Robert Walton is writing to his sister, Mrs. Margaret Saville, in England. He has been away at sea for six years and by his descriptions in his letter, he is an ambitious man who might be gone a great deal longer.
The purpose of this letter, and the others that follow, are to frame the story of Victor Frankenstein within the story of Robert Walton. We come to know Walton via his letter to his sister, and it turns out that he and Frankenstein have much in common.
In this first letter we see that Walton is about to undertake the most significant and most dangerous part of his journey. This part of his tale then mirrors the journey of Frankenstein quite closely. In this letter we see an ambitious and focused man ready to take on anything to accomplish his dream. Shortly, however, he will run into Frankenstein, who will be, in many ways, what Walton himself might be in the future if he does not change his ways.
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