NOTES

A deadly struggle would take place

Although Victor is self-evidently no match in strength with his creature, he continually looks to a melodramatic struggle-to-the-death to resolve their conflict, thus substituting a simply physical resolution for one that might embody ethical or psychological justice. Once again, one may read here a female author's sense of the conventions of masculinist fictions, whether those of art or real life. (For other instances where Victor similarly falls back on physical competitiveness, see II:2:5, II:2:6, III:3:16 and III:3:17).