Chapter XXII Frankenstein
Chapter XXII • Elizabeth wrote Frankenstein about getting married. • With the creature’s promise in mind, Frankenstein will marry when he returns • He promises to tell her the secret after they were married.
Chapter XXII • Carrying a gun and a dagger, he was prepared for his death, but wasn’t prepared for what the monster had in store. • "Great God! If for one instant I had thought what might be the hellish intention of my fiendish adversary, I would rather have banished myself forever from my native country and wandered a friendless outcast over the earth than have consented to this miserable marriage. But, as if possessed of magic powers, the monster had blinded me to his real intentions; and when I thought that I had prepared only my own death, I hastened that of a far dearer victim." Chapter 22
Chapter XXII • On the wedding day, Elizabeth and Frankenstein sailed to Evian for their honeymoon. • Frankenstein began getting nervous as night fell.
Chapter XXIII Frankenstein
Chapter XXIII • A storm night, Frankenstein was scaring Elizabeth. • He sent her bed while he checked the inn to make sure the monster wasn't there.
Chapter XXIII • He heard a scream. • "As I heard it, the whole truth rushed into my mind, my arms dropped, the motion of every muscle and fibre was suspended; I could feel the blood trickling in my veins and tingling in the extremities of my limbs." Chapter 23 • When he got to their room, Elizabeth was strangled, stretched out across the bed.
Chapter XXIII • After fainting, Frankenstein saw the monster in the window. • Worried about the rest of his family, Frankenstein set out for home. • Frankenstein's father, shocked by Elizabeth's death, died a few days later. • Frankenstein vowed to spend the rest of his life pursuing the monster.
Chapter XXIV Frankenstein
Chapter XXIV • Grieving at the cemetery, he swore on their graves that he would avenge their deaths, and he heard the creature laugh at him. • The chase was on. • Frankenstein followed the creature across Europe and up toward the North Pole.
Chapter XXIV • When Frankenstein felt weak, he would find stashes of food or notes left by the monster to spur him on. • On the ice-covered ocean, ice broke, separating them and bringing Frankenstein toward Robert Walton's ship. • After ending the story, Frankenstein asks Walton to kill the monster.
Chapter XXIV • August 26th 17--: • Although the tale is fantastic, Walton believes it without doubt. • Walton thinks Frankenstein must have been an incredible man before this tragedy destroyed him.
Chapter XXIV • Frankenstein's attempt to play God and create life caused him self-destruct. • His ambition and desire for glory bound him to the monster and he insists on destroying the monster or dying trying.
Chapter XXIV • September 2nd, 17--: • Walton's ship is enclosed by ice. • Frankenstein's health is failing.
Chapter XXIV • September 5th, 17--: • Walton's crew demands that as soon as the ice clears, they will go home.
Chapter XXIV • September 7th, 17--: • Walton and the men decide to turn back • Walton is disappointed about not reaching the North Pole.
Chapter XXIV • September 12th, 17--: • As death approaches, Frankenstein summarizes his life in these words: • "'In a fit of enthusiastic madness I created a rational creature and was bound towards him to assure, as far as was in my power, his happiness and well-being .... . . I refused, and I did right in refusing, to create a companion for the first creature. He showed unparalleled malignity and selfishness in evil; he destroyed my friends . . ... Miserable himself that he may render no other wretched, he ought to die. The task of his destruction was mine, but I have failed.'" Chapter 24
Chapter XXIV • Frankenstein dies and as Walton finishes his letter, he hears cries from Frankenstein's room. • The monster stands over Frankenstein asking the corpse for forgiveness for his destruction. • He tries to justify his crimes to Walton, who can't bring himself to look at the monster's hideous face.
Chapter XXIV • Walton debates killing him, but the monster explains that he is leaving for the North Pole to burn himself and destroy every trace of his existence. • The monster jumps from the ship onto the ice-raft that he arrived on and is "borne away by the waves."
