Frankenstein
The deaths of his loved ones leave him with a sense of
loss, guilt and despair because he knows he is indirectly responsible for their
deaths. There is also apostrophe when Victor asks a very dead Henry questions
about his death. Victor addresses the rhetorical questions towards Walter.
Syntax is powerfully emotional language that express the depth of Victor’s
reactions: ‘parched with horror’, ‘shuddering and agony’ etc.. The words refer
to his mental and violent physical reactions that took place at that time. And
Victor once again falls into illness as his body is racked by guilt and
despair. The fact that only the magistrate understands his native German
foreshadows the fact that he will be the one to convince others of Victor’s
innocence. Shelley employs ironies and hyperboles, ‘More miserable than man
ever was before’ while saying that his suffering is more than any of those of
the victims of the monster. This shows that Victor is self-absorbed by himself
and his own obsessive actions and is proven by his first thought at the sight
of Henry’s body, ‘my murderous machinations’.
There
is also another moment of foreshadowing when talking about the brides and
youthful lovers referring to when Elizabeth is killed on the night of their
wedding. He dreads becoming fodder for worms, when it is ironic that he dug
through body parts to create his monster. “Of what materials was I made” could
be something easily said by his creation, showing that the two of them might be
more similar than Victor thought.
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