why does man boast of sensibilities superior to those apparent in the
brute
Readers might think of this sentence as heavily ironic, given the
encounter that is immediately to ensue. Yet, it may be intended to
operate on a subtler level than just that of forcing us and Victor to
contemplate the truth of his relations with his Creature. It is almost as
if Victor's mental state, once he has been transposed into the sublime,
has transformed him, preparing him, unlike other members of his family, to
look full into the face of brute nature and experience at once its
otherness and its symbiosis with humanity.
