Frankenstein the Astonishment Which I Term Paper

He has been so focused on the necessary step-by-step process that his entire being has become wrapped up in the tedious and minutely detailed 'discovery' of what has been the 'study and desire of the wisest men since the creation of the world'. The doctor has never quite believed that he would reach this point as he points out that he is like the Arabian who is aided by a 'seemingly ineffectual light'.

Shelley seems to telling the reader of the doctor's lack of belief in his own abilities. Then at the vital moment of discovery, the entire process is 'obliterated' and the doctor is astounded to discovery that he has actually accomplished the task on which he set his mind upon so many months before.This discovery, however, affected him for only a short while, soon giving way to 'delight and rapture', which in turn is likely to lead the reader to believe that the doctor, like every other egotistical man of science, quickly discerns that it is his own intellect, his own sense of clarity that allowed him the nature to accomplish such an achievement. He had traveled the path, directed his endeavors in the specific manner necessary to achieve his 'magic scene' and was quick to realize that it was of his own doing......