forgetful of herself
This feminine ideal stands in sharp contrast to the masculine pursuit of
glory (Letter 1.4,
1.1.8), and, as marked here, it will
continue to resonate through the course of the novel. In some sense the
theme has already been signalled in Walton's attendance on the exhausted
Victor Frankenstein (Letter 4.3).
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