“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.” (Shelley 17-18).
This passage is foreshadowing all of the unfortunate events to happen to Frankenstein later in the story. He is saying here that ignorance is bliss; if he had not yearned for and striven to gain the knowledge to make his monster, none of the horrible things that happened would have.
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