"I beheld the wretch – the miserable monster whom I had created." Why did Victor Frankenstein create his monster? What role did beauty, love, science, and education play in his endeavor? Notes Frankenstein did not study liberal arts. Infatuated with science. He sets out to make something. Alchemy: How a thing works is not always what it is. Properties may be hidden. The quest for knowledge is secondary to the quest for Eve. Could it ...