Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. Chapters 18- 20.
"I felt as if was about the commission of a dreadful crime, and avoided with shuddering anxiety any encounter with my fellow-creatures. At one time the moon, which had before been clear, was suddenly overspread by a thick cloud, and I took advantage of the moment of darkness and cast my basket into the sea; listened to the gurgling sound ass it sunk, and then sailed away from the spot" (Shelly, 125).
During this part of the novel, I think that Victor realized that he was becoming a slave to his creation, a flip of the usual understood roles, Victor being the master and the Creation being subordinate. The flip occurred when Victor let his creation get out of his control. Victor goes to England to be secluded during his creation of a new thing. While in the process of creating his second monster, he gets cold feet and disposes of the remains at sea. When he returns, Victor is suspected of murder.
This part of the book was rather upsetting to me. Victor would not complete his second creation because he was afraid that the new creature would not leave with the original or, worse, that the creatures would procreate. I thought, Victor is responsible for what goes into the creature, why does he not just exclude the organs for childbearing. That would essentially disarm the ability for the creatures to have children. But, that would not make for a suspenseful story, would it?
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