Commentary on a Passage from Shelleys Frankenstein :: Mary Shelley

The transportation begins in first person, whom we presume is Frankenstein, where he is reminiscing on some of the consequences of his meddling with nature. He informs us that three years ago, he was engaged in an activity which created a monster whom he describes as a fiend whose unparalleled barbarism has desolated my heart, and filled it for ever with the bitterest remorse. He then goes on to talk about how he is about to create a mate for the previous monster and is panicked about the effects it will maintain on both his creation and society. The mood of the passage is very glum as the narrator is contemplating the unforeseen horrors arising from this eerie experiment. He questions the result of this mate, thinking she also might turn with disgust from him to the superior beauty of man, she might quit him, and he be once again alone. Through his voice, it assists our understanding of the material as through the narrators bleak heart, we be made to experience very strongly t he finis of his guilt. The tone of this passage is somewhat personal in the sense that he seems like he is arguing and deliberating to himself about the events which either have happened or are about to, Had I the a right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations?. He questions his own significance in society at the time when the passage is written and for the future generations and thinks himself as a curse upon everlasting generations. Having heard his reasons and seen his desolation and feeling the despair of desolation we, as readers are more commensurate to sympathise with his actions.The overall meaning of the passage is to tell a story about a character in which they are in deep disquiet and melancholy and read their views on the surroundings around them. The key themes that are conveyed to us the readers are that of madness. The author manipulates our sympathy for the monster Frankenstein by seeing it from his aspire of view and listening t o his thoughts about himself being a curse. The piece does have a clear point of view, as his thoughts are straight-forward. This will have an effect on the reader by pointing in the direction the author maneuvers our sympathies by showing us different perspectives of situations. The setting plays an important part in reflecting the shifting moods and emotions of characters by giving us a sense of loneliness I sat one evening in my laboratory.