Generally, the emotions of main characters are often displayed through work of literature and the classic story of Frankenstein is no different as the author, Mary Shelley, utilizes the emotions of the character for the plot of the story. Throughout Frankenstein the author, Mary Shelley, employs dramatic irony and gothic elements to show the conflicting emotions of the main character, Victor Frankenstein, as he resurrects a creature from death to life. In this excerpt, the sheer anticipation that Frankenstein displayed to bring his creation to life can be seen along with the fear of what the creature would become. Likewise, Shelley uses dramatic irony throughout the text to display the complicated emotions. According to the text, "Tonight, however, was the …show more content…
With trembling hands, I gathered the necessary components..." (Shelley 3). Emphasizing his excitement of his creation coming to life, but yet his fear of bringing it back from the dead as he knows the experiment that he worked on for the past months is not morally correct but continues to go through as he's desperate for his idea to be a reality. Additionally, Frankenstein anticipates his experiment to work but at the same time terrified of what he had done to blur the lines of life and death. When the creature came to life initially, Frankenstein was astonished at what he had accomplished and had worked so hard to achieve, but it faded to a string of terror that jerked at him as he knew that this creature was a consequence of his actions. The text stated, "Relief, a wave of pure, unadulterated relief, washed over me. I had done it before. I have created life. But the relief was short-lived, replaced by a cold dread that coiled deeper within me...sent a tremor of fear through me" (Shelley 7). In addition, the dramatic imagery of the relief and then the fear showcases the inner turmoil as Frankenstein is well aware that his creation is not one of