Chapter 18
Victor struggles with his promise and departs for England with his friend Henry Clerval.
4 argumentative units
- 01Victor's internal torment over the promise
Victor is deeply conflicted between his promise to the creature to create a companion and his horror at the prospect of unleashing another monster upon the world.
- 02Victor delays and his father urges marriage
Victor procrastinates recommencing his work, his health improving while his promise to the creature weighs on him; his father, noticing the change, asks whether marriage to Elizabeth might be arranged sooner.
- 03Victor decides to go to England
Victor formulates a plan to visit England under the guise of pleasure travel, resolving to complete his dreadful task abroad away from his family; his father arranges for Clerval to join him at Strasburgh.
- 04The journey with Clerval down the Rhine to London
Victor throws himself into the carriage, barely sensible to the beautiful Rhine scenery that enraptured Clerval; they travel through Holland and arrive in England, Victor occupied only by the work that awaits him.