• a race of devils At this point Victor's demonizing of his Creature extends into a primitive form of
    racism, transforming a personal vendetta into a supposedly objective ideology that
    stamps this Other as inherently inferior, incapable of civilization, and undeserving
    of existence. Thus positioning himself at an extreme of self-righteous justification,
    Victor will fall back upon this hardened, docrinaire authority for all his subsequent
    actions concerning the Creature.