Whenever I have had success, I never learn from it. Success usually breeds a degree of hubris. When you fail, that’s when you learn. Hubris is a great and foolish excessive pride or self-confidence which contributes to an individual’s extreme arrogance. Marry Shelley’s Frankenstein is a well-known novel for portraying this theme of hubris but the question is based on the point of how does the concept of hubris figure into the plot of Frankenstein? Victor Frankenstein of Geneva is a scientist who only aims to justify the truth in life. Victor Frankenstein was inspired by multiple desires that lead to the creation of his monster. He was driven by the obsession of knowledge and explanatory nature. He wanted to take science beyond the limit which …show more content…
Victor and Walton are more obsessive people than proud because they don’t care about the consequences of every action they engage …show more content…
Victor Frankenstein grew up most of the time with his mother in life and had a very loving bond with her and eventually his mother died giving birth to her baby (William). The death of Victors mother had Victor devastated and one day on the way to his mother’s grave he highlighted a the point of hubris by mentioning that no one needs to die and that he promises his mother that he will prevent death from occurring. Victor then went to a university to research on how organisms of the body function and how he could begin with his discovery and as he arrived he mentioned a multiple of scientists who basically contributed to Victors