LITERATURE QUESTIONS
CULTURAL AND LITERARY (18TH 19TH) CENTURIES
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Walton, a failed poet who is attempting to discover the North Pole.
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the creature, after he has killed Victor Frankenstein.
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Victor Frankenstein’s diary.
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Mrs. Saville, Frankenstein’s cousin.
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Detailed explanation-1: -There is a frame narrative in Frankenstein. Captain Robert Walton is the first narrator. Victor Frankenstein is the second narrator. Finally, the Creature is the third narrator.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the opening Robert Walton sends four letters to his sister, which starts the frame for the story of Frankenstein. As the letters continue they show some of the ideas that are more exposed as the novel progresses. For example: the want of belonging, being loved, and having friends.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fuelled by a desire to navigate the Northwest Passage and to locate Magnetic North – desires that are recounted in epistolary form in the novel – Walton leads an ultimately failed expedition to the Arctic. On the polar ice during this journey, he meets Victor Frankenstein and finds him close to death.
Detailed explanation-4: -The letters close the “frame” in the novel. Walton’s version of the story is used to make Victor’s story more believable. Walton gives some validity to the story by mentioning that he sees Victor’s letters and the monster. The first letter reinforces the theme that using knowledge for evil leads to disaster.