Frankenstein - Chapter 17

The monster's proposition is haunting: He asks, no, demands, for a partner, a companion, a soulmate in solitude. His loneliness echoes through his every phrase, a shrill lamentation for the companionship he has been so unjustly denied. His solitude remains the crucible in which his vices have been forged, and in this solitude, he perceives salvation. Yet anger burns brightly through his misery. The green flame of his bitterness illuminates the shadows of his despair, igniting a powerful ...