Analysis Of Mary Shelley 's ' Frankenstein '

He had the privilege of learning from his youth and then attending university. The problem with Victor’s education, however, is that he reads outdated and condemned information that pertains to a forgotten science. While in the confines of his private quarters or in the company of the dead, Victor becomes obsessed with misguided pursuits. “The remainder of the novel shows how this forbidden knowledge leads him to disaster” (Backes). It is the moment when Victor devotes himself entirely to this forbidden knowledge

Victor’s blindness to what his end result will produce is immediately revealed when his final work is a hideous creature. Victor, through repulsion, neglects caring for the creature in its blank slate, gradually fuelling the ambition it feels for revenge. With the monster isolated, he begins to learn, “I learned to distinguish between the operations

The major turning point of the novel then begins; Victor endeavors to create a human being.  If he would have been unsuccessful, the novel would have ended, but the question of whether it was moral to even attempt to create life would have still remained.  Thus, the single most important and overriding theme in the novel begins - morality versus scientific discovery.  “Questions of morality did not enter Victor's mind a single time before the creation of his human being."(Botting 112)  He did not ponder the effects of his creation.  Victor had a goal - to create life.  By doing so

Victor uses his knowledge not for the benefit of society, but for his own purpose of experimentation which ends up turning out the opposite way that he imagines. Knowing his own vanity, Victor says "lean from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow" (Shelley 38). After creating the monster and all the hardships Victor had to go through, he realizes that a person should be happy with the world around him/her and not try to change it. He admits that trying to become a man greater than who he could be drove him mad and his knowledge went in tow with it. From

A famous quote by Mary Astor states that “Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.” This is exactly what happened to Victor. At a young age he would always question his father about science, life, and the ways of death; and through these questions Victor started slowly losing his innocence as a young child.Victor had what most would call a perfect childhood, and it wasn’t until he started attending school that his obsession with the creation of life started. “Natural philosophy is the genius that has regulated my fate” this thought consumed Victor and he began doing experiments to create life and he did not stop, he did not listen to anybody that told him what he didn’t want to hear and he continued until he finally made his creation. This

He had a close relationship with his mother and father and because of this he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps ,and become a doctor this led him to focus intently on his studies ,and put majority of his effort into his work ,and not his relationships with others. His studies fueled his arrogance and his intent on creating life as if he were a godlike figure among men. His arrogance,close mindedness,and stubbornness to his studies left him lonely ,because he put his work before the people that were currently apart of his life. He began to isolate himself from others so he could focus on his current passion ,but this would only affect him more in the long run ,because his stubbornness soon turned to regret when his was finally able to bring his studies to action and give birth to a creation that is also referred to many times as the monster. Victor sees the error in his actions and does not disclose it to anyone and his mind is slowly deteriorating behind his facade ,because his is filled with regret and fear he also tries to run from his problems.

At this point Victor is responsible for two deaths and must keep this all to himself. By suffering through the guilt and the illness it is clear that his decisions that were made in order to deepen his knowledge of the scientific world are becoming dangerous to himself and the people close to him.

When Victor is in college, he has a desire to learn everything about science. During this, he becomes fond of creating life. Victor becomes engaged in creating life from death, he puts his heart and soul, in the pursuit to discover his goal. He keeps a journal to hide all of the secrets he has. Victor writes in his journal saying, “I, who continually sought the attainment of one object of pursuit and was solely wrapped up in this, improved so rapidly that at the end of two years I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instruments, which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university.”

Victor Frankenstein, a complex character created by Mary Shelley, experienced a complete change in attitude and perspective on the scientific world as he knew it. Between the deaths of his close family and friends, to the constant fight for survival as his own creation stalked him, Victor was under straining circumstances that allowed for his evolution as a character. Pre monster, Victor had strong morals and close relationships with his family. His family was his priority. Victor’s dedication to science was always a constant nagging in the back of his mind, but it did not mean more to him than his family dead. During the formation of his creation, he began to block off his family, especially his fiancee, Elizabeth. His dedication to science was his only priority, above food and hygiene. He was driven by the creation of his monster. After creation, his family members were killed off, eliminating any type of relationship he had with them, he rejected all science and moral values.

After leaving his family in Geneva, Victor devotes so much of his time to his scientific studies that he alienates himself from everyone, including his family. With his laboratory built on top of his living quarters, Victor lives in complete isolation from his friends and surroundings, “and the same feelings which made me neglect the scenes around me caused me also to forget those friends who were so many miles absent and when I had not seen for so long a time” (Shelley 53). Through those two years, Victor has forsaken his family and friends due to his obsession with his experiment. Symbolically, Victor can be viewed as a God, creator of

His father then explained it to him - electricity.  Victor's interest was again sparked, this time literally. Victor turned seventeen and went to attend the University of Ingolstadt in Germany, studying Natural Philosophy.  At Ingolstadt, Victor met with a professor who said, "The ancient teachers of this science promised impossibilities, and performed nothing.  The modern masters ... have acquired new and almost unlimited powers; they can command the thunders of heaven, mimic the earthquake, and even mock the invisible world with its own shadows."  This quote, which could indeed be interpreted as man "playing god", very much intrigued Victor.  He was fascinated - spending every waking moment in the presence of his professors and his science.  Victor read and absorbed as much information as he possibly could.The major turning point of the novel then begins; Victor endeavors to create a human being.  If he would have been unsuccessful, the novel would have ended, but the question of whether it was moral to even attempt to create life would have still remained.  Thus, the single most important and prominent theme in the novel begins - morality versus scientific discovery.

When Victor goes to college he is the center of attention due to his knowledge. “Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example…”(Shelley 39) Slowly his ego gets the best of him and he wants more attention. He decides to create a life and cure illness but in reality he is doing it for the fame and glory. In the book it is stated “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me.” (Shelley 40). This shows that his entitlement as a “god” figure would consume and/or corrupt him. He is isolated from everyone for 2 years working on the creature. According to Syliva Bowerbank “though Victor has abandoned her, -- the first time for six years of study in Ingolstadt and the second, for two years of travel -- her first concern is for his well-being, since he fell gravely ill during both separations from his home.” (Bowerbank) He

The audience can assume that Victor runs to his knowledge and education as his form of a friend. Victor works tirelessly to not only build, but perfect his creature to his liking for two long years. Believing that he has the solution to betterment of humankind, he loses sleep and cuts off all contact with family we see the effects of his madness while building his creation has not only affected him emotionally, but also physically as clearly stated: “Every night I was oppressed by a slow fever,

However, Victor is part of the problem throughout the novel, as his defiance of natural process exemplifies the need for humanity to control nature, through modification, identification, and oppression. Victor initially is inspired to create due to his unchecked foray into the sciences, to explore where "the principle of life proceed[ed]" (Shelley 31), and defy the natural courses of life and death. Victor's result, in that his creation subverts both humanity and nature through its actions, serves to illuminate the potential danger in attempting to control or modify nature for

Victor studies and ignoring having a social life and his family. He Fascinated by citation of life, he begins to study about how the human body built. After a couple of year of a lot of work, he masters all the work his teacher gave him, and discovering the secret of life. He hidden away his woke from everyone, thinking of way to make his