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Similarities Between Frankenstein And Felix Laney
In the book Frankenstein there are two stories, the one with victor and the monster, and the one with Felix, Safie, Agatha etc… the two stories merge together to complete the book. Felix Laney is a big part of both stories because he helped Safie’s father escape from Prison, He lived in the cottage that Frankenstein hid in for years, and he also taught the monster how to read Felix is such an important character that he got his own story in the book. Felix broke Safie’s father out of jail on the promise that he could have Safie's hand in marriage, but it just leads to his own arrest and that of his family's. Later on, while exiled in France, he, Agatha, and De Laney live in a small cottage since all of the family's wealth was taken away, while

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