Victor was Percy Shelley's pen name and Victor Frankenstein's family also resembles Percy Shelley's in both the father is married to a woman young enough to be his daughter and the oldest son has a favorite sister named Elizabeth. ... By sending Victor to the University of Ingolstadt, Mary Shelley further signaled his association with the radical politics advocated by Percy Shelley. Ingolstadt was famous as the home of the Illuminati, a secret revolutionary society founded by Ingolstadt's Professor of Law, Adam Weishaupt. ... It was the goal of Shelley that by mirroring ...

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Victor had thought to be useful, but without due consideration to values. ... Walton and Victor similar, both in ambition and in failure. ... Walton meets the monster; the monster sorrowful at Victor's death. ... Krempe , the natural philosopher he meets at Ingolstadt, a model scientist: "an uncouth man, but deeply imbued in the secrets of his science." ... Instead, Victor's creation destroys all that he loves. ...

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