In a closer look at Victor Frankenstein, a closer look at a classic mad scientist who transgresses all scientific boundaries without a care. However, he can also be considered a courageous adventurer in unknown scientific lands, who cannot be held responsible for the consequences of his explorations. The doomed protagonist and narrator of the main part of the story is Victor Frankenstein. While studying in Ingolstadt, Victor discovers the secret of life and creates an intelligent but grotesque monster, from which he recoils in horror. Victor keeps his creation of the monster a secret, feeling increasingly guilty and ashamed as he realizes how powerless he is to stop the monster from ruining his and others' lives. The life story of Victor Frankenstein is at the heart of Frankenstein. A young Swiss boy grows up in Geneva reading the works of early and outdated alchemists, a background that does not serve him when he attends a university in Ingolstadt. Where he discovered current science and, in a few years, mastered everything he professed...