What does this Frankenstein quote mean?

Question

But success shall crown my endeavors...Thus far I have gone, tracing a secure way over the pathless seas, the very stars themselves being witness and testimonies of my triumph. What can start the determined heart and resolved will of man?

Answer 1

This is spoken by Walton towards the beginning of the novel. He believes that "success crowns his endeavors" and so all that he does and attempts will be "crowned" with success. He talks of his feats and accomplishments, his journey through the "pathless seas" both literally as a traveler and metaphorically as triumphant over the challenges of his life. He describes how the "stars" are "witnesses" to this success.
He is proclaiming his significance in history and could be interpreted to suggest that he thinks he is on a Godlike level.
This passage is indicative of Walton's arrogance, his determination to succeed in whatever he does. This foreshadows Dr. Frankenstein's story and parallels the obsession that Frankenstein shares. There's a moralistic edge to the novel where the arrogant Walton is supposed to learn from what Frankenstein has experienced. This is carried out when Walton decides at the end to turn back from the Arctic and end his obsession.

Answer 2

It means that the speaker believes his attempts to create life will work even though no one has ever done it before. Even the stars in heaven have never seen a greater triumph when looking down on the earth. His last statement essentially says that no other task could make him more determined to succeed.

Answer 3

An archetype (suggested /??rk?ta?p/) is an unique form of someone, suitable celebration, or a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated; a emblem universally known by technique of all. In psychology, an archetype is a form of someone, personality, or habit. really that's asserting that it can be extraordinarily darn symbolic if Frankenstein became slain in a icy desolate tract at the same time as the tale itself began with scenes of hearth and choas.

Answer 4

translation: "I will succeed. Even now I have made a path in uncharted territory, though no one has seen my success except the stars. Even so, nothing will dissuade me from the decisions I have made because I am resolved to succeed."