An Analysis of the Educational Development of the Character Victor in the Novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
This paper will seek to analyze the components of education in the main character, Victor, in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. By realizing that Victor has only been educated in science, we can begin to understand that he is completely ignorant of ethics and morality when creating the monster. With this insight, we can surely see how Victor must invariably die in the end for avoiding responsibility for caring for the creature after he had made it. This is the major hole in Victor's education that is analyzed in this paper.