The Futility of Aspiration Exposed in Frankenstein

Within the dreary gloom and depression of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley tells a fantastical tale of what happens when science and greed are combined. Through the eyes and journal of an eager seafarer named Walton, Shelley relates to us the tragic life of one Doctor Victor Frankenstein, a man reduced to crumbles by his own misguided lust for knowledge. It seems this Frankenstein had started on a path to scientific discovery when he came in contact …

…depleting chunk of ice. It was not at all coincidental that such a man as Frankenstein should be placed in the life of such a man as Walton. Frankenstein had been through life, he had tasted the perils that come from trying to grab a hold of the world and understand its mysteries, and he was miserable. Walton was as yet untouched by the fever of science and he still had the chance to escape.