Foil or Toil?

Henry Clerval, Victor Frankenstein's friend, is Victor's foil. Henry is not from the world of science the Victor is from, and is rather easy going in comparison. Henry wears his heart on his sleeve if you will, while Victor is all about secrecy, mostly about the monster he created. Henry nurses Victor back to health, and serves as a line of communication to his family that Victor seems to have lost by giving him the letter from Elizabeth. Henry allows Victor to see all the world he had been missing in those two years he was hard at work. He, and the horrible truth of the monster Victor has created, gives Victor a new outlook on things.