This paper examines how in Mary Godwin Shelley's Gothic masterpiece, "Frankenstein," the main protagonist, Victor Frankenstein,
a young student of the alchemical arts and sciences, takes the reader on an exploration into the
unknown, for his primary goal is to create life from the dead; after much experimentation, he produces a creature of hideous proportions and intellect bent on nothing but
revenge. It looks at how Victor is ideally a thematic character, for he stands as the penultimate explorer of the unknown, a theme which is highly effective and necessary for the overall plot of the novel.