• they will prove the truth of my tale

    Again, the creature seems to echo Victor Frankenstein (though, since Victor's narrative
    to Walton postdates the Creature's by several years it is actually he who is engaged
    in echoing). Wherever in the narrative nesting we look to find a foundation for its
    truth, we discover both Victor and the Creature seeking to establish the evidence
    that will verify their accounts and using almost identical language to do so. One
    may thus compare this utterance with those of Victor to Walton at the beginning (I:L4:30
    and note) and end (III:Walton:2) of his narrative. That the "evidence" comes from
    the centrally embedded narrative, the story of Safie, is thus taken to lend credibility
    to all narrative strands that subsume it. But, of course, these putative copies of
    letters depend entirely on the Creature's word for their authenticity: so there is
    actually no documentary foundation whatsoever for the "truth" of any of these fictions.
    Still, it is indicative that Victor Frankenstein produces the letters to convince
    Walton of his veracity (III:Walton:2).