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Importance of get a lineing in Frankenstein       The monster says to Frankenstein.   Listen to my tale when you have heard that, abandon or commiserate me, as you shall judge that I deserve. But hear me. The guilty are allowed, by human laws, bloody as they are, to speak in their own defence force before they are condemned.(The monster, pg. 69)           In Frankenstein, listening is an important theme that comes up numerous times. The novel is written in a framed annals form, which allows for one central story to be relayed by dint of other characters some(prenominal) times. The reader and Mrs. Saville are the first people who listen to Frankensteins story through Waltons garner home. Walton listens to Victors story from Victor, and Frankenstein listens to the monsters story.  Each soul has a message or monition that they need to relay to the other. They stress the importance that the other person listens a s best as possible in order to apprehend the message they are trying to get across. Frankenstein emphasizes the importance of listening through a series of key characters.       Mrs. Saville and the rest of society read Waltons letters which tell Victor Frankensteins story. This is the knocked out(p)ermost layer of the framed narrative format of the novel. Mrs. Saville is Waltons sister. He begins writing her letters on his mission to the Artic to let her whap that hes okay. Then he comes across Victor Frankenstein and he records Frankensteins story in his letters home. Victors story is supposed to communicate a warning to society. The warning is to not become so wrapped up in the interest group of knowledge that contact with other people becomes unimportant. Isolating oneself from society collect to science is a common theme in Frankenstein. Victor and Walton two do this to themselves and Victor learned the consequences the hard way. In order to hamper others from making the same mistakes he did, he tells Walton his story to get it out in the open.       Victor Frankenstein has been through a lot in his bay to create life. He was so wrapped up in his scientific studies that he isolated himself from his family and friends and society in general.