Tone, Theme, And Imagery In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In the passages from the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley she is writing about the tone, theme, and imagery. Shelley is defining Victor's feelings when he was at his family's tombstone and his reaction when he saw the monster watching him from afar. Shelley's tone to describe Frankenstein's feeling towards the monster he created as cruel, and disgusting. “ … It's gigantic stature, and the deformity if it's aspect, more hideous than belongs to humanity instantly informed me that it was the wretch, the filthy demon to whom I had given life.” (Shelley, 63). She portrays Frankenstein's feelings to us by using the words “filthy demon”, “hideous”, and wretch.” Shelley makes it seem like Frankenstein really does hate the thing that he created and that if he could take everything back he would.. Victor would not use words like this unless he honestly hated him and wanted him gone. By this we can understand the author's feeling and attitude …show more content…
The author's theme in these passages is that by Frankenstein creating something that doesn't seem possible or something that people wouldn't think of doing, you create something horrible, something people will despise. “I considered the being whom I had cast among mankind and endowed with the will and power to effect purposes of horror… all that was dear to me.” (Shelley, 64). All Frankenstein wanted was to experiment in creating something that seemed impossible, yet he created it. He didn't expect it to look horrible and act horrible, he especially didn't expect it to kill his family. Shelley uses the word “horror” and “power to effect purposes of horror” in the last paragraph because that's what it is, the monster that Frankenstein created. He intended to create something wanting to be famous, or think of himself as god, as someone who created that then he can do anything in the