In chapter 5 of the novel Frankenstein,
by Mary Shelley, we find Victor reacting to the "birth" of his creature.
Contrary to what he thought it would be, the process would be painful and horrible for
Victor.
He describes the moment when the creature opened
its eye. Victor foolishly thought that it would be a moment not too different than that
of the creation of man, basically, with all things going perfectly
well.
However, he saw a horrid creature that appealed to
Victor's emotions. Victor was disgusted by this and his first reaction was to run away
from the creature. In the process of conceptualizing what he did, he thought about the
fact that he had let a monster lose; What would it do? How bad will it all
get?
Victor suffered what amounted to a nervous breakdown
and Clerval, his dearest friend, took care of him. The birth of the monster is what
creates the anxiety amounting to agony. That, and the fact that Victor is now solely
responsible for the fates of those who come across the creature.
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