will acknowledge it so three paragraphs later. Still, we have to recognize that we
have come full circle: Walton addresses the Creature with the appellation employed
by Victor Frankenstein immediately after his creation (I:4:2 and note) and again upon
reencountering him on the Mer-de-Glace of Mont Blanc (II:2:5 and note). Two sentences
later he will reiterate Victor's linguistic leap into transcendental terminology,
demonizing the Creature as a fiend. In his response the Creature picks up on the shift
in signification, comparing himself both to Adam and to Satan.