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. . I entered the cabin where lay the remains of my ill-fated and admirable friend. Over him hung a form which I cannot find words to describe — gigantic in stature, yet uncouth and distorted in its proportions. . . .

He paused, looking on me with wonder, and again turning towards the lifeless form of his creator, he seemed to forget my presence, and every feature and gesture seemed instigated by the wildest rage of some uncontrollable passion.

"That is also my victim!" he exclaimed. . . . "Oh, Frankenstein! Generous and self-devoted being! What does it avail that I now ask thee to pardon me? I, who irretrievably destroyed thee by destroying all thou lovedst. Alas! He is cold, he cannot answer me." . . .

"Your repentance," I said, "is now superfluous. If you had listened to the voice of conscience and heeded the stings of remorse before you had urged your diabolical vengeance to this extremity, Frankenstein would yet have lived."

"And do you dream?" said the daemon. "Do you think that I was then dead to agony and remorse? . . . After the murder of Clerval I returned to Switzerland, heart-broken and overcome. I pitied Frankenstein; my pity amounted to horror; I abhorred myself. But when I discovered that he, the author at once of my existence and of its unspeakable torments, dared to hope for happiness, that while he accumulated wretchedness and despair upon me he sought his own enjoyment in feelings and passions from the indulgence of which I was forever barred, then impotent envy and bitter indignation filled me with an insatiable thirst for vengeance. . . . I had cast off all feeling, subdued all anguish, to riot in the excess of my despair. Evil thenceforth became my good. Urged thus far, I had no choice but to adapt my nature to an element which I had willingly chosen. . . ."


Whats going on in the passage

Answer 1

In the passage Frankenstein has just been killed and his creator is mourning over the loss of his creation. It's been awhile since I've read this book but I hope this helps you.

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Answer 2

I believe, put simply, Frankenstein has been killed by his monster. His friend, whose name cannot be derived from the passage, has found Frankenstein's corpse and Frankenstein's monster above him. Frankenstein's monster seems remorseful about killing their creator. However, the 'friend' is basically saying 'Bro, if you had just listened to your gut and your conscience, my dude, Frankenstein would still be alive'. What happened after is a bit murky, but basically, Frankenstein's monster is like,

'Do you dream? Do you think I don't feel hurt and guilt? After the murder of Clerval, I went off to Switzerland, feeling down. I felt bad for Frankenstein, then it turned to horror. I felt disgusted about myself. But then I found out that Frankenstein, the guy who made me and all of my problems, wanted to be happy. While he made my life horrible and piled torments on me, he tried to find happiness in the things I couldn't experience. Then I became angry, and I wanted revenge. I put aside my problems and adapted to the way I had chosen to feel...'

This is still a bit off, and it might not solve the entire problem, but I hope it clears up a few things??