Read the excerpts from Frankenstein, which are in Robert Walton and Victor Frankenstein’s points of view, respectively. What do these excerpts suggest about their characters? Robert Walton: But, supposing all these conjectures to be false, you cannot contest the inestimable benefit which I shall confer on all mankind to the last generation, by discovering a passage near the pole to those countries, to reach which at present so many months are requisite; or by ascertaining the secret of the magnet, which, if at all possible, can only be effected by an undertaking such as mine.

Victor Frankenstein: Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me. No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve their's.

A. They both seek adventure and excitement.
B. They both seek fame and glory.
C. They both seek wealth and power.
D. They both want to advance the field of science.
E. They both want to conquer and destroy nature.