What does Walton want to discover in the arctic?
A northern passage to the Pacific (trade routes), revealing the source of the Earth’s magnetism
, or setting food on undiscovered territory.
What is Walton looking for in the North Pole?
Walton is on an expedition to look for
a passage through the Arctic Ocean to the North Pacific Ocean via the seas of the North Pole
.
What is Captain Walton looking for?
Walton is searching for
someone like himself
, someone who he can share his thoughts and feelings with, and someone who will mirror and reflect those thoughts and feelings, as well.
What does Walton want most?
As seen in the preceding excerpt, Walton only desires one thing of
the stranger–his friendship
. Like Walton, the stranger has traveled to the ends of the earth in search of something (Victor’s creature and Walton’s magnetism).
Who does Walton meet in the Arctic?
Robert Walton is a polar explorer who meets
Victor Frankenstein
in the Arctic. It is to Walton that Victor tells his story and he, in turn, writes the narrative down in a series of letters to his sister, Margaret Saville, back in England.
How does Walton describe the Arctic?
In this passage, Walton continues to imagine the Arctic as a place of undiscovered mystery and natural phenomena just waiting to be revealed. … He also describes the Arctic as
a place of “eternal light
,” perhaps a reference to the fact that the sun never sets during Arctic summers.
What attitudes and beliefs does the writer Walton have about the Arctic?
What attitudes and beliefs does the writer (Robert Walton) have about the arctic?
He is kind of full of himself. He was excited to do something he always dreamed of as a kid
. You just studied 37 terms!
Why does Walton want a friend?
Walton longs for a
friend to share his excitement over the voyage to the North Pole
. He is separated from his sister, whom he may never see again, and he has no one to buoy his courage or steady his heady excitement.
What does Walton learn about himself?
Instead, what Walton has learned is
that he cannot jeopardize the lives of others without their consent
. Of the crew, he tells Victor “‘I cannot lead them unwillingly to danger, and I must return. … This is what he has learned from Victor’s story. He is as ambitious as Victor but not as selfish.
Why does Victor tell Walton his story?
Victor tells Walton that his curiosity and yearning for knowledge led to his demise and defeat. … The man agrees to tell his story because
he notices that Walton is seeking knowledge as Victor himself once did
. Victor hopes that Walton’s seeking of knowledge will not lead to disaster as it did for Victor.
What is Robert Walton’s goal?
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. You just studied 6 terms!
How did Walton prepare himself for the expedition?
How did Walton prepare himself for the expedition? Walton prepares himself
by voluntarily enduring cold, famine, thirst, and want of sleep
. He worked hard during the day, and devoted his nights to his studies.
What does Walton desire personally quote?
He’s lonely: “
I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me, whose eyes would reply to mine
…
Why do you think Walton is so interested in the stranger and seems to become close friends with him so quickly?
Why do you think walton is attracted to the stranger?
He was very hospitable and nursed the Stranger back to health
. He felt a connection – the stranger is educated, understands his ambition, and is like minded.
How do Walton and Victor meet?
Robert Walton is an explorer in the Arctic journeying towards the North Pole, even though his men urge him to turn back.
He finds Victor Frankenstein nearly frozen and brings him on board to care for him
, and that is how they meet.
How does Walton feel about Victor when they first meet?
The eerie
feeling of the Arctic
, a Gothic notion, contrasts with the warmth Walton feels from meeting Victor and his desire for friendship, both Romantic elements. The “being which had the shape of a man, but apparently of gigantic stature” seen by the crew is the monster.
Why is the Arctic setting appropriate for the stories of Walton and Victor?
The arctic
represented isolation and pain in Victor Frankenstein’s creation
. Mary Shelley used the arctic setting to correlate the monsters internal feeling with its environment that surrounded him. She used the arctic to symbolize Victor’s creation as empty, unaided, isolated, and confused.
Which answer best characterizes Walton’s view of his own education?
Letters I-IV: Which answer best characterizes Walton’s view of his own education?
He resents his education because his father forced him to study and expected him to be top of the class
. He sees no problem with his self-education because it made him independent and brave.
How does Walton feel when Victor dies?
Just before the ship is set to head back to England, Victor dies. Several days later, Walton
hears a strange sound coming from the room in which Victor’s body lies
. Investigating the noise, Walton is startled to find the monster, as hideous as Victor had described, weeping over his dead creator’s body.
What does Walton feel he is lacking?
In the second letter, Walton bemoans his lack of friends. He
feels lonely and isolated
, too sophisticated to find comfort in his shipmates and too uneducated to find a sensitive soul with whom to share his dreams.
What strange sight did Walton and his crew see?
What strange sight did R. Walton and his men see with their telescope as they waited for the fog to clear?
They see the creature in the distance pushing a sled
. What was odd about the stranger asking where the ship was going before he consented to come on board?
What evidence does Walton provide of his romantic?
What evidence does Walton provide of his Romantic leanings?
Walton desires someone gentle, courageous, cultivated, intelligent, and worldly.
What does Walton say about friendship and his own desire for friendship?
In the opening letters to his sister, Walton writes, “
I desire the company of a man who could sympathise with me; whose eyes would reply to mine…. I bitterly feel the want of a friend
” (Shelley 4). At first, the desire for friendship that he puts forth is that of hedonic friendship.
How does Walton describe a friend?
How does he define a friend? Walton
says he is a “romantic
.” What is a romantic person like?
What lesson did Walton learn Victor?
In fact, this is how Walton learns Victor’s terrifying story. Victor recognizes the virus of ambition in Walton, and so tells him his story in the hope that Walton will not repeat his errors; that he will save himself before it is too late.
Victor knows there is a point of no return
.
What does Walton tell his sister he desires most at this time one want which I have never yet been able to satisfy )?
In
Letter II
, Walton admits to his sister that he is friendless. But I have one want which I have never yet been able to satisfy; and the absence of the object of which I now feel as a most severe evil.
What Walton asks about Victor?
Victor asks Walton
to destroy the creature
. … The monster boards the ship and finds Victor’s body. The monster has come to ask for Victor’s pardon or forgiveness.
What does Walton say tranquilize the mind?
“
I feel my heart glow with an enthusiasm which elevates me to heaven, for nothing contributes so much to tranquilize
the mind as a steady purpose – a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.” Robert Walton expresses excitement for achieving his dream.
Is Walton’s professional goal overly ambitious?
Walton’s
goal seems overly ambitious
. His selfish, self centered and cocky personality all leads to the conclusion of his overly ambitious goal. It can be inferred that his status is not where he wants to be, leading him to want to prove himself.
What request does Victor make of Walton?
8. What request does Frankenstein make of Robert Walton? Frankenstein knows his strength is failing. He asks Robert
Walton to destroy the creature if he ever has the opportunity
.
What are victors dying words?
With his final words, Frankenstein even takes back his earlier warning about the dangers of too much ambition:
“Yet why do I say this? I have myself been blasted in these hopes, yet another may succeed.”
Rather than learning from his mistakes, Frankenstein compounds one mistake after another, leading to his death.
Who said beware for fearless and therefore powerful?
Quote by
Mary Shelley
: “Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”
How does Walton promise to act his voyage north?
How does Walton promise to act regarding his voyage north?
He’ll be cool, persevering, and prudent.
What did Walton try and do before becoming an explorer?
Terms in this set (14) What does Robert Walton hope to accomplish on his voyage? Walton wants
to visit, and walk upon, a part of the world that has
never been seen before. … As a child and as a young man, Walton read his uncle Thomas’s books of voyages.
Why did Walton go to the North Pole?
Walton, like Victor, is an explorer who has become completely consumed with a specific task. He is taking his ship and crew north to explore the North Pole, this is
a suicide mission
. In his first letter to his sister Walton writes, “Inspirited by this wind of promise, my daydreams become more fervent and vivid.
How long has Robert Walton been preparing for the trip What kind of things did he do?
Saville, is sent from St. Petersburg, Russia and discusses Walton’s upcoming voyage to the North Pole. He reveals that he has spent
six years
preparing for and planning this trip, and that he plans to leave the following June.
Why does the stranger want Walton to tell his own story?
In the third part of the letter, the stranger says he’s decided to tell his story
to either help Walton in his quest for knowledge, or convince him to give it up
. He hopes that Walton might “deduce an apt moral” from hearing his tale. Victor sees himself as a man of “experience” instructing another, “innocent” man.
What story is the stranger going to tell Walton? The story of his life before he ended up on Walton’s boat. Why is the stranger going to share his story with Walton?
So Walton will not make the mistakes of the man.
How does the rescued man react to Walton’s dream or goal?
How does the rescued man react to Walton’s dream or goal?
The man becomes visibly upset and begins to cry.
