begins his adventures
in his home of Geneva, Switzerland, and then he travels to Germany to attend university. It is
here that he creates his "monster" and here where he falls terribly ill and almost
dies. He returns home to Geneva and soon travels to Mont Blanc, in France, with his family. It
is here that he is approached byhe made, here where he is so affected by the beauties and
sublimity of nature that he feels his emotions and spirit begin to repair after the deaths of
Justine and his brother, , for which he blames himself. However, dragged back into the
laboratory by his promise to make the creature a companion, Victor travels to the British Isles
to work. Here, he builds the female companion his creature has requested, and he destroys her
too, afraid of the havoc the pair might wreak on humanity. The more Victor travels away from his
home, the more trouble he seems to create and invite into his life. He tells ,
Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how
dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his
native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will
allow.
He seems to believe that, had he simply remained
at home, treating his "native town" as his whole "world," he would have
remained safeas would have his friends and familyand, ultimately, been happier. Thus, we might
interpret this theme as Dorothy Gale said it in The Wizard of Oz:
there's no place like home. It seems that leaving one's home only
creates hardships; a greater knowledge of the world seems to translate into less
happiness.
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