I considered the being whom I had cast among mankind, and endowed with the will and power to effect purposes of horror, such as the deed which he had now done, nearly in the light of my own vampire, my own spirit let loose from the grave, and forced to destroy all that was dear to me.
Chapter 7 · Narrator
Context
After seeing the creature and concluding it murdered William, Victor reflects on what he has unleashed. He considers the being he created as an extension of himself, a dark force destroying everything he loves.
Analysis
The metaphor of "my own vampire, my own spirit let loose from the grave" binds the creature to Victor through repeated possessives, making it simultaneously other (a vampire, an undead spirit) and self ("my own" twice). This Gothic image recasts creation as exhumation—Victor has not made new life but released something buried that now feeds on him, collapsing the boundary between maker and monster into a shared, parasitic identity.
Essay Tip
Use this to argue that Victor's vampire metaphor reveals his unconscious recognition that the creature is his double—by imagining it as his own spirit, he admits (without quite seeing it) that the monster enacts desires and violences he cannot consciously own.