without bounds
The repetition of "boundless" language from the previous chapter (see 2.1.2 and note) emphasizes the point that Victor
is, as ever, too "ardent," unable to moderate or even control his
reaction. Whereas some earlier critics wished to enforce a facile
dichotomy between Victor as rationalist and his Creature as the exemplar
of sensibility, a passage like this reminds us of how little power
Victor's capacity for abstraction (see 1.1.10 and note) actually has over the broad field of
his mind.
The Creature, as his narrative unfolds, will likewise represent himself
through similar language as he experiences what he conceives to be a
betrayal by his "adopted" family, the De Laceys. At that moment in his recital he seems
unconscious of the close similarity between the two of them.
