Describe Victor's Psychological Decline In Light Of His Scientific Studies

Describe Victor’s psychological decline in light of his scientific studies. (You may wish to make a note of how he begins with the study of the occult, but moves on to a study of Newtonian sciences, but his psychological state is inversed. He is rational when he believes in alchemy, but wild in his studies of the new science).

Victor’s psychological decline is seen to be a result of his obsession with dangerous knowledge and curiosity for the new science. Initially, Frankenstein states his interest in the study as merely being “delighted in investigating,” establishing how he in the beginning was not obsessed with the notion. The composer however then critiques the lure of dangerous knowledge as being able to alter a person’s mindset,