelley uses a cornucopia of different methods in order to present the intricate relationship between the creature and Victor. The scenery and how the creature and Victor interact with it as well as there descriptions of each other is vital in the affective evaluation of there relationship as this will be a part of the evaluation of Shelley's methods used to present their feelings of each other.

They meet in the mountains where they both seek solace and refuge from the torment that plague them, but on the surface, Victor and his creature seem drastically different, but ultimately there is a vast similarity between the pair. They both enjoy the birds, the calm of the wide open spaces, the sound of the water and the clear, crisp mountain air, however it is contrasted in the portrayal of nature being represented as brutal and fragile (much like the creature), “the abrupt side of the mountains”

Victor takes great comfort in the beauty of nature, it “subdued and tranquillised” his grief. The power of nature is brought to life along with the clear view portrayed by Shelley that inevitably you cannot change or stop it. This represents the actions of the creature as he cannot be stopped nor is he  able to become one with nature as he isn't natural, “the sight of the awful and majestic in nature”. The mountains are something clean and new, “unstained snowy mountain-top, the glittering pinnacle”, on the other hand the creature is something dirty and unnatural which is ironic as he is seeking tranquillity in something that isn't man-made.

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An extract from one of Percy Shelly's poems, Mutability, contrasts the emotions of humans (feeling, thinking, conceiving), with those of the creature, “We feel, conceive or reason, laugh or weep; Embrace fond foe, or cast our cares away”. This poem talks about nothing going on forever, except change (whether it is for better or for worse), this relates to the relationship between Victor and the creature as there is change in the way they both view each other, with Victors feeling of rage being subdued by the maternal and religious feelings of the creature who just wants to explain his ...

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**** This is a good answer to a difficult question. The essay remains focused on the question and chooses to deal with setting and religion. The religious part of the question is an immense topic and explains why the writer became swamped. More careful structuring, more quotes, contextual information and language analysis would improve this essay.