Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein book cover
Start Your Free Trial

What is Victor describing when he says that “Surely nothing but the unbounded and unremitting attention of my friend could have restored me to life”?

Expert Answers info

gbeatty eNotes educator | Certified Educator

calendarEducator since 2007

write2,654 answers

starTop subjects are Literature, History, and Science

On the most literal level, Victor is simply ill and he needs help. He's referring to his current situation.
On the emotional level, Victor is referring to how unbalanced he is, on the emotional and spiritual level, after creating life in the lab.
On the symbolic level, Victor is referring to himself—he needs someone to restore him to life as he restored the monster to life.

Greg

check Approved by eNotes Editorial

Related Questions

More »

Student Answers

revolution | Student

He feels very stunned and feel "out of the world" as he had created a monster with life with his bare hands which people deemed impossible. Somebody had to bring him out of the fantasy into the grim reality that he had created a creature, a real monster. His mind feels very unbalanced as he ponders over his motives and feelings of creating this monster and to what cost, so with the attention from the monster, he will accept this reality check and be back to the present, as he had known that he had created a creature that humans no longer thought off and that creature serve as a tool for memory and recognition of what he did and achieved.

check Approved by eNotes Editorial

Ask a Question

Popular Questions

More »

Additional Links