English

Celia Cobb

19 May, 13:45

Read this excerpt from Frankenstein

I beheld the wretch, the miserable monster whom I had

created. He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if,

eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws

opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a

grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken, but I did

not hear ... (44)

What part of the excerpt most clearly creates reader empathy for the

monster?