Victor’s fickle opinion on the cause of his fate furthermore aids in demonstrating his internal struggle. As he explains his story to readers, he finds new culprits for his fate. He begins by attempting to blame his father, “ If… my father had taken the pains to explain to me that the principles of Agrippa… under such circumstances I certainly have thrown Agrippa aside and have contented my imagination, warmed as it was, by returning with greater ardour to my former studies.” (Shelley 22). Although Victor could have wholly blamed his father as his creator and therefore the reason for his problem he contradicts himself when he says: “it is even possible that the train of my ideas would never have received the fatal impulse that led to my ruin”(23).
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The character talks about misfortune using action verbs such as “tainted my mind” while describing events to have “led to [his] after tale of misery”. He then continues this trend of action verbs usage with “ruled”, “arise”, “swelling” and “swept”. Victor through his choice of personification attempts to create another entity, separate from himself that can be labeled ‘misfortunes’ distancing himself as much as possible. This separate “being” becomes the main focus for Victor as he attempts to convince readers that it is this beings fault for “taint[ing] his mind” with the unfit knowledge, which implies to readers that Victor’s knowledge has a role even if it wasn’t specifically stated. When Victor begins to describe “the events” (essentially as if they were humans) he also notes that they “ruled [his] destiny”, creating a hierarchy between himself and this being of misfortune in which he ranks himself subservient to his misfortunes. He continues this principle of hierarchy describing the being as having “swept away all hopes and joys”. The fact that Victor willingly hands off his fate and destiny to “misfortunate events” displays the internal struggle Victor faces and the overall weakness of his character. The imagery created by Victor’s attempt to place accountability highlights
The character talks about misfortune using action verbs such as “tainted my mind” while describing events to have “led to [his] after tale of misery”. He then continues this trend of action verbs usage with “ruled”, “arise”, “swelling” and “swept”. Victor through his choice of personification attempts to create another entity, separate from himself that can be labeled ‘misfortunes’ distancing himself as much as possible. This separate “being” becomes the main focus for Victor as he attempts to convince readers that it is this beings fault for “taint[ing] his mind” with the unfit knowledge, which implies to readers that Victor’s knowledge has a role even if it wasn’t specifically stated. When Victor begins to describe “the events” (essentially as if they were humans) he also notes that they “ruled [his] destiny”, creating a hierarchy between himself and this being of misfortune in which he ranks himself subservient to his misfortunes. He continues this principle of hierarchy describing the being as having “swept away all hopes and joys”. The fact that Victor willingly hands off his fate and destiny to “misfortunate events” displays the internal struggle Victor faces and the overall weakness of his character. The imagery created by Victor’s attempt to place accountability highlights