Victor Frankenstein

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Young Victor Frankenstein is the foundational figure in Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus and remains a core reference point in science, ethics...

literary-analysis

The protagonist in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is most commonly understood to be Victor Frankenstein, the scientist whose experiment to create life sets the story in motion. W...

literature

Victor Frankenstein is the complex protagonist of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus , whose ambitious quest to conquer nature by creating life tr...

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In Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus," the question which is the monster and which is the doctor has a precise answer: Victor Frankenstein is the human sci...