There were lots of turning points throughout the novel for me as a reader, but I feel like this is the true climax that Shelley was intending. Up until this point, Victor is really in no danger. Yes, he lost a loved one, but basically everyone he loves is still alive and well. However, this all about to change. The creature had finally found what he had been yearning for for all of his existence: love and acceptance. He truly believed that he was going to receive that gift from the second creature that Victor was creating. But when he did indeed not get that present, he was determined to make Victor pay. So now, the creature is hopeless and set on revenge and Victor believes that he is the one that the creature is coming after. After his best friend's death, he decides that he will just have to defend himself and fight the creature. However, he was not the one that needed saving, as Elizabeth was murdered by the creature on his wedding night.
I realize that I just summarized a ton, but the main point of this was that the creature saying that he was going to see Victor once again on his wedding night was the climax of the story.
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