out. He was inevitably cleared of his murder charge and released from prison, and returned home to Geneva with his father. Victor then became engaged to Elizabeth, whom he loved all his life. He still remained upset about the deaths of his friend Clerval, his brother William, and family friend Justine, but decided to marry Elizabeth despite his grief. Victor and Elizabeth were subsequently married, but on their wedding night the monster crept into their room and strangled Elizabeth. Victor’s father was then overtaken with grief and died. Victor then had no one left in his life, and consequently dedicated his actions to the pursuit of the monster. He chased the monster all over the continent until he reached the arctic where he nearly perished until Walton’s ship picked him up. He had allowed his hate to encourage him to persevere and to accept all hardships that could be encountered. Upon the completion of Victor’s narration, Walton describes to Elizabeth how the story is probable and how much he respects and admires Victor as a person. Victor remains melancholy. In his next entry, Walton tell Margaret how the ship has again become surrounded by ice and may not be able to leave for some time. The following entry has the ship still surrounded by ice, with the crew demanding the voyage to detour from its present northern course for a more southern course, in which Walton, but not Victor, agrees. The next entry has Walton agreeing to return, although he maintains that he will be effectively disappointed. The final entry by Walton tells how the ice has broken and the ship will be returning home. Victor tries to get out of bed, but realizes he is near the end of his life, and spends the last minutes telling Walton to avoid too much ambition and asking him if he will continue the search to kill the monster. Victor then dies. The monster enters the cabin through the window some time later, and address the body of his dead cr...
