Frankenstein's Narration

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Frankenstein is written in frame narration, meaning a story is told within a story, and told by three narrators. The multiple narrations of Robert Walton, Victor Frankenstein, and the Monster creates a complex and interwoven story between the characters which provides the readers different and multiple perspectives on the characters and their actions. The novel is framed by Walton narration which starts and ends with his letters to this sister. In his first letters Walton, an explorer, discusses his current adventure to the North Pole. His later letters discuss his loneliness and want of a friend which later materializes when he finds Frankenstein, exhausted on an ice berg, and rescues him. Frankenstein’s entrance into the story allows