Victor's Use Of Personification In Frankenstein

The Storm In the middle of the story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, there is a portion noted as “The Storm” where Victor is fighting a storm in his mind after the death of his youngest brother William. “The Storm'' represents the inner guilt Victor feels affiliated with the letting go of his creation, foreshadowing Victor’s future through the use of figurative language and past information. To begin, on page 78, personification is described as, “Night also closed around and when I could hardly see the dark mountains, I still felt more gloomily”(Shelley 78). As Victor is approaching his home of Geneva, an uncanny storm begins to develop. By including how ‘Night also closed around’ Shelley is including personification to demonstrate how dark and alone

This ultimately foreshadows Victor’s loneliness as he arrives back home after his little brother has died, but also with the guilt that it has been merely two years since he let his creature into the wild. Next, to continue this idea, as the storm grows more violent and malevolent, Victor comes across, ¨the wretch, the filthy demon to whom I had given life. What did he there? Could he be…(I shuddered at the conception) the murderer of my brother?”(Shelley, 79). At this point in time, Victor is in the middle of the strongest part of the storm. Lightning, thunder, and heavy rain is pouring on him, and as this occurs, he notices a creature skulking around the trees, almost spying on him. With past information, this creature becomes known as the one he created, increasing his guilt of releasing it into the world, and connecting his brother's death to his release of the creature. So overall, through the use of past information catching up to Victor’s reality, a physical storm is representing the storm of guilt Victor is fighting in his mind. Lastly, after his encounter with his creation, the storm starts to die down. But, something feels unfinished as, “[he] remained motionless. The thunder