In Frankenstein, the creature finds refuge in the hills where it runs to after killing William, as the creature climbs near perpendicular walls of mountain to escape after. This is a pivotal moment in the book, as the creature is looking for comfort in the innocence of a child, left feeling rejected and abandoned again, when William exclaims at it hideousness. The steepness and vastness of the mountains wall's is shown accentuate the largeness of the creature, and how its physical strength is so unhuman, as it has the ability to scale the mountain in mere moments.
Greenland appears very early in Frankenstein in Walton's first letter to Mrs. Saville in the first volume. He writes "Twice I actually hired myself as an under-mate in a Greenland whaler, and acquitted myself to admiration" (Volume I Letter I). Walton is trying to show here how far he is willing to go when he sets his mind to something. Greenland's environment is cold and dangerous which prepared him for his Arctic Voyage. This proves just how much the continuous act of discovery means to him.
Ingolstadt city in Bavaria Germany plays a big role in the book Frankenstein because it is where Victor Frankenstein did his studies, in the late 18th century this was a important place because this was where music was being produced by world class figures like Bach and Beethoven. Germany was where Frankenstein is doing his study’s so it shows he was in a growing educating place during his important science studies and work. Victor’s time in Germany represents a time of intellectual growth but also marks the time and beginning of something big, tragic and new.
Cologne appears in Frankenstein very briefly during Victor and Clerval's travels down the Rhine. Victor says "Beyond Cologne we descended to the plains of Holland; and we resolved to post the remainder of our way; for the wind was contrary, and the stream of the river was too gentle to aid us" (Vol III Chapter I). Although this passage is very brief and I almost completely looked over it, after doing a bit of research I found some interesting facts about Cologne that could possibly explain why Shelley chose to mention it here.
