Frankenstein - Chapter 20
Imagine, if you will, an evening bathed in the dual glow of a setting sun and a rising moon. The scene is our narrator's laboratory, a stage for scientific miracles and unholy terrors alike. As his hands rest idle under the insufficient light, our protagonist broods over the enormity of his task. It's here that he's forced to confront the monstrosity of his past creation, a hideous being born from the unchecked ambitions of scientific prowess, and grapple with the dread of what might birth fr...