In the passage of "Frankenstien" by Mary Shelley she describes Vicktor Frankenstein (the scientist) and his process of creating the monster and the many emotions of awe and conflicting regret as he created his monster. Throughout the passage, Shelley incorporates elements of rhetorical questions and imagery to describe the feelings of awe and regret that Victor Frankenstein experiences throughout the creation of his monster to embelish the reader in the idea that curiosity is great, but our actions do have consequences. Firstly, Shelley utilizes rhetorical questions throughout the work to illustrate Frankenstein's doubts and worries about his project and he continues on with his plans because his curiosity is much stronger than his concern …show more content…
We can understand from this vivid imagery and description of emotions that the narrator thinks of his creation as something less than human, rather, something grotesque, and something unnatural in humanity. The narrator- albeit quite "fascinated-" by his creation, we understand from his emotion and imagery from his eyes that he now regrets and dispenses the unnatural "creature" of his own creation. Additionally, the pillar of writing features a conflicting flow of consciousness/point of view that takes us through exactly what the narrator is feeling, and why. Evidently, Victor's hesitance to run, "I forced myself to remain, to witness the full consequences of my actions" (Shelley 7) signifys that although he is somewhat amazed by Frankenstein, he knows it is an "abomination" and is unnatural to the world, so therefore, he should be punished for bringing such a disgusting thing into the world. However, despite this, we still see from his point of view that he is amazed by Frankenstein, when he described his "...wild, primal terror urged me to run, to flee from this abomination I had created. Yet, a morbid curiosity, a chilling fascination, kept me rooted to the spot"