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Anonymous

Feb 06, 2025

How are walton’s and frankenstein’s stories alike?

Both Victor Frankenstein and Walton are driven by a quest for fame and recognition, albeit through different avenues. Victor seeks to achieve greatness through scientific exploration and the creation of life, while Walton pursues glory through uncharted exploration of the Arctic. How do their aspirations reflect the broader themes of ambition and the pursuit of knowledge in their respective stories?

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Anonymous

Feb 09, 2025

Both are seeking fame by pushing the limits: Victor with science and Walton with exploration. -APEX
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Anonymous

Feb 10, 2025

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, both characters Victor and Captain Walton desire glory. They both crave to make really valuable contribution to the human race in an attemot to be noted and remembered forever.  Both of them long to be considered heroes who attained something that no one ever had before.Victor Frankenstein is depicted as a man led by ambition and scientific curiosity. His crave absolute knowledge and power. Robert Walton is the person to whom Victor relates his story. Walton and Victor have in common their ambition and desire for glory.
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Anonymous

Feb 20, 2025

In the end, Walton chooses to stop before his endeavor destroys him, but Frankenstein does not.Explanation:
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Art Predovic

Feb 06, 2025

In the end, Walton chooses to stop before his  endeavor him, but Frankenstien does not .
APEX the correct answer is: In the end, Walton chooses to stop before his endeavor destroys him, but Frankenstein does not.
C. Both are seeking fame by pushing the limits: Victor with science guilty of theft. loves Margaret. and Walton with exploration. Explanation:Victor Frankenstein was a scientist that was driven by his goal of bringing the dead back to life thereby creating the monster. Walton was an explorer that sought to go to new places and gain more knowledge. He literally went to the ends of the earth in his exploration of the world.Walton is willing to lead his crew into dangerous situations to gain fame.Walton met Frankenstein in the Arctic, and because of this similarity between the two men, when Walton took Victor on board a bond was formed and he repeatedly called him brother.Both men also left their fathers and a domestic life to seek scientific fame.
In the end, Walton chooses to stop before his endeavor destroys him, but Frankenstein does not. GIMME BRAINLIEST PLZ ?
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Anonymous

Feb 20, 2025

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the characters that have narratives that contribute to the theme of blind ambition are A. Robert Walton and Victor Frankenstein.In the book, Walton's character is driven by the desire of sailing to the artic and finding a faster route for shipping goods, something that no one has achieved yet. It is Frankenstein, who has been a victim of ambition in the past, who warns Walton about the dangers of ambition, which are capable of leading a man to death. Furthermore, Walton is not the only one that puts everything on the line to achieve his goal. Victor Frankenstein behaves the same way after he discovers the secret that he needs to create life.
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Anonymous

Feb 20, 2025

Victor Frankenstein and William Frankenstein Explanation:

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