The
frame story serves to highlight the contrast between , the mad scientist, and normal, decent
society, as represented by . Though Walton has much in common with Frankenstein, as we shall
see, there's no way in a million years he would ever entertain the kind of deranged fantasies in
whichhas indulged. In that sense, Walton acts as a foil to Victor, and the use of a frame story
is an especially effective means of bringing out the personal characteristics that set him apart
from the crazed scientist.
The employment of a frame story also serves to
make Victor's actions and their disastrous consequences seem more real, less fantastical than
they otherwise would be were they to be related in a more conventional narrative
structure.
The main connection between Victor and Walton is that they are
both quite lonely souls, isolated from society by their singular personalities and their
single-minded pursuit of scientific truth. That is why they instantly connect...
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