Frankenstein chapter summaries (Volume 3)

Chapter 4

- A man is found dead and Victor discovers that it is Clerval. - "Have my murderous machinations deprived you also, my dearest Henry, of life?" (pg 181) - "Two I have already destroyed; other victims await their destiny." (pg 181) - "The human frame could no longer support the agonies that I endured." (pg 181) - "More miserable than man ever was before," (pg 181)

Chapter 6

- Elizabeth is murdered by the Creature, Victor begins the pursuit. - "Suddenly a heavy rain descended," (pg 198) - "She was there, lifeless and inanimate, thrown across the bed, her head hanging down, and her pale and distorted features half covered by her hair." (pg 199) - "Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change," (pg 201) - "Mine has been a tale of horrors," (pg 201)

Chapter 3

- Frankenstein considers the repercussions of creating the Creature's companion and breaks his promise to the Monster. - "She might become a thousand times more malignant than her mate," (pg 170) - "One of he firs results of those sympathies for which the daemon craved would be children, and a race of devils would be propagated upon the earth, who might make the very existence of the species of man more precarious," (pg 170) - "You are my Creator, but I am your master - obey!" (pg 172) - "I shall be with you on your wedding-night." (pg 173)

Chapter 7

- Frankenstein continues to pursue the Creature until they both meet. Victor dies and the Creature apologises to Walton and promises that he will kill himself. - "Revenge alone endowed me with strength and composure," (pg 205) - "Let the cursed and hellish monster drink deep of agony; let him feel the despair that now torments me." (pg 206) - "I should have wept to die; now it is my only consolation." (pg 225) - "I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly, and exult in the agony of the torturing flames." (pg 225) - "Lost in darkness and distance," (pg 225)

Chapter 1

- Frankenstein prepares to start creating the female creature and agrees to marry Elizabeth. - "My future hopes and prospects are entirely bound up in he expectation of our union," (156)

Chapter 2

- Frankenstein travels with Clerval before isolating himself so that he may focus on creating the female companion. - "The soil was barren," (pg 168) - "A filthy process in which I engaged," (pg169)

Chapter 5

- Victor marries Elizabeth - "I should regard the treated fate as unavoidable. But death was no evil to me," (pg 195)