... nearly my sole occupation" (Frankenstein 48). 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. According to Mellor, "Weishaupt advocated the perfection of mankind through the overthrow ... the philosophers" stone and the elixir of life" (55). Believing these gifts will benefit himself and mankind, they instead they bring Leon only misery and dest...

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