In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a man named Victor Frankenstein becomes obsessed with creating a living being from dead materials. Shelley portrays Victor and his creation as monsters for one main reason: they both have a thirst for knowledge. Victor, even though a very smart and educated man, sacrifices everything to create this being that turns into a monster, and loses everything that is dear to him. Throughout the novel, man's obsession with forbidden knowledge is not only conveyed through Victor, but by his creation as well. Because of this obsession, Victor and the monster will both not stop until their needs are fulfilled to their liking.

In the novel Frankenstein, mans thirst for knowledge plays an important role in the message Shelley is trying to convey to the reader. In the second letter of the book, Walton wrote to Margaret and said, "I have no friend Margaret... no...