• demoniacal enemy In the third volume Victor has increasingly come to refer to the Creature as a "daemon,"
    thus not only dehumanizing him through an association with Satanic evil, but also,
    by conferring on the Creature a transcendental status, absolving himself as his Creator
    from any responsibility for his nature. In effect, linguistically, Victor is canceling
    his own role in the formation of the Creature.