Victor and Robert are two very different people, but happen to try to behold an unreachable goal that's impossible. Which happens to be that one realizes that his goal is rediculous and the other died trying.
Victor and Robert both set out on goals they could not achieve. Robert against nature through very cold climates on a ship and Victor against a ferine horrible monster that he has created and regrets horribly.
Victor would never give up, he was too ill minded. He just kept on trying to prove people wrong and it turned out disaterous. Victor told his story to Robert, so after Victor died Robert realized he was heading for the same end Victor headed to he turned that ship right around.. Victor never got to reach his goal he died trying and Robert realized that was the same path he was going down. Victor and Robert are different, Robert got told what an unreachable goal would do to someone and Victor went through it.
