a howl of devilish despair and revenge
A further instance of Victor's reconstruction of the Creature's emotions
as diabolical so as not to have to confront their actual nature. The howl
represents, indeed, a reaction of despair following an entire year's
attentuated expectation, a year spent in solitude and without any other
hope. In turn, that understanding tends to ironize Victor's own emotional
dependency on Clerval during their trip. Both creator and creature are
here at last equally alone in their solitude, unconsciously prepared to
transfer their entire gamut of emotional needs into a single-minded
pursuit of the other's destruction.
