Frankenstein

How does Victor, at the beginning of chapter 9, begin to portray himself as a tragic figure?

Frankeinstein by Mary Shelley

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Victor loses himself to feelings of despair and guilt, blaming his desire to create human happiness for the deaths his brother and Justine. Victor becomes ill, lethargic, and depressed..... his condition eventually extends itself to his father. Victor contemplates suicide.

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