Unfeeling, heartless creator! You had endowed me with perceptions and passions and then cast me abroad an object for the scorn and horror of mankind.
Chapter 16 · The Creature
Context
Traveling toward Geneva to confront Victor, the Creature directly addresses his creator, summarizing the injustice of being given consciousness but no place in the world.
Analysis
'Perceptions and passions' is a telling word choice—the Creature doesn't say Victor gave him life or a body, but the mental and emotional capacities that make suffering possible. This phrasing sharpens the accusation: Victor's crime isn't creation itself but creating a being capable of feeling rejection and then guaranteeing he would experience it.
Essay Tip
Support a thesis that the novel's real horror isn't the Creature's appearance but Victor's irresponsibility—by isolating the words 'perceptions and passions,' the Creature argues that awareness without belonging is a uniquely cruel form of torture.