An Appetite for Knowledge

Throughout the world, numerous individuals have had a vast hunger and drive for knowledge of education and development. We as humans always question how and why things happen, and constantly pushing the boundaries of what may not seem possible. Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is a novel about sentimental endeavoring against the standard limits or restrictions put in our presence. To start with, in chapter 4 there is the conspicuous illustration of Victor Frankenstein striving so as to push against his confinements as a person to portray a God-like image by creating a Creature.

Within this passage, I was able to grasp the concept of understanding why Victor became overly obsessed with his search for knowledge among natural philosophy. Victor also takes upon including aspectual opinions from his professor M. Waldman at the University of Ingolstadt, “I have no doubt of your success. …Natural philosophy, including mathematics” (30) He Victor decides to take on advice and the responsibility of opening up his learning not to just one broad area, but thereof opening up several doors of exploration to challenge his thoughts of life. He understood what his place was on earth as a scientist, whereas he used his knowledge to pursue his one goal of creating the monster, we call Frankenstein. Victor told readers that we wouldn’t give up on his dream in being successful in science. Victor said himself that he had a “thirst for knowledge” which means that he would do anything until he got it. (30) However, little did he know his strong knowledge in this area would become of his greatest downfalls, soon leading to the loss of both his family members and his loved ones. Victor became so endeavored and obsessed with his work of bringing a creature to life, that he failed to recognize the outcomes that could happen as a result. He never thought about the consequences of his “continuous hunger for the discovery and wonders of science” and if his dream would fall through. (30) He didn’t recognize that knowledge of natural philosophy would cost him his entire life. Mary Shelly postulated the moral of science in this excerpt to be, that there is a necessary limit not to what humanity should know.

Additionally, Shelly utilizes an intriguing dialect or play on words while portraying the production of Victor's beast in relationship to imagery. Such as the phrase from the excerpt "sparkle of being" (31). According to Oxford English Dictionary, sparkle" is defined as meaning the start or life, "spark" is additionally connected with power and electricity. At the point when Victor utilizes "science" to make his monster, there is a suggested that the element of light and electricity are being used as an underlining component to create the monster. With this in mind, another instance in which imagery is used is “I engrossed in my occupation” (31) This sentence contains imagery because one can picture the image of blossoming flowers and leaves expanding off the stems. This quote is also ever significant in which the reader can also tell that his work is time-consuming; knowing that he isolated himself away from his family and friends and made the creation of the monster his number one priority.