Victor here unconsciously slides between the terms "subject" and "object," that is,
between what would possess a substantive being and what is merely a thing upon which
an action is committed. The odd inversion of the question, with its verb placed at
the end, likewise contributes to an effect of syntactical estrangement. This brief
moment of panic is thus highly illuminating, employing a linguistic shorthand to reveal
how Victor's thought processes characteristically distance and demonize his Creature.