Frankenstein | Robert Walton

Robert Walton
Frankenstein is a frame narrative – the story or stories told exist within a kind of “main story.” Robert Walton's letters to his sister are the frame around which the novel is based. Walton captains a North Pole-bound ship trapped in ice. While waiting for the ice to thaw, he and his crew pick up Victor, weak and withered from his journey of revenge. Victor recovers enough to tell Walton the story of his life, then dies when his story is finished. Walton had felt that he and Victor were beginning a genuine friendship, and he...

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