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He not only became acquainted with a frigid geographical locale; he also uncovered the coldest depths of humanity, in the person of inventor Victor Frankenstein and the monster he created
from the anatomy of the dead. The character of Robert Walton is extremely important to the novels structure. Divided into three narratives, and while Frankenstein and his monster
reveal their own differing accounts of the macabre events which led to an icy climax in the Arctic, it is Robert Waltons narrative that serves as the "glue" that holds
the pieces of the story together. Structurally, Walton performs a dual function - he is a storyteller who is sharing Dr. Frankensteins story of creation and destruction with the
readers through a nine-month series of letters to his sister, Margaret Saville; he is also a sympathetic listener who impartially listens to Frankenstein and his creatures tortured tales of woe.
He is, therefore, also serving as the reader, and it is through his eyes that the readers see the story as it unfolds. Mary Shelley wanted Frankenstein
to serve as an indictment against technologys insistence to disturb the natural status quo. She concocted a horrific tale to illustrate how, if man turned to science to alter
the cosmos, science would ultimately turn against man. Robert Walton was the character she used to deliver her message directly to her nineteenth-century contemporaries. For his time, he
was Everyman, someone who wanted to leave his own unique mark on the world, not unlike Victor Frankenstein. Walton was a 28-year-old sea captain who had failed to become
a famous poet or playwright, so he turned his restless sights toward the sea. He wrote to his sister, "I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of
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