... , and transporting body parts appears in the novel. It just says that he is made up of dead body parts. In the novel the necessity of focusing on death itself forms an important part of Victor's study--he believes that only by examining death can he re-create life, and in doing so overcome the human condition. Remove Walton from the story and no ... audience remains for the important lines; the wider implications of the scientific experiment fail to affect the viewer. The parallel stories, one of attempting to discover the secret of life and the other of forcing nature to open her secret...

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