Victor's Madness In Frankenstein

Most people are familiar with the story of Frankenstein. The story of the mad scientist who created a monster. As the last paragraph of chapter one of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley shows, this madness has been present ever since his childhood. After his parents bring Elizabeth, his adopted sister, home, Victor says that she was his “more than sister, since till death she was to be [his] only” (Shelley 43). His use of the words and phrases like “more than sister” and “mine only” suggests strange and creepy feelings. It is not normal for brothers to be this possessive of their sisters. Some may claim that he was a child when he said this, so he was only being sweet and loving towards his sister. However, this was written by him as an adult,