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THE TIMELINE OF FRANKENSTEIN S MONSTER Autumn y Blurred senses, first steps, acquaintance with own physique y Appreciation of beauty of nature Winter y Acquaintance with humans y Emotions created by the power of music y Appreciation of the human beauty and grace y Basic behaviour of humans kindness, love and melancholic sadness y Learning of names and basic French, sympathizing with the family INTELLECTUALThe mortification of discovering his actual looks ASCENT y Spring y First thoughts on presenting himself to the family y Appreciation of spring beauty y Acquaintance of a new ethnicity of humans, astonishment of even greater beauty y Learning of human language, societies and history y Contemplation on human nature and its contrasts, the nature of knowledge and its necessity. Much comparison to humans, leadingto agonizing frustration. y Learning of human bonds and sexes y Learning of the family s history and so more about human social system August y Acquaintance of books y First rhetorical questions evoked by Werter y Appreciation of great human values peace, trust and honesty (Lives) y Emotional slump and sympathizing with fictional characters (Paradise Lost) y Despondency and solitude from the books Winter y Appreciation of own intelligence feels ready to meet DeLaceys y Heartsinking result of this attempt y INTELLECTUALRage and despair of losing the only possible link to humans DESCENT y Further despair caused by more misunderstandings and hateful reactions from humans Spring y Anxiety and the last bits of hope when meeting his creator and expecting creation of a soulmate y Chagrin, descending into an endless mission of revenge