Frankenstein Summary Chapter 23

Chapter 20
Summary
While Victor is working one night on his new creature, he begins to wonder about what would happen when he finishes his creation. He imagines that his new being might not want to keep his promises, or that the two creatures might have families, creating “a race of devils . . . on the earth.” In these thoughts, Victor looks up to the windows and sees the monster staring at him through the frame. Stunned by the monster’s ugliness and the option of a second creature like him, he destroys his work in progress under the gaze of his creature. The monster turn into a rage at Victor for breaking his promise, and at the vision of the loneliness of his future life. Later in the night, he comes in Victor’s bedroom and swears that they will face again on Victor’s wedding night.
Before he leaves his cottage, Victor cleans and packs his chemical instruments and gathers the remains of his second creature. Late that evening, Victor rows out onto the Atlantic ocean and throws the remains of his monster into the water, after that, Victor allowed himself to take a nap in the dinghy for a while. When he wakes up, he finds himself lost on the immensity of the ocean. Panicking, he contemplates the probability of dying at sea, blown by the wind far out into the Atlantic. Soon the winds switch of direction and he reaches land near a little town. When he arrives, a group of Ireland greet him rudely, saying him that he is under suspicion for a murder discovered the previous