Teams Father, Caroline, Elizabeth, Clerval, or Everyone We Like Better Than Victor

After reviewing the answers for the second multiple choice passage (whether the answers were faulty or not), you shared, in teams, quotes, analysis, and adjectives for your assigned character, all of whom are intelligent, kind, engaging, and all-around awesome people! You would think Victor would have gleaned a bit more of the sensitivity, morals, and behavior of his parents (which calls into question why he is such a poor "father" in his own experience), his sister, and his dear best friend. Our young generation, Victor, Walton (he's approximately there age), and Clerval represent all those qualities of Byronic and Romantic heroes, though some fall into one category more than others. (And if Victor is Shelley, Walton is Byron, does that make Clerval my beloved Keatsy? That might be a little imaginative interpretation, but since I crush on Clerval too, it only makes sense to align him with the nature-loving, philosophical, unable-to-reach-his-dreams-due-to-lack-of-financial-stability Keats.) Next time, we will be looking at chapters 5-10, which exemplify Victor's "new species" that will be forever grateful for coming into existence at his hands. Sure.