Chapters 21-24 & Waton's Last Letters - Quotations
English Lit: Edexcel A Level Frankenstein, topic 7.2.6
Chapters 21-24 & Walton's Letters - Quotations
Here are key quotations from Chapters 21-24 and Walton's letters:
Chapter 22
- "Elizabeth alone had the power to draw me from these fits; her gentle voice would soothe me when transported by passion’".
- Elizabeth is mirrored with nature, offering Victor comfort but essentially pushed into a submissive role.
- Her death at the hands of the Monster is symbolic of the death of nature by man-made means.
- Perhaps it could even be seen as an allegory for the Romantic reaction against industrialisation.
Walton in Continuation
- The Monster mourns the death of Victor and tells Walton that he is going to travel to the most Northern part of the globe and commit suicide.
- With this declaration, he jumps over the side of the boat and was "borne away by the waves and lost in the darkness and distance".