Comparing Walton and Victor

Comp ar the display cases of Victor and Walton as Shelley presents them in the early parts of the fresh. What similarities are there mingled with the characters and quests? In the early chapters of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley the character of Walton is introduced through a series of letters he is written material to his child impale in capital of the United Kingdom (the whole novel is an epistolary structure) as he is on a voyage to the North Pole in rely of fulfilling his goal of a breakthrough scientific liney and watch overing some of spirits most profound secrets.Walton is full of believe and scientific infrequency and a fanatic finis that he will achieve his goals I sh all told satiate my hot curiosity with the sight of a part of the public never out front visited, and whitethorn trample a land never before imprinted by the foot of homo he needs to set himself apart from other scientists and discover something altogether new, something that will bring h im fame and tidy sum and en authorized that he is remembered forever- he is on a journey that-he learns later in the novel- may not turn out to be the success that he thought it was, and his ardent curiosity may be his fall in the end.His l starliness (I regain the bitter want of a conversancy) is subsided when a man on the edge of destruction is brought upon the ship, half dead and vile. The man they bring on board-Frankenstein- bears a lot of similarities to Walton, from their aspirations and complete obsession to discover the undiscovered.There is however, one major difference between these 2 characters-Frankenstein has already been in Waltons shoes and has already experienced the consequences of his endeavours-and they were not pleasant, as he relays the taradiddle to Walton, exemplification him how he has suffered great and unparalled misfortunes through his quest of knowledge and wisdom and try outing Walton do the said(prenominal), he warns him of the dangers of kno wledge and tells of his drool-his parents, his wonderful childhood, his relish for knowledge and, most important of all, his obsessional scientific curiosity that led him to adjudge the choices he made that were ultimately his downfall.He has erudite from them, a little alike late, and he only hopes that Walton will heed his archetype rough the dangers of knowledge, and not make the aforesaid(prenominal) mistakes that he did, that led to his destruction. Shelley made the characters so similar in ambition and character that this evokes the thought of the doppelganger, a popular estimation amongst gothic literature. Frankenstein is almost Waltons doppelganger- e verything he is, bright, mbitious-but also everything that he doesnt want to gravel- a wretch, a man haunted by his choices and on the doorway of destruction, all because of his desire to become recognised among the scientific world and intrust his mark on the world. Because of Frankensteins allegory Walton witne sses what the danger of knowledge bottomland do and warns him-a kindness no one could do to Frankenstein-to not follow in his footsteps exposing him to the analogous dangers as he did.Frankenstein feels as he has unleashed such a horror into the world, the least he put forward do is to close out another like-minded person fashioning the very(prenominal) mistakes he did, and through that, not ruin his and countless lives, as if he has been so fortunate as to necessitate someone relay their paper about knowledge and destruction before he made the choices he did, he may get hold of rethought his priorities and still be keep a happy life afterward the novels end. In short, Frankenstein was doing Walton a kindness by retelling his tragic story and that brings about another characteristic that Shelley wrote them to some(prenominal) gift-they are both heartfelt men.They are deeply affectionate to their close ones nirvana shower down blessings on you my earnest sister, mine to love and encourage, and their obsession fuelled by a desire to benefit the world. This evokes sympathy both in the reader and Walton, when he hears Frankensteins tragic chronicle-how a good man with good intentions can make choices so catastrophic that they ruin the lives of those closest to them and themselves-maybe this is why in the end Walton decides to turn back? some(prenominal) men are also united with one massive similarity-they both have an incredibly obsessive, if somewhat selfish, nature.Some of Waltons starting line words in the letters are If I fail you will see me soon or never he is determined that this voyage will be a success, and is prepared to die for the cause. This mirrors Frankensteins feelings later on in the novel stars would often disappear in the darkness sky while I operateed in my laboratory-Frankensteins obsession with find had him pushing himself to the limit to carry out his goals, sacrificing measure and health, at any cost as long as he succeeded.That cost, he finds out eventually, is too high, and seeing Walton with the equal obsessive nature, going on a voyage that is potentially life-threatening, he wishes him to smash and think soundly about whether it is worth(predicate) it, something that he failed to do, as no one had interfered when he was creating the wildcat and warned him of the dangers, and as it is too late to repair his mistakes, he can stop Walton from letting his obsessive nature rule him-I imagine that you may deduce an apt moral from my taradiddle- as it did Frankenstein.Walton and Frankenstein are two very similar men-both have passion, drive and determination that set them apart from other men, and repay them a dangerous obsessive edge. Frankenstein has larn from his mistakes and has accepted his fate nothing can alter my destiny, and wants to make sure that another good man, so more like himself does not make the same life altering decisions that he did, scrutinizing blindly for know ledge that may be dangerous to uncover, so he retells his story to Walton in the hope of preventing him destroying his life.Walton with his drive at first in the letters to his sister mentions that does he not deserve to accomplish some great purpose? he believes he deserves success and has worked and will work impossibly hard to ensure his labours do not go unrecognised. But Walton also mentions that he feels the bitter want of a friend to approve or refine my plans.His prayers were answered in the form of Frankenstein, and after his tale of woe Walton finally decides to turn back and abandon his voyage-he listened to Frankenstein, as a associate of my heart and as an older indication of him that has failed. Now, the reader wonders, if Frankenstein had the same great raft as Walton to find someone with the same drive and obsession to retell his story to him and make him stop and think thoroughly if he is doing the right thing? Would he have still made the creature?Or would he have halt and be maintenance happily with his living family long after the novels end? This, perhaps, is the greatest difference between Frankenstein and Walton. Walton had an older, wiser version of himself retelling his tale of misfortune that stop Walton and potentially saved him. Frankenstein did not have that luxury of someone older and wiser interact in his work, so he keep carrying out his work, putting in it all of his hopes and dreams, when in reality, he was creating his own destruction.