There is of course, the obvious comparison that we can make between Victor and Walton. Both are ambitious and carefully foster their ambitions. We have Victor Frankenstein, who without considering the consequences of his discovery, wants to go where no one else has. He wishes to use electricity to create a science-made human--a discovery that in doubt would create a name for him, lasting throughout time. He would have a divine power to create life. Walton, as a younger gentleman, wanted badly to be remembered like Shakespeare and Homer. He therefore followed this dream and tried to find a path to Northern Pole through the North Pacific Ocean. We see both wanting to bring something to human kind, Walton's path and Frankenstein's ability to resurrect humans, as Prometheus gave humans fire. In trying to find this path. does Walton yield cautiously to the consequences that await him? Does he accept the possibility of death of himself and his fleet of men? No he did not, as Victor did not truely think about those he loved.
The two characters also are similar in the fact that they are compassionate toward their family. We have dear letters from Walton to his sister, and we have compassionate speech and actions from Victor towards his cousin. Victor and Walton are very similar, in my opinion, for they both occupy sentiments toward those close, and hold healthy relationships with them. But they both have a dangerous characteristic, one in which they give power to by allowing ambition and desire to blind reality from them, and in turn putting others in danger.
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