Mary Shelly Frankenstein Passage
A passage of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus (1818), in which Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation climbing the slopes of Mont Salêve, primarily functions as a spectacle of awe and terror, but is underscored by Shelly’s reflection on the complex nature of the division between good and evil. Two perspectives are presented to the reader, that of Frankenstein, who views his creation an unnatural monster of evil, and Shelly’s authorial voice, which invites the reader to question the view that Frankenstein offers.
The passage is presented in first person, “While I watched the storm” (pp. 56 -57), framing the narrative through Frankenstein’s perspective. When Frankenstein sights the creature, the negative diction of ‘wretch,
The passage is presented in first person, “While I watched the storm” (pp. 56 -57), framing the narrative through Frankenstein’s perspective. When Frankenstein sights the creature, the negative diction of ‘wretch,