Frankenstein Summary Chapter 18

In Chapter 18 of Frankenstein,Victor Frankenstein is in great fear and feels the anxious emotions coming back when he thinks of going back to his labors of creating a female monster for his first monster. He had become healthier at home and away from his laboratory, however, he is still in despair and would often escape to the lake at night for peace to think. His father noticed and questioned if Victor’s sadness was because he did not want to marry Elizabeth because he either only saw her as a sister or have loved another. Victor tells his father that he does love Elizabeth and want to marry her, but his father sees that Victor has been feeling great sadness and believes it’s because of the deaths of Justine and William. His father, as a possible

Thus, Victor asked to depart to England where he could meet with English philosophers and gain knowledge that may help him in his labors, and when he comes back he will marry Elizabeth. His father arranged that Clerval will meet Victor at Strasbourg and accompany him to England, which made Victor happy. Elizabeth, in contrast, felt despair at Victor’s departure in the end of September. Henry and Victor descended the Rhine in a boat from Strasbourg to Rotterdam, then a ship to London. Henry with his wild, enthusiastic imagination, loved the beautiful countryside. When they arrived, they were truly amazed by the grand buildings of English

Henry’s goal is to go to India to learn the multiple languages present and experience their diverse society. Victor’s goal was much more painful, in fact, he even felt torture while collecting his materials for his second monster. Henry and Victor suddenly received an invitation from their former visitor in Geneva who invited them to Scotland, specifically Perth. They left London on March 27 and traveled through the beautiful forests of Windsor. Then, they went to Oxford, which was an important historical city that was very faithful to King Charles I, even once the nation had forsaken his cause to join the standard of Parliament and liberty; here, they visited grand historical monuments. Victor enjoyed it, but still felt miserable because of the thought of the monster. At Matlock, they visited a cave and little cabinets of natural history, and then passed two months in Cumberland and Westmorland, where they admired the Swiss mountains. Henry greatly enjoyed traveling, but Victor, on the other hand, knew he was delaying his creation and fear of the monster hurting his family because of this delay struck him. He felt as if he was protecting Henry on this journey and felt cursed because he could feel the monster following him. After passing Edinburgh, they