• A grin was on the face of the monster Careful attention to detail here renders Victor's account dubious. With all lights
    extinguished so that the room is only illuminated by the moon, it would appear next
    to impossible for Victor so sharply to distinguish a visage that would be backlit
    in such circumstances. Neither the Creature's own narration in the second volume nor
    his account of his struggles with Victor Frankenstein at the end accords with such
    a perspective of fiendish exultation in evil. This portrait is, however, wholly commensurate
    with Victor's increasing tendency to demonize the Creature. See I:6:22, II:2:6, and
    III:3:2.