Perth acts as the last place where Victor is still part of civilization. It’s the place where he and Clerval part ways so that Victor can build a female version of the monster. It’s symbolic because Perth is a place of division “between highlands and ‘civilization’” (“Perth, Perthshire, Scotland”). This basically means that Perth was the last place where Victor went before going abroad to the highlands in order to get to a place of privacy where he could do his work. The reason Victor wanted to go to the highlands, however, was because there’s not many people as a result of the lack of production abilities. This is because the highlands have less optimal factors of production than those of the lowlands. More specifically, due to the elevation of the highlands, the soil becomes “more acidic and thinner than lowland soils” (Banner). It’s because of this that less people live in these areas as there’s not as much money or product to be made to provide for people. Because Perth is the last place of civilization visited by Victor, it ultimately stresses the importance of his traveling abroad to do his work, symbolizing how dangerous it is.

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