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Chapter 24

Victor chases the creature north across the ice. He tells Walton to avoid ambition, and dies.

The Sea of Ice
The Sea of Ice. Caspar David Friedrich, 1823 to 1824, Hamburger Kunsthalle. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

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The quotes

4 big quotes in this chapter.

Seek happiness in tranquillity and avoid ambition

Victor · Chapter 24 · ambition · knowledge

Victor's last advice to Walton. Be calm. Do not want too much. He did not take it himself.

Farewell, Walton! Seek happiness in tranquillity

Victor · Chapter 24 · ambition

His last words. Then he dies on the ship.

the fallen angel becomes a malignant devil

Victor · Chapter 24 · prejudice · revenge

An angel that falls turns into a devil. Victor's view of the creature, in the creature's own words from earlier.

I have lost everything and cannot begin life anew

Victor · Chapter 24 · family · isolation

His family is dead. There is nothing to rebuild with.

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