Mary Shelly "Frankenstein"
Obey!" It promises
that if Victor grants its request, it and its mate will vanish into the wilderness of South America
uninhabited by man, never to reappear.
Fearing for his family, Victor reluctantly agrees and travels to England to do his work. He is
accompanied by Clerval, but they separate in Scotland. Through their travels, Victor suspects that the
monster is following him. Working on a second being on the Orkney Islands, he is plagued by
premonitions of what his work might wreak, particularly as creating a mate for the creature might lead
to the breeding of an entire race of monsters that could plague mankind. He destroys the unfinished
example after he sees the monster looking through the window. The monster witnesses this and,
confronting Victor, vows to be with Victor on his upcoming wedding night. The monster murders
Clerval and leaves the corpse on an Irish beach, where Victor lands upon leaving the island. Victor is