Friday, July 18, 2014

In Frankenstein By Mary Shelley. What French city do the De Laceys live in?

The DeLaceys do not live in a city. As the creature
relates his story about what has happened to him to Victor Frankenstein, he tells
Victor,


 A few months before
my arrival they had lived in a large and luxurious city
called Paris [France], surrounded by friends, and possessed
of every enjoyment ...." (Chapter 14)  But now, they are exiled because Felix was
present at the unjust trial of a Turk, and he became implicated in this man's escape. 
Consequently, the DeLaceys had to flee France. The creature
says,



"They
found a miserable asylum in the cottage in Germany where I
discovered them." (also Chapter
14)



It is while Felix takes
a "long country walk" that the creature enters the cottage and talks to the old
man.  Also, if the DeLaceys were living in Paris, it would be extremely difficult for
the creature to remain hidden or to find the berries and game on which he
survives.

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