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"Unhappy man!  Do you share my madness?  Have you drunk also of the intoxicating draught? Hear me - let me reveal my tale, and you will dash the cup from your lips!" - (Frankenstein - p. 12)

Just finished painting my nails.

The letters of the novel present an interesting frame story about a man who is extremely similar to Victor, the main character of the central story.  Just as Victor, Walton is a man of ambition who seeks personal success within the scientific field; however, Victor seeks to tell his tale to warn Walton of scientific breakthroughs leading to personal downfalls.  The excerpt above is the turning point of the frame story - when Victor decides to finally tell his story to Walton.

In the passage above, Shelley uses a metaphor to compare a scientific dream to a luxurious glass of wine.  Just like wine, the dream seems to be good on the surface.  But eventually, wine and overindulgence can lead to negative effects.  After drinking too much wine, a person becomes drunk.  In Victor's case, his obsession with animating a corpse causes the creation of a supposed evil creature (I am still not totally convinced the creature is evil).  Victor sees that Walton has the same ambition and wishes to warn him of inquiry of knowledge.