"I compassionated him and sometimes felt a wish to console him; but when i looked upon him, when I saw the filthy mass that moves and talked, my heart sickened and my feelings were altered to those of horror and hatred (106)."
-This quote shows a clear theme in the novel. Victor wants to help the monster because he is a normal person who has compassion for people in need, but when he looks at the monster and sees it's gruesome, horrid figure, he doesn't want to help it anymore. This shows a part of human nature of how people frequently judge others by their looks, no matter who they are inside. Shelley uses this point throughout the book to emphasize how dysfunctional human society truly is.
Take a look at that first sentence -- what work is it doing? Check for its/it's issues -- here and elsewhere in your concordances
ReplyDelete"a part of .. of how" look at that sentence again as well
I like that you are thinking about how Shelley builds this argument throughout the work