When Coleridges poem, The Rime of the
Ancient Mariner, is first quoted in Mary Shelleys novel,
Walton, in his letter, wants to ensure his sister that
although he is "going to unexplored regions, to the land of
mist and snow", he "shall kill no albatross". The albatross
motif connects Walton to Frankenstein and the Monster on the
acoustic level, and this connection appears on the textual
level when Frankenstein, right after giving life to the
monster, quotes Coleridges poem: "[...] he knows a
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