7.1.1
Walton - Quotations
Quotations About Walton
Quotations About Walton
Walton is an extra-diegetic/framing narrator within the novel. As our first narrator, he prepares the reader for the character of Frankenstein.


Letter II
Letter II
- "I am practically industrious-painstaking-a workman to execute with perseverance and labour… A belief in the marvellous, intertwined in all my projects, which hurries me out of the common pathways of man even to the wild sea and on visited regions I’m about to explore."


Letter III
Letter III
- "The very stars themselves being witnesses and testimonies of my triumph. Why not still proceed over the untamed yet obedient element? What can stop the determined heart and resolve the will of man?"


Letter III/ Chapter 4
Letter III/ Chapter 4
- Walton: "But success shall crown mine endeavours. Wherefore not?" (Letter III)
- Victor: "A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me." (Chapter 4)
1Narrative Structure
2Character Summaries
2.1Walton & Frankenstein
2.3Elizabeth, Justine & Henry
3Intertextuality & Allusions
3.1Intertextual References
3.2Philosophical & Scientific Theories
4Biographic Context
5Chapter Summaries
5.2Chapters
5.2.1Chapters 1-2
5.2.2Chapters 3-4
5.2.3Chapters 5-6
5.2.4Chapters 7-9
5.2.5Chapters 10-11
5.2.6Chapters 12-15
5.2.7Chapters 16-19
5.2.8Chapters 20-23
5.2.9Chapter 24 & Walton’s Last Letters
5.2.10End of Topic Test - Chapters 1-6
5.2.11End of Topic Test - Chapters 7-15
5.2.12End of Topic Test - Chapters 16-23
5.2.13End of Topic Test - Chapter 24 & Walton's Letters
6Key Themes
7Recap: Main Quotes
7.1Characters Quotes
7.1.1Walton - Quotations
7.1.2Victor Frankenstein - Quotations
7.1.3The Monster - Quotations
7.1.4The Educational Texts - Quotations
7.1.5Elizabeth Lavenza - Quotations
7.1.6Justine Moritz - Quotations
7.1.7Henry Clerval - Quotations
7.1.8Alphonse Frankenstein - Quotations
7.1.9The De Lacey Family - Quotations
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1Narrative Structure
2Character Summaries
2.1Walton & Frankenstein
2.3Elizabeth, Justine & Henry
3Intertextuality & Allusions
3.1Intertextual References
3.2Philosophical & Scientific Theories
4Biographic Context
5Chapter Summaries
5.2Chapters
5.2.1Chapters 1-2
5.2.2Chapters 3-4
5.2.3Chapters 5-6
5.2.4Chapters 7-9
5.2.5Chapters 10-11
5.2.6Chapters 12-15
5.2.7Chapters 16-19
5.2.8Chapters 20-23
5.2.9Chapter 24 & Walton’s Last Letters
5.2.10End of Topic Test - Chapters 1-6
5.2.11End of Topic Test - Chapters 7-15
5.2.12End of Topic Test - Chapters 16-23
5.2.13End of Topic Test - Chapter 24 & Walton's Letters
6Key Themes
7Recap: Main Quotes
7.1Characters Quotes
7.1.1Walton - Quotations
7.1.2Victor Frankenstein - Quotations
7.1.3The Monster - Quotations
7.1.4The Educational Texts - Quotations
7.1.5Elizabeth Lavenza - Quotations
7.1.6Justine Moritz - Quotations
7.1.7Henry Clerval - Quotations
7.1.8Alphonse Frankenstein - Quotations
7.1.9The De Lacey Family - Quotations
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