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that burning hatred, and ardent desire of revenge If it is really true that these striking oxymorons, in which hatred is expressed
in the language of love, no longer impel Victor, they do reinforce the passionate
cast of his diction in the last chapters of his narration (III:7:22 and note). The
word "ardent" likewise reminds us of the use of that word to describe the obsessiveness
with which he labored to bring his Creature into existence (I:3:1, I:3:9).