...not doubt but that the monster followed me, and would discover himself to me" (158). And so it does: I trembled, and my heart failed within me, when, on looking up, I saw, by the light of the moon, the daemon at the casement. . . . Yes, he had followed me in my travels; he had loitered in forests, hid...

...existence of the species of man" (122-23). Overcome by the apocalyptic vision and feelings of guilt, "I trembled, and my heart failed within me; when,...on looking up, I saw, by the light of the moon, the daemon at the casement" (123). The placement of the semicolon leaves it ambiguous whether Victor glimpses...

...I a right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations? ... I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their...perhaps of the existence of the whole human race" (138). How one treats one's monsters bears upon the "rest of mankind" (that is, mankind in its entirety...

...the very existence of the species of man a condition precarious and full of terror. ... I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their...perhaps of the existence of the whole human race. (138) In light of Darwin's scientific revelations about how the world really works, the reproductive...

...fiendish threats; but now, for the first time, the wickedness of my promise burst upon me; I shuddered to think that future ages might curse me as their...on looking up, I saw by the light of the moon the daemon at the casement. A ghastly grin wrinkled his lips as he gazed on me, where I sat fulfilling...