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To what is Shelley alluding in Victor's assertion, “But I am a blasted tree; the bolt

has entered my soul; and I felt then that I shall survive to exhibit what I shall soon
cease to be a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others, and
intolerable to myself”? What does Victor mean?

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Answer: This is a reference to Victor seeing the lightning bolt hit the tree so long ago. He means that he is not the man he used to be- peaceful, content, and happy. He is now miserable, "Wrecked," and hateful to himself

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