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Victor Frankenstein is an insane, curious man, driven by ambition and scientific curiosity. Frankenstein starts as a young, pleasurable Swiss boy who grows up in Geneva and has a passionate desire to learn the secrets of heaven and earth. 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. After a lightning strike and learning about the power of nature he is anxious to pursue the knowledge of science. He was enthusiastic about learning the occult sciences until his father convinces him of the alchemists’ trash. Victor’s carefree childhood and eccentric adolescence are soon overtaken with great tragedy when his mother dies, which he sees as a prophecy of his future tragedies. Once moved to Ingolst