Ambition and hubris

• ‘I would account to myself for the birth of that passion, which afterwards ruled my destiny’


  Victor hasn’t chosen to violate, it was fate
• ‘how very ill you appear; so pale and thin’


  Cleval remarks on how Victor’s passion has made him ill
• ‘I am at length free’


  After his time in nature, Victor thinks he is free. Blind comment. He has a blinkered way at looking at the situation. He is imprisoned by his own hubris and lack of responsibility towards the monster. Eg making him 8 feet tall.
• What is the moon?

  The moon is a gothic symbol with a female identity
• ‘moon gazed on my midnight labours’


  the colour of the moon reflected in the monster’s eyes. Product of the environment he is created in
• ‘by the dim yellow light of the moon’


  interconnection between monster and moon
• ‘the only object that I could distinguish was the bright moon, and I fixed my eyes on it with pleasure’


  The monster’s identity is synonymous with the moon. In his solitary state it is his salvation + offers him comfort