Question

From the novel "Frankenstein" by: Mary Shelley.

The youthful Frankenstein is caught up in the writings and theories of outdated, mystical pseudo-scientists such as Cornelius Agrippa and Paracelsus.

This phase of his intellectual development seems wholly unnecessary to the sheer plot of the novel, since Frankenstein's professors at Ingolstadt soon set him straight. Why is the youthful misguidedness included in the novel at all?

Answer 1

Because he forms the other characters in the story. I have read thin novel many times.



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