Frankenstein is, however, the monster just as much as the monster is him - they are the Ego and the Id. The question Frankenstein asks from the ice is the logical outcome of his own ambition. In a successful fusion of image and idea, Mary has endowed the embodiment of Frankenstein's ambition with a speaking voice that pleads most urgently for the presence of the very thing Frankenstein's (and Walton's) dream of glory has rejected--genuine human companionship. 4 pgs. Bibliography lists 1 source.