ardently prayed
The language of ardor, earlier associated with the scientific pursuits of
both Walton (Letter 1.2, Letter 3) and Victor Frankenstein (1.3.2, 1.4.2) -- where in the latter case it is
tinged with something approaching the eroticism only fully expressed after
the death of Elizabeth (3.6.2) -- is
here
transferred into the arena of hatred. In Victor this hatred will
constitute a passion as intense and single-minded as erotic infatuation.
