In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the main character Victor Frankenstein is a scientist, who initially has a lovely family in Geneva, Switzerland. His parents adopted an organ girl, Elizabeth, to be his future wife. Another girl named Justine is a close friend of Elizabeth and Victor because Justine’s mother treated Justine badly, so their mother took care of her by providing her education and later develops a great attachment for her. Clerval is Victor’s childhood friend, who later stays with him in Ingolstadt to help him restore to health. However, Elizabeth and Clerval both has a really different personality and perspective from Victor. They are more romantic and poetic. Victor on the other hand studies in the field of natural philosophy
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The phrases like, “light of my own vampire” and letting “my own spirit let loose from the grave” shows that Victor admits that the creature who creates “horror” among humans is just a reflection of himself. It also shows how burdened he feels because although he does not directly blames himself, he makes a connect between him and the creature when he uses the word “my”, showing that he incriminates himself for the death of his loved ones. The use of figurative language, compares Victor with “vampire”. Frankenstein perceives the looks of a human but his action makes him feels miserable and empty inside like a “vampire” or a corpse. And now his mistake “forced to destroy all that was dear to him [me]” and he can no longer turn back. Elizabeth and Victor went to visit Justine in the prison chamber after she confesses that she is the murderer of William because they believe that Justine is guiltless, so they want to assure and hear her declaration of guilt in person. Victor thinks to himself, “Thus the poor sufferer tried to comfort others and herself. She indeed gained the resignation she desired. But I, the true murderer, felt the never-dying worm alive in my bosom, which allowed of no no hope or consolation.
The phrases like, “light of my own vampire” and letting “my own spirit let loose from the grave” shows that Victor admits that the creature who creates “horror” among humans is just a reflection of himself. It also shows how burdened he feels because although he does not directly blames himself, he makes a connect between him and the creature when he uses the word “my”, showing that he incriminates himself for the death of his loved ones. The use of figurative language, compares Victor with “vampire”. Frankenstein perceives the looks of a human but his action makes him feels miserable and empty inside like a “vampire” or a corpse. And now his mistake “forced to destroy all that was dear to him [me]” and he can no longer turn back. Elizabeth and Victor went to visit Justine in the prison chamber after she confesses that she is the murderer of William because they believe that Justine is guiltless, so they want to assure and hear her declaration of guilt in person. Victor thinks to himself, “Thus the poor sufferer tried to comfort others and herself. She indeed gained the resignation she desired. But I, the true murderer, felt the never-dying worm alive in my bosom, which allowed of no no hope or consolation.