“…so frightful an event is single in the history of man…” (Shelley 218)
Over the centuries our human race has endured excruciating wars, death, plagues, drought, famine, and many other indescribable events. People have endured torture, pain and suffering, loss, starvation, and disease. After Elizabeth was killed by Frankenstein’s monster he had lost four dearly loved ones because of his deprived creation; he truly believed that despite everything that man has gone through, nothing has been has horribly frightful as this. Shelley is stating that despite every horrible thing that mankind has been through, inlucing the Holocaust, the countless wars, and the Great Depression, he truly feels that he is enduring the worst of them all.
Over the centuries our human race has endured excruciating wars, death, plagues, drought, famine, and many other indescribable events. People have endured torture, pain and suffering, loss, starvation, and disease. After Elizabeth was killed by Frankenstein’s monster he had lost four dearly loved ones because of his deprived creation; he truly believed that despite everything that man has gone through, nothing has been has horribly frightful as this. Shelley is stating that despite every horrible thing that mankind has been through, inlucing the Holocaust, the countless wars, and the Great Depression, he truly feels that he is enduring the worst of them all.
consider when the novel was written -- how many of your examples could Shelley have considered when writing her work?
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