Victor Frankenstein is an insane, curious man, driven by ambition and scientific curiosity. ... He starts by reading the works of the very old and obsolete alchemists, a background that serves him hardship when he attends university of Ingolstadt. ... Once moved to Ingolstadt, Victor shares the dreams of the alchemists, to infiltrate the secrets of nature, to search for the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life. ... Frankenstein's exertion literally sickens the man who was once called Victor. ... While walking in town, Victor sees his dear friend Henry Clerval alight from a car...

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In order to succeed in his quest, he completely devotes himself to his studies while attending university at Ingolstadt. ... From observing all of this, it is obvious that Victor is not a very social person. ... At first, Victor is a stable vibrant young man with a bright future. ... He sets himself on a course for success at Ingolstadt and is very devoted to his purpose. ... The story ends with Victor recounting all the events of his life. ...

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Frankenstein's Ingolstadt University is a setting that leads to emotional conflict that the protagonist feels. Ingolstadt represents Victor Frankenstein's ill-willed ambitions, and serves as a place where he hopes to become a brilliant metaphycisist. ... The emotional downfall created in Ingolstadt contrast the simpler, yet loving Geneva home, a setting that symbolizes the childhood years and love of both Henry and Elizabeth that Victor cherishes. These central values void in Ingolstadt, which serves to show why Victor feels such emotional conflict throughout the novel "Ingolsta...

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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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Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, is a book about a man named Victor Frankenstein. ... Victor Frankenstein grew up in a town called Geneva. ... Victor then decided to move to Ingolstadt, and study at the University of Ingolstadt. ... The monster confronted Victor, and told Victor to make him a wife, or he will make him suffer. ... Victor's father was so upset, that he died from depression. ...

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Because of this and through his professor at Ingolstadt he becomes an expert in this field. ... Victor does not realize his own limits and does inhumane things like digging up graves. ... No one knows exactly what Victor is doing in his laboratory so they don't try to stop him. Victor thinks that just because he has the knowledge to create such a monster that he can. ... The monster ends up killing Victor's whole family and then some so he can get revenge on Victor for doing this to him. ...

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Henry Clerval is much like a father to Victor in the sense that he helps support Victor in several ways. ... Henry's cheerfulness counters Victor's moroseness. ... Alphonse imposes that Victor further his education in Ingolstadt, so that he is well-educated. Victor unwilling to go to Ingolstadt angrily says "I had hitherto attended the schools of Geneva, but my father thought it necessary for the completion of my education that I should be made acquainted with other customs than those of my native country" (28). ... Victor states that his parents love each other very much; their ...

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Victor Frankenstein did not live a normal, ordinary life. As a young man, Victor was rejected by his fellow peers. ... Obviously the monster and Victor look nothing alike, putting Victor into a state of depression and fear. ... When he left for college in Ingolstadt he left his family for what was suppose to be five years. ... The monster and Victor respond to their emotions differently. ...

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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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,'said Victor. ... Victor thought he should have control over these events, not God. ... Victor pursued going to the University of Ingolstadt, and their he became very knowledgeable. ... Victor was like his dad, which was the first thing the monster saw when he was created and Victor created him. I don't think Victor gave the monster enough of a chance. ...

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Victor's mother, Caroline, introduced Elizabeth to Victor as a present, this present was a constant reminder of the loss of his mother's love forever. ... Is Victor's isolation and mania a product of his grief? ... He is due to leave for the University of Ingolstadt soon after Caroline's death yet obtains "from my father a respite of some weeks. ... The moment Victor arrives at the University of Ingolstadt, he expresses "the evil influence, the Angel of Destruction, which asserted omnipotent sway over me from the moment I turned my reluctant steps from my father's d...

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Victor appears to be an altogether good and kind human being in the beginning. ... When he leaves his family with the intention of studying science at the university in Ingolstadt in Germany, he starts off by keeping regular correspondence with his family but when his interest in science develops into a hubris-like determination to create life out of inanimate matter, he starts to neglect them. Considering that his mother died just a week before he goes to Ingolstadt, this would be a particularly inappropriate time for him to deprive his family of his support and love. ... He even acts as some...

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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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Victor's sister, Elizabeth, is adopted as a gift to Victor. ... Victor's parents wish he would study at Ingolstadt, however; Elizabeth falls ill with scarlet fever before he leaves. ... After the family gets over the loss of their mother, Victor departs for Ingolstadt to continue his studies at the university. ... Henry nurses Victor back to his health and contacts Victor's family about his health. ... Disturbed by this news, Victor leaves for Geneva. ...

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One stormy night, after months of labor, Victor completes his creation. ... The next morning, he goes walking in the town of Ingolstadt, frantically avoiding a return to his now haunted apartment. ... Victor finds a letter from his father telling him that Victor's youngest brother, William, has been murdered. ... After Justine's execution, Victor becomes increasingly sad. ... The monster becomes enraged at Victor for breaking his promise. ...

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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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Victors retelling of his dream is this: I thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. ... As he was growing up, Victor was quite sheltered. ... When Elizabeth was brought into Victors house his mother presented her as " . . . a pretty present for my Victor." ... She asked Victor to marry Elizabeth as her death wish. ... Despite the numerous warnings from Victor's creature that he would be there on Victor's wedding night, Victor still chooses to leave Elizabeth alone in the hotel. ...

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Victors retelling of his dream is this: I thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. ... As he was growing up, Victor was quite sheltered. ... When Elizabeth was brought into Victors house his mother presented her as " . . . a pretty present for my Victor." ... She asked Victor to marry Elizabeth as her death wish. ... Despite the numerous warnings from Victor's creature that he would be there on Victor's wedding night, Victor still chooses to leave Elizabeth alone in the hotel. ...

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Victor tells Robert of a creature that he has created back at home. ... Victor is a very smart man; he went to a top university called Ingolstadt, and studied philosophy and chemistry. ... Victor returns home to marry a woman named Elizabeth. ... " Sadly after returning home Victors father dies, this sets Victor over the edge, and his only objective in life now is to kill the monster. Victor dies of sickness before he can get his revenge, but the monster stands over Victor's dead body with intense sadness. ...

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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 Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh) who tells him the story of the monster he created. The story begins with Victor's mother (Cherie Lunghi) dying while giving birth to her boy William (Ryan Smith). A girl named Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter) comes to live with Victor because both her mother and father died. ... Victor Frankenstein then follows his scientist dream to Ingolstadt in 1793, where he plans to learn how to save and maybe create lives. ...

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One of these is the Quest for Immortality that Victor Frankenstein, our main character, wants to achieve. ... When Victor attends school in Ingolstadt, he meets two professors, M. ... This idea of "unlimited powers" and miracles being performed encourages Victor's excitement. ... Through the story we see how Victor believes that he could create a human being through science. ... In the beginning, Victor wants to create life through scientific advancements. ...

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Mary Shelley's classic novel, "Frankenstein," tells the story of young scientist Victor Frankenstein and his pursuit to create an artificial life. ... In the novel Frankenstein, the isolation experienced by Victor Frankenstein is also a theme of Shelley's life. ... The protagonist spends many hours in nature, and after the death of his mother is sent away to the University of Ingolstadt (Shelley 40). In Ingolstadt, Frankenstein is entranced by his work and obsession with creating life so much so that he does not venture out of his home or meet with colleagues. ... Shelley experienced...

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Victor Frankenstein's family was normal to begin with. ... Nor can a mother be bought, but Victor uses his knowledge from Ingolstadt to create a being to fill in that missing figure. ... This happiness that Victor is trying so hard to pursue by creating the monster. ... By creating the female one, Victor is attempting to make a new family for the monster, but near the completion of the female monster, Victor decides to destroy it. ... With the death of Elizabeth Victor loses him self to the act of revenge. ...

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