Comparing Victor And Henry's Friendship In Frankenstein By Mary Shelley

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In daily life, everybody has a friend. Friends are people who look out for each other. Some are such good friends, they become best friends. Friends are there when needed most. The help could come as advice or just being there in general. Throughout Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, there are a series of friend relationships that are introduced. Each one has the others back and both mean something to each other. From keeping a friend on his feet to keeping a friend from being killed, each relationship has a meaning to it. A general lesson in Frankenstein is friends should care for each other.
One of these relationships is Victor and Henry. Henry is always there for Victor when needed most. For example, “As it drew nearer I observed that it was …show more content…

how fortunate that you should be here at the very moment of my alighting!’” (37) Before Henry showed up, Victor had just created the creature, who is supposedly hideous and a shocking sight. Victor then runs into the streets horrified and in need of some company and care. It was significant that Henry showed up when he did, because it was at the time Victor needed someone the most. At that moment Henry reminded Victor about his life with his family and all the good memories he had with them. Victor was filled with relief and joy after seeing Henry. Like Victor and Henry, this relationship also shows a friend being there for another in a time of need. The relationship of Alphonse and Beaufort. Alphonse is Victor’s father who has a merchant as a very close friend named Beaufort. Beaufort was a man known for his tank and magnificence, but fell through numerous mischances and was in debt. He then did not want to be in a town where he was looked up to, but was in poverty, so he ran away with his daughter and kept himself concealed for a great amount of time. As stated from the book, “My father loved Beaufort with the truest friendship, and was deeply …show more content…

Justin was convicted for the murder of Victor’s brother William, and was going to be sentenced to death. In the books it says “We stayed several hours with Justine; and it was with great difficulty that Elizabeth could tear herself away. ‘I wish,’ cried she, ‘that i were to die with you; I cannot live in this world of misery.’” (60) During this time, Justine was already in a position where all the accusations got to her, but even after she gave up Elizabeth still had faith in her innocence. This is significant, because even after all the evidence that point to Justine being guilty, Elizabeth still believed that she was innocent. Still after all of Elizabeth’s care for Justine, Justine had gave in, to the pressure and pleaded guilty when she was innocent. This left Elizabeth in shame, because she tried her hardest to be the great friend who could save her life, but failed. Similar to this relationship where a friend tries to save another’s life, there is the relationship of Victor Frankenstein and Robert Walton. Robert is a captain of a ship who is sailing, but on his way he finds Victor weak and on a piece of ice. He then takes in Victor and cares for his health. During the book it says “Yesterday the stranger said to me, ‘You may easily perceive, Captain Walton, that I have suffered great and unparalleled misfortunes. I had determined, at one time, that the memory of these evils should

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