That night, in a fury, the monster declared war against all humans, especially Victor Frankenstein. Later, calmed by pleasant sunshine, the monster decided that he had acted too quickly. The final moment of the movie was when the monster was about to die. The following morning, he returned to the cottage and saw Felix negotiating with his landlord to leave.
The monster's feelings of hatred and desire for revenge flared again. That night, he burned the Delacys's cottage to the ground and set off, hoping to reach Geneva. Along the way, the monster saved a young girl from drowning. But a witness, assuming based on his appearance that he was drowning her, shot the monster in the shoulder. The monster was not alone.
The monster spent weeks recovering, his physical pain increased by his mental anguish. Two months later, near Geneva, the monster was awakened from a nap by a beautiful child. Believing the child too young and innocent to fear him, the monster grabbed the boy. Instead of accepting him, the boy screamed, Monster! Ugly wretch!
Certain the monster wished to eat him or tear him to pieces. The boy proclaimed that his father, Mr. Frankenstein, would punish the monster. Hearing the child's identity, the monster strangled the boy.
The monster took the portrait the child was wearing. When he saw Justine, he decided to punish her in place of others who rejected him by secretly placing the necklace in her pocket, knowing she would be blamed for the murder. The monster relates that he then wandered around for some time hoping to see and confront Victor. The chapter closes with his demand that Victor make him a mate.
brings the stories of the monster and Victor together as the monster explains how he killed William and what he did to frame Justine for the crime. This murder is a counterpoint to the kind deed the monster performed earlier in the chapter when he explained how he saved a girl from drowning and the unjust punishment he received. The monster is spurred to violence by his rejection by the Delacyss and his treatment by the armed witness when he tried to save the drowning girl. His rage at William Frankenstein's horror upon seeing him and his desire for revenge on Victor, awakened by hearing the name Frankenstein.
The monster takes as all-powerful the written word, believing what he reads is literally true. He extends this to assume that he will be able to use language, threats, and violence to persuade Victor to make him a mate. The monster's naive belief in the power of language foreshadows the failure of his plea.
The power of language appears in the William story as well. The pleasure that the monster finds in nature in the chapter reinforces the theme of connection to nature inspired by the Romantic movement. His desire to reanimate the drowning girl connects him to Victor as well. He hopes to animate life.