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Captain Robert Walton sets out to explore the North Pole and expand his scientific knowledge in hopes of achieving fame. While icebound, the crew spots two dog sleds, one chasing the other. A few hours later, the crew rescues one of the sled drivers, Victor Frankenstein, who is deathly ill. As he recovers, Victor tells Walton his life's story.
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. Frankenstein tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously ...
Rob Walton or S. Robson Walton (born 1944), American billionaire and former chairman of Walmart; Bob Walton (police commissioner), New Zealand police officer; Robert Walton, character in the 1818 novel Frankenstein; Robert Walton Goelet, American businessman; Robert Walton Moore, American lawyer and politician
A ship exploring the region encounters the dying Frankenstein, who relates his story to the ship's captain, Robert Walton. Later, the monster boards the ship, but upon finding Frankenstein dead, is overcome by grief and pledges to incinerate himself at "the Northernmost extremity of the globe". He then departs, never to be seen again.
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Likewise, the monster is drawn to belles-lettres and music. For him, books are the very expression of truth: he reads Paradise Lost "as if it were a true story." [43] These enlightened minds, believing in human, individual and social progress, were "inspired, as Robert Walton writes, by a breeze of promise."
The story is told from the Creature's perspective rather than from Victor's. Because of this, the audience witnesses events such as his relationship with De Lacey firsthand rather than in backstory. The frame story involving Captain Robert Walton is dispensed with entirely, as well as much of Victor Frankenstein's backstory.
Zelda Williams’ new film, “Lisa Frankenstein,” presents women seizing the means of creation as a bloodier endeavor, writes Noah Berlatsky. Just as Mary Shelley wrote “Frankenstein” in a ...