Mary Shelley, author of the classic novel, " Frankenstein," in an attempt to reveal the true nature of a monster, its uncanny suffering and grief, so as the events that will shape him a hated creature, starts her book in such a way that the reader starts feeling this sort of darkened and desolated environment, which will act, I think, as a metaphor of the following events. .
This chosen passage of the book responds precisely to this meticulous depiction of the infertile landscape surrounding Robert Walton, the "Arctic seafarer who.hears Victor Frankenstein's story" (sparknotes.com) This scene acts as an introductory scenario for what the whole story will be. The wilderness in which Walton and his crew find themselves in acts as a metaphor of the events upon which the story will develop itself. .
Previous to the letter that Robert Walton sends to his sister Margaret on August 13th, the frosted lands in which Walton and his crew are stuck seem absolutely remote and impenetrable. Nonetheless, an immense man in a carriage drawn by dogs seemed to be traveling through the icy terrain. The day after, Walton found out that a man severely tired and weakened by the toughness of the north had run into his ship, and now the crew was trying to persuade him to come up to the ship. After agreeing, Walton takes care of the man, who resembles wise and amicable, but with a heavy silent burden in his back. .
So far, the inhospitable land in which Walton and this stranger have come across seems to foresee something equally inhospitable, a tragedy that the stranger suggests to Walton in one of their chats. The letter of August 13th reveals that the guest, as Walton calls him, has started showing different characteristics that Walton himself finds really attractive. Walton is feeling lonely, and to travel to such far and unknown places without a dear friend is something Walton certainly regrets. Although there are no people in the ship able to offer Walton a close relationship of profound knowledge and friendship, this stranger looks like the companion Watson's been wishing for during his whole quest.
These characters are Victor Frankenstein and Robert Walton. ... Walton had traveled far north in search of a passage across the North Pole. ... These traits can be identified in Victor Frankenstein as well. Frankenstein had created the creature because he was seeking the glory of success. ... Both Frankenstein and Walton often talked of their loneliness. ...
The Character of Robert Walton in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" In the novel Frankenstein we are initially exposed to a character by the name of Robert Walton. ... We discover that Robert Walton is a very complex man and well rounded character. Robert Walton is inconsistent with his attitude towards himself. ... Robert's father did not approve of his son's dreams of becoming a sea-faring man and wished upon him the life of a scholar to which he took for one year in which he failed. ... Robert may not have been well educated but he seems to be a passionate person who is...
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a gothic science-fiction novel told through the letters of Robert Walton, who, in his letters, quotes Victor Frankenstein's first-person narrative at length; Victor, in turn, quotes the monster's first-person narrative; in addition, the lesser characters Elizabeth Lavenza and Alphonse Frankenstein narrate parts of the story through their letters to Victor. ... From Walton to Victor Frankenstein to Frankenstein's monster. Then back to Walton, with a few digressions from Elizabeth Lavenza and Alphonse Frankenste...
Walton and Victor similar, both in ambition and in failure. ... Walton meets the monster; the monster sorrowful at Victor's death. ... Walton serves as the final confessor for both, and their tragic relationship becomes immortalized in Walton's letters. ... Shelley uses the story of Walton's quest as a frame for the story of Victor Frankenstein. ... Robert Walton, however, guarded against this, and it is evident in his letters to his sister that he never permitted his quest to completely confuse his identity. ...
Robert Walton did not know the power of companionship and how easily it ca be destroyed. ... As Walton and Frankenstein are awkwardly introduced did Frankenstein need the sympathy of a companion more than Walton could imagine. ... Never in a million years would I have imagined the path of Frankenstein's journey. ... Frankenstein jeopardized and lost family and friends to fulfill his desire for fame. ... Walton may not bask in the ignorance of youth, however, due to his compassion and adoration for his companionship of Frankenstein. ...
Walton's search ends when he turns to Frankenstein as a friend he had always hoped for. ... This is the same as Robert Walton who also tried to go beyond limits of expectation by trying to explore undiscovered places. The reader knows that mans urge to further the boundaries of knowledge is dangerous as both Walton and Frankenstein suffer the consequences. ... Robert Walton also attempts to go beyond society's expectations by voyaging to the Noth Pole, "I am about to proceed on a long and difficult voyage". ... Walton is lucky that he met Frankenstein, as he would have ended up m...
Indeed, it was in his pursuit of knowledge that Victor Frankenstein built the monster and started the entire tragedy; it was in his unwitting pursuit of knowledge that the creature came to terms with his own reality; and it was in his pursuit of knowledge that Robert Walton trapped his ship in ice and put the life of his crew at risk. In her novel "Frankenstein, " Mary Shelley parallels the stories of Victor Frankenstein, the creature, and Robert Walton to underscore the idea that knowledge is indeed a potentially great power, but that be extremely dangerous when one isn't in control of i...
Throughout "Frankenstein," by Mary Shelley, Robert Walton, the captain of a ship bound for the North Pole, recounts to his sister in England the progress of his hazardous mission. ... Walton then encounters Victor Frankenstein, who has been traveling by a sled across the ice and is weakened by the climate. Walton takes him aboard, nurses him back to health, and is told the incredible tale of the monster that Frankenstein created. Through detailed conversations with Frankenstein, Walton discovers many of his fanatical and unearthly attributes as he learns more about the life and experiences of ...
