Frankenstein Post One

In chapter two of Shelly's Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein establishes the setting of where he grew up. Frankenstein, being about five years old at this point in the novel, is a very happy child as he lived in Geneva, an area of Switzerland. He lived in a campagne on Belrive, an eastern shore of a lake, which was a league from the nearest city. This secluded home to grow up where a young child has all the room to romp and play  sets up a positive mood as Frankenstein reminisces fond memories of his times with Elizabeth, and his schoolmate Henry Clerval. At this point in the novel Frankenstein claims "no human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself" (Shelly 39).

By chapter four in Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein has been studying at Ingolstadt under M. Krempe and M. Waldman. Theses two professors taught natural philosophy to Frankenstein. Here at Ingolstadt, Dr. Frankenstein becomes so indulged in his work that he completely forgets about his friends and family. Because this portion of the novel takes place at an university, it establishes a serious and studious mood as Frankenstein looses track of time while he spends countless hours working and studying natural philosophy. While Frankenstein is fostering toward his studies "two years had passed in this manner, during which [Frankenstein] paid no visit to Geneva, but was engaged, heart and soul, in the pursuit of some discoveries which [Frankenstein] hoped to make" (Shelly 51).

After months of gathering and assembling body parts, Frankenstein made a peculiar discovery. "It was on a dreary night of November, that [Frankenstein] beheld the accomplishments of [his] toils"; he had finally figured out how to give life to an assembly of random body parts from different places (Shelly 58). The wet and cold night of November inculcates a creepy mood that suits the erie monster that Frankenstein has brought to life. After nearly two years of hard work, Frankenstein creates a monster that even he wants to flee from. Rather than a beautiful creation, Frankenstein's yellow skinned, veiny, black lipped monster scares him as he cowers into his room.