Frankenstein

In this essay, the author

• Analyzes how the novel begins with robert walton, the captain of a ship, recounting his adventures through letters to his sister back in england. he meets victor frankenstein in the seas near the north pole and is told his story.
• Narrates how victor is despondent and guilty knowing that the creature he created was responsible for the deaths of william and justine moritz.
• Narrates how victor's father hopes to take the family on a trip, but the monster appears to him while he is alone in the mountains and begs his creator to make him another creature.
• Narrates how victor dumps the remains of the second creature in the lake. he is acquitted and returns to geneva with his father.
• Narrates how victor and elizabeth marry, fearful of the monster's warning, and sends elizabeth away to wait for him. after her death, victor returns home to his father, who dies of grief.
• Analyzes how victor encounters walton, who tells the remainder of the story in a series of letters to his sister. victor, already ill when the two men met, worsens and shortly dies.
• Explains that robert walton is the narrator of the first narrative. he tells of his meeting with dr. frankenstein at sea through four letters to his sister, margaret saville, in england.
• Explains that monster is the creature that victor creates and narrates the story to victor. the villagers succeed in killing evil, and the frankenstein’s fail because they die.
• Explains that mary shelley was born mary godwin on august 30, 1797 in london. her mother was mary wollstonecraft, author of a vindication of the rights of women. mary's upbringing among this literary circle contributed significantly to her career.
• Explains that byron proposed that the group each write a ghost story of their own. this 'contest' inspired frankenstein, which was published for the first time in march of 1818.