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The gothic horror novel, Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a power-hungry man who brings about his own destruction through the creation of a monster. While searching for the monster in the arctic, ....

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... and express his feelings of loneliness. The effects of his separation from loved ones are seen clearly in his letters. Walton explains that he “desires the company of a man who could sympathise with me”(Shelley 4). When Walton rescues Victor Frankenstein, his hopes of a new friendship become reality. He writes to his sister that his “affection for my guest increases every day” and his guest “excites at once my admiration and my pity to an astonishing degree”(Shelley 11). With Walton’s change in attitude, it is clear that he has a need to be close to others and that his isolation causes him great emotional pain and loneliness. Frankenst ...