How we cite our quotes: (chapter.paragraph)
Quote #10
Sometimes, indeed, he left marks in writing on the barks of the trees or cut in stone that guided me and instigated my fury. "My reign is not yet over"—these words were legible in one of these inscriptions—"you live, and my power is complete. (24.10)
It looks like the monster has finally found a way to communicate: by actually inscribing his words on the natural world. Shmoop loves a good allusion, and we can't help thinking of Shakespeare's As You Like It, when an exiled duke thinks that nature is soooo much better than fake court life, and they'll find "Tongues in trees, books in running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything." What would Shelley say to that?