"Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed?" (30)
This is an example of a rhetorical question. The speaker is asking a question but he/she does not expect an answer. In this situation, Frankenstien appears to ask a question of the reader; however, since he is telling the story to Robert, he is actually asking the questino of him but he does not expect an answer.
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does this rhetorical question hold significant value to the work? or is it random?
ReplyDeleteThis appears to be a random rhetorical question, but I have a feeling that the question will reapper later in the story. Perhaps when people want to destroy the monster.
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