The doppelganger motif, a ghostly double which haunts its fleshy counterpart, plays a strikingly important role in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. In the novel, both Frankenstein and the creature have tragic flaws leading them into a downward spiral to their ultimate demise. It is in this downward spiral that the reader sees how the creature’s flaws mirror those of Frankenstein and how they both succumb to evil, revenge and ultimately death. Furthermore, the reader …showed first 75 words of 1594 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1594 total…the two characters. Throughout the novel, the reader sees the lives of Frankenstein and the creature come together. The doppelganger motif shows how closely their lives imitate each other and provide to show each character’s tragic fall. It is the doppelganger motif between Frankenstein and Walton which portrays even more clearly the tragic nature of Frankenstein. Essentially, the doppelganger motif becomes a tool used to magnify the themes and characterizations within the novel Frankenstein.