The sight is so joyful it brings tears of hope to his eyes. When he has almost grasped his enemy, he loses all trace of him. Most of his dogs die, and he is on the brink of death when Walton's ship picks him up. Victor dreads his impending death because his task is unfulfilled. Strangely enough, this final chapter of Victor's narration, in which he is suffering a decline, portrays him as more active than he has been since the days when he first built the creature.
Revenge is an invigorating, intoxicating existence.
Consider the moment when tears of joy and happiness are shed at the mere appearance of his enemy. The audience has rarely seen such a display of positive emotion. Most of the tears emitted in this novel are sad ones. He is satisfied. Frankenstein finally breaks free of his guilty prison by devoting his life to the search for the creature.