“When I reflected on his crimes and his wickedness, my hatred and my vengeance went beyond all limits of moderation. » In her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley creates Victor Frankenstein, a character who becomes psychologically incapable of continuing his normal life after transforming a lifeless mother into a living creature through his studies of natural anatomy. Although many years passed between the writing of Frankenstein and the making of the television hit, Dexter, series creator James Manos Jr. created a character in Dexter who is psychologically very similar to Victor. Dexter is also unable to live a normal life after realizing that something about him is different from other human beings. The psychoanalytic perspective tells us that behavior is determined by one's past experiences and that these experiences have been locked away in the unconscious and that the character is unaware of them. This perspective also draws heavily on Freud's studies of the mind. The major experience of Victor's life was the death of his mother. Victor was very close to his mother and she died before he left to attend university in Ingolstadt. Shelley wanted to make her point by placing the death of Victor's mother before his departure for college, to mark his separation from her and to show that he was incapable of continuing his life as a human being would. usual human. Victor's studies in Ingolstadt went strictly against his father's words and could be seen as Shelley placing a sort of Oedipus complex into his professional activities. This led to Victor creating the monster to have someone he could be with. After working for 2 years, Victor finished his creation and said: “Now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream disappeared, and breathtaking horror and disgust filled my heart” (.. .... middle of paper.... ...ppression) 10.2 (1983): 125-36. JSTOR. Internet. April 3, 2011. .Sill Hicks, Elizabeth. “Psychoanalytic Criticism and Frankenstein.” Related content from Yahoo! - Associatedcontent.com. November 5, 2006. The web. March 31, 2011. .Bangerter, Alison. An examination of the psychological mind of Victor Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. April 4, 2011. Regards, Jonathan. “Beyond the usual limits of daydreaming”? Another look at Frankenstein's dreams. April 4, 2011. Hogle, The Dream of Jerrold E. Frankenstein. April 4 2011 .