Victor Frankenstein's Accomplishments

Victor Frankenstein has been studying philosophy and chemistry, which has become his occupation. His destiny is to recreate life again and has been taught by Professor Krempe. At the end of two years he has finally made some decisions on how to recreate, ”I made some discoveries in the improvement of some chemical instruments, which procured me great esteem and admiration at the university.”(Shelley 18). His attraction was the structure of the human frame. Also, as he states in the writing, “ I revolved these circumstances in my mind and determined thenceforth to apply myself more particularly to those branches of natural philosophy which relate to physiology.”(Shelley 18). He would have to recourse to death so he can examine the cause