Topic > Victor and Robert Walton in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
They have always had direct connections where Victor usually follows Robert exactly with whatever happens to him. In one of the letters Victor receives from Robert Walton, Robert wrote, “To be friendless is indeed to be unfortunate” (Shelley 21). Victor and Robert felt alone due to their city-denying thoughts against Victor due to his creation being seen as harmful and dangerous to society. Although this is very far from the truth, Victor considers himself a failure when in reality he is not. He had chosen this lifestyle of isolation and solitude for which “The reader can understand from the novel that Victor himself chose this isolation from people. No one forced him into a solitary life” (BrännstrÖm 9) he can report
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