There is an unmistakeable erotic charge to the language of these paragraphs, but it
is almost metaphysical in its conception. The Creature suggests that the rage awakened
within him, which is fired by his rejection and desperate solitude, can only be slaked
by being converted into a psychologically and socially constructive alternative, which
is to say love. There are ramifications here as well for the "ardent" pursuits of
both Walton and Victor Frankenstein.
Although the notion of channeling libidinous forces into socially beneficial relationships
might be thought particularly suited to a woman's perspective on modern culture, the
conventions of the age kept most women authors from a direct engagement with issues
of sexuality and its repression or displacement. A notable exception is Mary Wollstonecraft.
Here one senses a true family resemblance.