Passage from Frankenstein

"A flash of lightning illuminated the object, and discovered its shape plainly to me; its gigantic structure, and the deformity of its aspect, more hideous than belongs to humanity, instantly informed me that it was the wretch. the filthy daemon to whom I had given life. What did he there? Could he be (I shuddered at the conception) the murderer of my brother? (Shelley, 48).

I thought it funny because before this line came up, I thought that it might have been the monster that killed his brother. Which then I thought, what a clever but sad way to use irony. And then this line came up and I thought, well what do you know? I might actually be right. I feel that this is important to the novel since it shows how human error can bring to light the mysteries of a tragedy. Unfortunately in Victor’s case, it would be the death of his brother. His own mad creation could have killed his brother. This would then cause not only mental damage but emotional damage beyond repair. To think that he might be the cause of his death and possibly others could eat him up from the inside out and could possibly lead to suicide. I will be sad and happy if I’m actually right in my assumption. This also brings the importance of how things may happen for a reason and it becomes a chain of events that can only be stopped by undoing the original thought, which in this case, the only person that would be able to end this would be Victor himself. Though he may be very reluctant to do so since he fears the monster that he has created and all the research that he put into it at the cost of his own life expense, but then that could be the even trade off if done correctly. To repent for the life of unknown lives that could have been lost to this creature, Victor can give his own to trying to put an end to his creation and keep it from ever hurting another human being.

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