Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Shelley begins using characterization early on in Frankenstein. She characterizes both Robert and Victor as lonely men who thirst for knowledge. Both of these characters have an instant connection when Robert pulls Victor into the boat. Only moments after Robert has spoken with Victor, he says that he begins "to love him as a brother; and his constant and deep grief fills me with sympathy and compassion. He must have been a noble creature in his better days, being even now in wreck so attractive and amiable"(Shelley, 11). This shows that Robert starts to have an instant attraction to Victor because they share some similarities in their personalities. I believe that the fact that Victor and Robert have so much in common is the reason that Victor opens up to Robert. Victor does not want Robert's thirst for knowledge and discovery to ruin his life the way it ruined Victor's own life. The characters of Victor and Robert share quite a few similarities which can be confirmed by the ways in which they empathize with each other. Victor deciding to tell Robert his story reveals a piece of Victor's character that makes the reader believe there is something about Robert that Victor finds relatable and trusting.
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