Frankenstein: Page 97-114

Frankenstein

By: Mary Shelley

Throughout the story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, characters find themselves interconnected and their stories intertwined. This union and parallelism begins in the first letters and introductory parts of the novel as Robert Walton and Victor Frankenstein are presented as doubles who both thirst for knowledge by blinding ambitions, long for friendship in adventure and glory, and have a past similar in both nature and characters. Then, as the story becomes focused upon Victor Frankenstein and his creation, a second set of doubles is presented within the embodiment of Frankenstein and the creature. 

"The human senses are insurmountable barriers to our union (Page 104)." As the creature itself states, Frankenstein and the creature are united by their similarities in emotions and qualities. Their defining difference may be their physical appearance, but their emotions and experiences connect them. Even as their paths grow apart, their stories become connected. As Victor recovers from his illness and adjusts back into society, the creature recovers from his confusion and attempts to enter society. As Victor tries to reach home, but is unable to, the creature to connect to the family, but is unable to. As Victor seeks happiness and relief from the creature, the creature seeks happiness and relief from loneliness. 

Through the frame stories of Victor, Frankenstein, and the creature, Mary Shelley presents parallelism through doubles. As each story is presented and becomes interconnected, the aspect of doubles reinforces and strengthens the themes presented in the novel. It is through doubles and parallelism that the separate stories find themselves complexly and deeply intertwined.