Frankenstein!

"Mingled with this horror, I felt the bitterness of disappointment: dreams that had been my food and pleasant rest for so long a space, were now become a hell to me; and the change so rapid, the overthrow so complete!"

(Mary Shelley: Page 35)

                Reading Frankenstein, I have found that it comes from positive place.  It's about someone who wanted something so bad; who had a passion.  This feeling doesn't stay long, though.  The book is about sadness, depression,  and confusion.  Victor is so passionate about creating life that it's what keeps him going, until what he creates is not what he expects.  He is frightened by what he sees when the creature opens his eyes.  It's not what he wanted or expected.  I think we can relate to something along these lines, even if it hasn't happened to us. Wanting, needing, and having a passion for something and then having it turn out terribly wrong.  It almost breaks your heart when you read it because you feel his pain.  

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