Humans have the tendency to set unrealistic goals to better future generations, yet often the results can prove disastrous, even deadly. The tale of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, focuses on the outcome of one man's idealistic motives and desires of dabbling with nature, which result in the creation of horrific creature and more importantly, the formation of Frankenstein as the tragic hero. Victor Frankenstein was not doomed to failure from his initial desire to overstep the natural bounds of human knowledge. Rather, it was his poor parenting of the "monster" that lead to his creation's thirst for the vindication of his unjust life. In his idealism, Victor is blinded, and so the creation rightfully accuses him for delivering him into a world where he could not ever be entirely received by the people who inhabit it. Not only failing to foresee his damaged idealism, nearing the end of the tale, he embarks upon a final journey, consciously choosing to pursue his creation in !
             vengeance, while admitting he himself that it may result in his own doom. The creation of an unloved being and the quest for the secret of life holds Victor Frankenstein more accountable for his own death than the creation himself. It is paramount to note that this very quest is in fact Frankenstein's tragic flaw.
             Delivered into the world, full-grown and without a guardian to teach him the ways of the human world, the creation discovers that he is alone, but not without resource. He attempts to communicate to his creator. However, he is incapable of speech. As Frankenstein recounts the situation, he says, "I beheld the wretch---the miserable monster whom I had created. He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaw opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to d...