THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE During the nineteenth century, romance was a basis of many stories for many authors. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley expresses the ideas of life during this age in her gothic romance, Frankenstein. A theme is a major idea displayed in a work that is connected to the work in many ways. Many themes are found throughout this novel, one of which is the pursuit of knowledge. Throughout the story, the three major characters …showed first 75 words of 588 total…

…showed last 75 words of 588 total…learning. The three characters are looking for something important only to them, but their ideas of the outcome, and what happens to them in the end is much different. The nineteenth century gothic romance novels are used to express the ideas of life lived in this period. The pursuit of knowledge plays a major role in the novel Frankenstein because it allows Shelley to develop complex characters such as Victor, the monster, and Robert Walton.