wretchedly
Here we encounter the first, ironic sign of Victor's bonding with his
Creature. He first called him a "wretch" in the second paragraph of this
chapter (1.4.1), and has just reiterated
the epithet two sentences before this. Victor's adverb may seem innocent
enough, but when juxtaposed with the many instances later in the novel in
which he and his Creature will exchange places or nomenclature, it
functions as a clear opening signal of the complex narrative patterning to
come.
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