In the novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, what is happening in this passage is that the “creature” is confronting Victor Frankenstein about how Victor feels about his creation of the “creature”. The meaning and significance is basically the “creature” knows that Victor wants to kill the “creature” that he has created, and the significance of this passage is the “creature” is expressing his feelings how he went from being kind to now being alone. What the author is trying to tell the reader is that the “creature” is feeling lonely, miserable, or depressed. The message in this passage is basically don’t try to play the role of being a god.
In this passage, the “creature” is confronting Victor about how he feels about his creation of the “creature”. The way how Victor feels about the “creature” is that he hates the “creature”, like when …show more content…
You can also tell that the “creature” has killed people that knew or were close to Victor and knows that Victor wants to harm him for that. This is when he says “Yet it is in your power to recompense me, and deliver them from an evil which it only remains for you to make so great, that not only you and your family, but thousands of others, shall be swallowed up in the whirlwinds of its rage.” (Shelley, Frankenstein, p. 103). This means that Victor wants to harm the “creature” for the people that it has killed but the “creature” is also making Victor feel responsible for those murders because he was the one who had created the “creature” that ended up to become destructive towards people. The significance is the “creature” is expressing his feelings about how he went from being kind to now being alone. You start to know this when he says “I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity; but am I not alone, miserably alone?” (Shelley, Frankenstein, p.
In this passage, the “creature” is confronting Victor about how he feels about his creation of the “creature”. The way how Victor feels about the “creature” is that he hates the “creature”, like when …show more content…
You can also tell that the “creature” has killed people that knew or were close to Victor and knows that Victor wants to harm him for that. This is when he says “Yet it is in your power to recompense me, and deliver them from an evil which it only remains for you to make so great, that not only you and your family, but thousands of others, shall be swallowed up in the whirlwinds of its rage.” (Shelley, Frankenstein, p. 103). This means that Victor wants to harm the “creature” for the people that it has killed but the “creature” is also making Victor feel responsible for those murders because he was the one who had created the “creature” that ended up to become destructive towards people. The significance is the “creature” is expressing his feelings about how he went from being kind to now being alone. You start to know this when he says “I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity; but am I not alone, miserably alone?” (Shelley, Frankenstein, p.