What does Walton plan to do in Archangel? What does Walton plan to do in Archangel (another city in Russia) and thereafter? He plans to
rent a ship and hire sailors to man the ship
.
What is Waltons plan?
Walton’s plan is
to take notes on the stranger’s stories and to memorize them to use for later on in his journey for knowledge
.
What is Walton’s goal and how does he feel about it?
Walton’s goal to “confer on all mankind…a passage near the pole”, is
overly ambitious
, and ultimately his ambition will lead to fallibility, because the “journey” which he has in mind is for himself and therefore it is not noble, but self-righteous.
What promise does Walton make to his crew?
After completing his story and knowing he is dying, Victor makes Walton promise that
if he dies, he will kill the Monster for him if he sees it
.
What does Walton want in his personal life?
Walton wants
someone who is able to live up to his standard and Frankenstein values such relationships
. According to Frankenstein, “I once had a friend, the most noble of human creatures, and am entitled, therefore, to judge respecting friendship. You have hope, and the world before you, and have no cause for despair.
Walton knows that Victor will die soon from exhaustion and exposure. In the end,
Victor dies
. The monster breaks into the ship’s cabin where Victor’s body lies in state. Walton and the monster startle each other and the monster begins to tell his part of the story when he began his reign of terror.
He mentions his desire for
a companion
, by saying, “I greatly need a friend who would have sense enough not to despise me as romantic, and affection enough for me to endeavour to regulate my mind.”
While Frankenstein dies feeling disturbed that the Monster is still alive, the Monster is
reconciled to death
: so much so that he intends to commit suicide. The Monster’s decision to kill himself also confirms the importance of companionship.
What does Victor ask Walton to do? What does he warn Walton about the Creature? Victor asks Walton to
destroy the creature
. Victor warns Walton that the creature is eloquent and persuasive.
What important goal has Walton reached in the beginning of the second letter?
He has gotten a ship and hired a crew
.
He thinks the crew shouldn’t stop traveling just because the are scared. Analyze why Walton decides to take the ship south.
He knows all of his crew members will strike back and get mad at him if he doesn’t fill their command.
Walton is captain of a ship headed for the North Pole. He writes his sister a number of letters telling about his travels. At first, he thinks the voyage will be successful. Soon the ship gets stuck in impassable ice. Walton longs for
a friend
.
While Walton wants to learn about what is already there (the North Pole), Victor wants to create something entirely new by figuring out how to control and create life. Walton believes that his discovery will benefit mankind, while Victor becomes obsessed with
learning how to create life
.
How does Walton respond to the Creature?
The creature will take his own life by burning himself
. He says that no matter how wretched Victor may have felt and how much he suffered, none of it would equal the suffering of the creature. He cannot find acceptance from his creator, so he seeks comfort in death.
His final letter to his sister recounts Frankenstein’s death and his dying advice to Walton to
forego ambition and seek tranquility
instead.
What do Walton and his men see when they are trapped in ice? What conjectures or predictions can be based using this information?
They saw a large figure on a sled coming towards them fast, it could be an animal or Victor.
How does Walton avoid the threat of a mutiny? Walton agrees to
turn the ship around once they are freed from the ice
.
Walton tells how Victor proves his tale by producing the letters of Felix and Safie. Victor tells Walton to learn from his mistakes, that
knowledge for evil ends leads to disaster
.
What does Victor ask Walton to do? What does he warn Walton about the Creature? Victor asks Walton to
destroy the creature
. Victor warns Walton that the creature is eloquent and persuasive.
