What is a romantic person like?
kimfuji Teacher College – Freshman eNotes Editor Robert Walton is a romantic, in the sense that he is idealistic and believes that imagination reins above all else. Basically we can see by his actions and his “profession” or vocation that he is a romantic. His unrealistic vision of finding a passage which would unite the two oceans–at that time in history–was indeed a romanitc notion. In the end it is clear that he found his nemesis in Frankenstein, who too was too idealistic. Robert Walton is sort of a narrator, through his letters to his sister, Margaret Saville. He tells the story of Frankenstein. He is an adventurous man who is overcome with unbridled passion to acheive his goal. His goal was to explore the North Pole. He wanted to be the first to find a passage through the artic, which would reveal a connection between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. His ship becomes trapped on the ice and he thinks he sees Frankenstein.(He is very lonely and needs a friend.) He says that they
