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Analysis: Preface and Letters 1–4. The preface to Frankenstein sets up the novel as entertainment, but with a serious twist—a science fiction that nonetheless captures “the truth of the elementary principles of human nature.”. The works of Homer, Shakespeare, and Milton are held up as shining examples of the kind of work Frankenstein ...
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Frankenstein Summary and Analysis of Letters 1-4. Letters 1-4: We are introduced to Robert Walton, a 28-year-old sea captain who is embarking on a journey to the North Pole region in order to find a passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic. He writes the letters to his sister, Mrs. Saville, in London, England.
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Letter 1 Summary. In a letter to his sister Mrs. Margaret Saville, in December of a year in the 18th century, Robert Walton writes that he arrived in St. Petersburg safely and that he is confident in his “undertaking” (1). He describes the cold wind, which feels like a “wind of promise” (1). He cannot imagine that the North Pole, to ...
