ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MARY SHELLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The novel starts with someone writing letters. Who is that ‘someone’?
A
The creature, writing letters to Frankenstein
B
Frankenstein, writing letters to his family
C
Robert Walton, an Artic explorer, writing letters to his sister
D
Robert Walton, the assistant of Frankenstein writing letters to Frankenstein
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Robert Walton is a polar explorer who meets Victor Frankenstein in the Arctic. It is to Walton that Victor tells his story and he, in turn, writes the narrative down in a series of letters to his sister, Margaret Saville, back in England.

Detailed explanation-2: -The novel itself begins with a series of letters from the explorer Robert Walton to his sister, Margaret Saville.

Detailed explanation-3: -The novel is technically told in letters from sea captain Robert Walton to his sister Margaret Walton Saville, starting with three normal missives and then one whopper of a note that includes the whole story of Frankenstein and his creation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Captain Robert Walton In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein At the beginning of the story, Captain Robert Walton is introduced as the first character by narrating in the series of letters that he writes to his sister, Margaret Saville.

Detailed explanation-5: -Victor Frankenstein. The Monster. Robert Walton. Elizabeth Lavenza. De Lacey.

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