Captain Walton finds a man frozen half to death named Victor Frankenstein while trying to reach the Arctic for fame. Victor recounts his story to the Captain, as a warning to try and not achieve such feats. As a young medical student, Victor managed to bring non-living tissue back to life. With this, he soon became obsessed with trying to reanimate a fully dead corpse with various body parts stitched together. With this, he creates a creature that he despises and is a "defacement of nature". However, the Monster goes on a journey of his own, gaining intelligence despite being shunned by society.
