the well balancing of what you may esteem your duties
That Victor, who has throughout the novel been unable to fulfill his
duties to either his family or his Creature, should be able to speak in such
measured terms of a balance among multiple duties is certainly an
indication of the objectivity and even wisdom to which he may aspire when
he moves outside his own narrow concerns. That he specifically steps back
from the coercive tone by which he had earlier tried to enlist Walton as
his agent in murder (3.7.9) likewise
testifies to his rediscovery of a moral center in his last hours of life.
