Victor vs. Walton

As I finished reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, I began to notice even more similarities between Victor Frankenstein and Walton. On top of a thirst for knowledge and a love for new information, the last chapter of the novel expressed even more paralleling qualities. Both men would not back down on a challenge. Victor would search for his creation before he would do anything else, even before letting himself die! Walton said the same thing; "I had rather die than return shamefully, - my purpose unfulfilled" (Shelley, 160). Both of these men were totally devout to their plans and ambitions.

Another similarity was that of their love for their families, especially their sisters. Both men wanted only that their sisters be happy. They put their family before themselves. Victor himself say," I would die to make her happy" (Shelley, 139). Walton in his letter to his sister similarly says, "my beloved sister, the sickening failing of your heart-felt expectation is, in prospect, more terrible to me than my own death" (Shelley, 158). Both men are selfless in fighting for their sisters' happiness and tranquility.