How are victor and Walton both explorers

Victor Frankenstein and Captain Walton are both explorers who believe that they can fully understand the world and who end up failing when they face the Sublime. ... Captain Walton is also an explorer, but instead of trying to master science like Frankenstein, Walton wants to conquer nature.

the word that best matches the meaning of the expression "went to the big ocean" is died.

the goldfish died, which is why the father looks at the children mournfully. the "big ocean" is the father's way of saying fish heaven. he could have just said that the goldfish died, but this way, the children imagine the fish in a bigger, better place instead of just picturing a dead fish.

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