The creature makes a request of Victor: to create a female companion. What is the basis for the creature’s request? What is Victor’s reaction to the request? How does the interaction between Victor and his creation impact Victor? Explain how the creature’s request affects Victor by analyzing the relationship between Victor and the creature. Provide evidence from the text to support your analysis of Victor and his interaction with his creation.

The creature asks Victor to make a companion for him, a woman, so that he has company and no longer lives in solitude. In the beginning, Victor is compassionate and even thinks about creating this woman, but Victor has many hurts in relation to the creature and this causes this compassion to turn into renunciation. The interaction between Victor and the creature, affects Victor in a negative way, he feels very guilty for creating the creature, which uses this guilt against Victor in the most efficient way possible.

Explanation:

The creature is extremely intelligent, but very lonely. He asks Victor to create a company for him, a woman with whom he can share his experiences and have a company, in return, the creature promises Victor that he will leave and that he will never interfere in his life.

The creature is very eloquent and for a minute, she even gets the compassion of Victor who knows of his loneliness. However, the creature manages to manipulate the compassion and guilt that Victor feels admirably and all this manipulation makes Victor turn his compassion into hate and disgust, refusing to create a companion for the creature.

according to classical republican political theory, which democratic republics would function best?

a.   small republics, with people who had similar interests

b.   large republics, with people who had competing interests

c.   republics made up entirely of landowners

d.   republics made up entirely of servants