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Describe Robert Walton:
Describe Victor Frankenstein:
What is Walton's great desire in the first letter?
How does Walton's statement in the second letter, his "lover for the marvellous, a belief in the marvellous" make him a Romantic? What feelings does the second letter convey?
Who does Walton encounter in his fourth letter? Where is the ship headed?
Describe Robert Walton:
ReplyDeleteWalton is an Arctic sailor. His letters begin the novel Frankenstein. He rescues the half frozen Victor Frankenstein from the ice. Walton helps nurse Victor back to health and listens to Victor’s story before he dies. He records this incredible tale in a series of letters addressed to his sister, Margaret Saville, in England. Like Victor, Walton is an explorer, chasing after the “country of eternal light” and new knowledge. Victor serves as a warning of the risks taken in pursuit of such knowledge.
Describe Victor Frankenstein:
Victor is the protagonist and narrator of the main body of the novel. He is in some ways a tragic hero doomed in his quest for forbidden knowledge (power over death). He is the oldest son in the Frankenstein family. After attending the university Ingolstadt, Victor discovers the secret of life and creates an intelligent but hideous monster.
What is Walton's great desire in the first letter?
In the first letter, he tells his sister of the preparations leading up to his departure and of the desire burning in him to accomplish “some great purpose” by which he means “discovering a northern passage to the Pacific, revealing the source of the Earth’s magnetism, or simply setting foot on undiscovered territory”.
How does Walton's statement in the second letter, his "lover for the marvellous, a belief in the marvellous" make him a Romantic? What feelings does the second letter convey?
This statement propels him along the perilous, lonely pathway of discovery he has chosen. The journey commits him to a path that makes him feel lonely and isolated. He is a romantic because such a journey is characterized by and suggestive of an idealized view of reality.
Walton feels too sophisticated to find comfort in his shipmates and too uneducated to find a sensitive soul with whom to share his dreams of discovery.
Who does Walton encounter in his fourth letter? Where is the ship headed?
He encounters first the monster (“huge creature”) on a dog sled heading north. The next day he encounters Victor Frankenstein also on a dog sled but with all but one dog dead.
Victor is starving and weak. Despite his condition, Victor refuses to board Walton’s ship until Walton reassures him that it is heading north on Walton’s voyage of discovery. This direction is important to Victor as he is relentlessly pursuing his creation who was last seen heading north.
Walton is a very intelligent and eager learner. He is learning to navigate the seas while accompanying north Russian whalers. He has a strong relationship with his sister and communicates with her frequently. He is attempting to reach and map the North Pole when he meets Victor Frankenstein.
ReplyDeleteVictor Frankenstein is the mad creator of the Frankenstein Monster. He is continually chasing the creature when he succumbs to the arctic weather and is rescued by the crew of which Walton is aboard. He then begins to tell the story of the beast's creation to Frankenstein.
Walton's desire is to find a way to the Northern Pacific and then to the North Pole. What he seeks to do here, he does not explain fully.
This statement is the very definition of romanticism. It delves fully into the thoughts and feelings of the person, as compared to the thoughts of society or the "big man".
Walton discovers two main characters in the fourth letter. He one day sees a sled along the ice, on which a massive humanoid creature is riding. Several hours later, he sees a man following in the same direction. Walton, being the second rider of the two, succumbs to the elements and is rescued by the crew. He then tells his story about the monster to Walton. The ship is headed north towards the North Pole, and supposedly in pursuit of the Frankenstein Monster.
Robert Walton is a self educated man who is seeking the adventure of his life. He took on several different jobs to learn how to become a sailor. He saves Victor Frankenstein from dying in the frozen waters. He is in need of a friend who is like minded and he finds Victor.
ReplyDeleteVictor Frankenstein is a man who comes from a good family who encourages education in his life. He goes off to school and becomes a very intelligent man. Victor creates a monster from different body parts and it comes to life. When this monster comes to life Victor becomes depressed and realizes he probably did something terribly wrong.
Walton’s desire in his first letter is to show his want for adventure and show that he is taking it on. He doesn’t care if he dies during his adventure because he wants to live a great life.
This statement is romantic because he is not afraid of what he is about to take on, he is in awe of nature and what he is going to encounter. His feelings are of intense emotion and he has a desire to see a new world.
In the 4th letter he encounters the huge creature and then the creature disappears on his sled. The next day he encounters Victor, and he rescues him. Before Victor gets on board he questions Victor about his voyage. After having saved Victor and helping him recuperate, Victor tells Walton his story. The ship is headed towards the North Pole and Victor is in hopes that he will be able to find the monster along the way.
Robert Walton is the man who finds Victor and nurses him back to health while writing letters about Victor's story of his creation to his sister back home.
ReplyDeleteVictor Frankenstein is the creator of the monster, he is a protagonist, and he is the main narrator of the book.
Walton wants to accomplish a great purpose and to discover unnamed territory.
Waltons statement in the second letter make him a romantic because he conveys his feelings of intense desire and emotion of something he is passionate about. In the fourth letter he first encounters the monster, then later he encounters Victor who is very weak, he eventually convinces Victor to come aboard his ship.
Walton is a arctic sailor whose letters begin and end the story of Frankenstein. Walton finds Victor Frankenstein and helps nurse him back to health, and hears Victor's story. He writes down the story as a series of letters to his sister, Margaret.
ReplyDeleteVictor tells the story. He attends University and discovers the secret of life. He creates a monster who he later comes to despise. This secret of this creation ruins Victor and many others lives.
Walton's desire is to discover the northern passage to the Pacific.
Walton's statement "lover for the marvelous, a belief in the marvelous" shows he finds beauty in nature even though the path of life he has chosen is the lonely one.
In the forth letter, the crew of the ship encounters the monster, the next day they encounter Victor. The ship is heading north.