Victor And Walton In Frankenstein

Walton is also a foil for Frankenstein when he and his crew find Frankenstein in such bad shape and yet the care for him so tenderly. "I never saw a man in so wretched a condition." Walton and his men carried him aboard, rubbed him down, wrapped him in blankets and fed him. Contrast this to Frankenstein's treatment of the creature. Instead of compassion or sympathy Frankenstein calls the creature a "wretch," "devil" and "the animal." When the creature

Throughout her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley consistently used other characters to show who Victor Frankenstein was as a person. She used his mother, best friend, future lover, creation, and Robert Walton to demonstrate how he reacted to certain situations and how he needed other people around him to show his true character. Although Shelley wrote in multiple foils for Frankenstein, Walton and the monster both consistently had Victor show who he truly was. In a way, Walton is the best foil for Frankenstein because they are both so similar and both craved glory for their discoveries, but Walton never shared the same weaknesses as Frankenstein. The monster was a part of Victor. He was Frankenstein’s creation, and shared parts of him that no

Walton is like a past version of Frankenstein before he created the monster. He is young, naïve and excited about the task which he will endure. Both Walton and Frankenstein were well educated and both were very close to their sisters. From the letters, we learn that Robert’s passion for a sea-farer’s life stems back to his childhood, where he would read nothing but histories of voyages.

The definition of a monster is very arguable. A monster is typically seen as something inhuman and hideously scary. A human could also be a monster in that they could be extremely wicked or cruel. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein, creator of the creature, is the real monster because he is a hypocrite, he created the monster and abandoned him, and he is extremely selfish.

In the letters that Robert Walton sent to his sisters, there is legit evidence that he was encountering difficult circumstances when he met Victor Frankenstein. When Walton's vessel was sailing to the Northern Pole they encountered heavy fog and lots of ice. Walton's exact words were, "...we were nearly surrounded by ice" (8). and he also exclaimed, "...we were compassed round by a very thick fog" (8). Also, while they were trapped in the ice surrounding them, they saw a gigantic figure going on along the ice which befuddled the crew because as Walton had said in his letters, "We were, as believed, many hundreds of miles away from any

In the early chapters of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley the character of Walton is introduced through a series of letters he is writing to his sister back in London (the whole novel is an epistolary structure) as he is on a voyage to the North Pole in hope of fulfilling his goal of a breakthrough scientific discovery and “discovering some of nature’s most profound secrets”. Walton is full of hope and scientific curiosity and a passionate determination that he will achieve his goals “I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited,

Victor Frankenstein and Robert Walton’s creation holds the intention to make them almost the exact same person. Both men search for fame, yet refer to it as a, “quest for knowledge.” Unfortunately the need for fame leads to an over-dedication to research, obsessive tendencies, and injuring those who surround the men. Walton speaks of his ongoing journey to Frankenstein and says he would, “...sacrifice [his] fortune, [his] existence, [ his] every hope to the furtherance of [his] enterprise. One man’s life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of knowledge which [he] sought…”(22) Also, Frankenstein admits his studies took priority when he says, “my cheek had grown pale with study, and my person had become emaciated with confinement… [it] caused me to forget those friends who were so many miles absent”(44) While Walton chose his expedition over his crew, Frankenstein chose his creature over himself and his family. Frankenstein’s decisions ruin his life, and if Walton kept his expedition on the intended course he would have an extremely high chance of ruining his life as well. The men’s similarities help the reader understand Walton truly does have the potential to destroy his life just like Frankenstein does. If not for Frankenstein’s cautionary tale Walton would have continued on even if it meant the potential danger of running into many more complications. Shelley decides to make the men extremely similar to let the few differences between them shine

After having rescued Victor Frankenstein from his grueling descent into the Arctic to track the monster that is plaguing him, Robert Walton, a seafarer, becomes privy to the story of Frankenstein’s monster. As the story is relayed to him, Walton begins to share the incredible tale through several letters to his sister, Margaret Saville. While in the midst of one such letter, Walton is interrupted by a disturbance resulting in his own visualization of the monster, making a significant impact on him, as prior to the encounter, the monster was only a fictitious apparition. The encounter between Walton and Frankenstein’s monster is utterly understated by its introduction into Walton’s letter. Although the story of the monster had only indirect inflictions upon Walton as it was conveyed to

What is a monster? The word "monster" causes one to imagine a hideous, deformed or nonhuman creature that appears in horror movies and novels and terrifies everyone in its path. More importantly, however, the creature described generally behaves monstrously, doing things which harm society and acting with little consideration for the feelings and safety of others. "Thus, it is the behavior which primarily defines a monster, rather than its physical appearance"(Levine 13).

In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein is the true monster, not the creature himself.

The entire story is told through the letters of Robert Walton to his sister, Margaret Saville. Walton’s letters start and end the novel, which sets up the framework for Frankenstein. Walton shares a few similarities with the characters of Victor and the monster. For instance, much like Victor’s character, Walton has an inquisitive nature and he loves to explore. In his first letter he writes, “I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited” (Shelley 16). While Victor has a deep interest in new sciences, Walton has an interest in exploring new places. This curiosity drives both men to take their interests to the limits. Walton’s character also shares some similarities with the

Robert Walton in Frankenstein is similar to the Wedding Guest from "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," with Victor Frankenstein playing the role of the mariner. As the mariner feels compelled to share his story to one who needs to hear it, so does Victor. The explicit theme in "Rime of the Ancient Mariner," that love conquers all, is a clue as to how the tragedy that occurs in Frankenstein 's life could have been avoided.

With austere, scientific accounting of human nature, Shelley documents how zealous Captain Walton rescued Victor Frankenstein, the passionate student of natural philosophy and impetuous, chance creator of life, from death in the remote regions of the North Pole. It is through Walton's journal entries that readers comprehend Frankenstein's

It is vital that you know who the real monster in the Frankenstein book, Victor Frankenstein is the number one contender for this position. He creates a monster, but who knows if the actual monster he created is the true monster in this story. In later chapters the true monster is revealed, Victor Frankenstein takes fault for the deaths of Justine, William, and Henry even though he wasn’t the actual cause of their death. Although the monster was created by Victor, he is still horrid and disgusted by how his monsters look and abandons his creation because of his unpleasant demeanor. Victor didn’t accept the monster and decided to avoid coming into contact with the monster, woefully the monster later commits an evil act and kills Justine

Walton has high hopes to be the first to discover a part of the world that has never before been visited in the Arctic. Through the letters he writes to his sister, Walton assures her that “success shall crown [his] endeavours. Wherefore not? Thus far I have gone, tracing a secure way over the pathless seas: the very stars themselves being witnesses and testimonies of my triumph” (23-24). Walton believes that despite the difficulty of his journey, he will achieve success and is determined to not stop until he gets there. His mentality eventually gets him caught in an unsatisfactory situation and it’s not until he meets Victor Frankenstein that he realizes he must finally retreat from his mission.