How do Victor and Walton compare and contrast in Frankenstein?

and have several similarities at the start of the novel, when Walton and his crew find Victor
near death in the Arctic. By the end of the novel, however, it appears that Walton has learned
from Victor's cautionary tale and will take a different path in his life than Victor
unfortunately did.

Walton and Frankenstein are both sensitive and ambitious.
These qualities are what probably draw Walton to Victor in the first place. When the crew brings
Victor aboard, Walton feels pity for Victor, who is in a dire state. We learn later that he has
become totally obsessed with findingand they have been chasing each other in the Arctic. The
creation of the monster and its aftermath have damaged Victor physically and psychologically,
and the effects are obvious to Walton. Once Victor begins to tell his story, we learn that his
downfall was his excessive ambition: he wanted to solve the mystery of life and death and took
the creation of life (from dead parts)...