Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
The connection between family members in both Walton's and Frankenstein's lives I think plays an important role in the story. "Continue for the present to write to me by every opportunity: I may receive your letters on some occasion when I need them most to support my spirits" (Shelley, 6). In the passage, Walton is asking his sister to continue writing to him. Even though he has left his sister behind, he is trying to keep her present in his life. I think that is an important difference between Frankenstein and Walton. Frankenstein, though he loved his "sister" dearly, did not maintain communication in his days of building his creature. Though it is likely that Walton will do the same for his enterprise, he has tried to continue to write, which is another reason why the timing of Frankenstein's story was better. The connection with their family plays an important role in both of the character's personalities as well, because their family is of a major concern. Especially, Frankenstein knows what it is like to accept people into his world that are not of his class but allowing them to be so. I think this relates to his viewpoint on people as a whole. He does not seem to believe that anyone is of different standards, which could somehow play a role in what he did after talking with the creature.
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