Frankenstein Study Guide Questions and Answers Graded A+ 1. Who is writing Letter 1 (and all the letters)? Robert Walton 2. To whom is he writing? What is their relationship? He is writing to Margaret, his sister. 3. Where is Robert Walton when he writes Letter 1? Why is he there? What are his plans? When Walton writes Letter 1 he is at the St. Petersburg. He is there because he needs to hire a crew for his ship. Plans to sail to the North Pole in order to discover magnetisms secrets. 4. What does Robert Walton tell us about himself? Self educated, loves to read, father died, loves adventure and discovery. Wishes he had a friend along to share it with. 5. Where is Walton now? What do you think of Waltons question What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?Walton is sailing to the north. Waltons question shows his faith in the Romanticism. Emotion over reason 6. How much time has elapsed between Letter 3 and Letter 4? What strange accident has happened to the sailors? One month has gone by. The ship is trapped in ice and fog 7. Why does the man picked