This growth continues over a period of time when the character is caught in between two worlds, like Victor Frankenstein was when he was creating the monster in Ingolstadt. ... Victor begins feeling a sense of loneliness and guilt while at Ingolstadt beginning shortly after Justine and William are killed, up to his own death bed on the ship with Walton. ... At Ingolstadt, a highly prestigious university Victor begins to learn about all of the great minds in science and starts to understand the human body and its wants, needs, and basic way of life. ... Soon after Victor leaves Ingolstadt, t...

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The subject is addressed in three main instances; the loss of Victor's mother, the relationship between Victor and the monster, and the relationship of Victor and Elizabeth. ... The event of Victor's mother's death seems to be the turning point in Victor's life. ... Victor then describes going off to college at the University of Ingolstadt. ... Victor then commences on creating his monster. ... Victor creates a superhuman sized person. ...

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The young ambitious scientist referred to above is Victor Frankenstein, the main character in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. ... Victor Frankenstein did not check his ambition, he soon regarded his ambition as evil and began to think of his life a cursed by ambition. Victor Frankenstein regards ambition as evil because it was the driving force behind his ceaseless urge to learn. ... Victor Frankenstein feels like he has been cursed by ambition. ... While at Ingolstadt, after gaining a reputation as a scientist and innovator among the professors, he decides to take up a new project, ...

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He attends the University of Ingolstadt, where he learns about modern science and, within a few years, masters all the his professors have to teach him. ... The monster proceeds to kill Victor's youngest brother, best friend, and wife, when Victor refuses to create a mate for the monster. ... We begin to see Victor's personality type as sometimes "violent and my passion vehement." ... It is ironic because the monster was created as some sort of a companion for Victor and then Victor denies his monster a companion of his own. ... Victor attempts to go beyond accepted human limits ...

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