In the novel "Frankenstein," by Mary Shelley, the idea of increasing the value of life by facing the fact that death could be curable is explored. Victor Frankenstein one of the few voices in the story creates a monster that causes him great illness in the long run with the fear of what this eight foot creature could do. This monster throughout the novel kills most of Victor’s close family and friends, through the vengeance and strength that Dr. Frankenstein has resided in him. It is agreeable that the theme of this book in whole is that humans must agree to live within the limits and follow the divine command because Victor Frankenstein’s creation has caused him extreme amounts of guilt and responsibility for the actions and decisions that it makes. In the beginning of the novel Victor’s mother had passed away from Scarlet Fever which greatly impacted him in what he studied on his own while at the university in Ingolstadt. The only problem with finding the cure for death is that the consequences were not contemplated before the creature was established and alive. “It was with these feelings that I began the creation of a human being to make the being of a gigantic stature; that is to say about eight feet in height, and proportionally large” (Shelley 32). Victor Frankenstein can be seen as pushing the limits of life in this scenario. He is messing with the cycle of life which deals with the ideas of life and death. Victor believes that there is a cure for death and he will find it, the monster he created, is proof that creating life artificially is possible. It is only from this point forward that the monster wreaks havoc on Frankenstein’s life, severely altering not only his mental state but also in severing the many close relationships that were the only joys in his life. The more the novel progresses into the torments that this ravenous creature had inflicted on his creator, the more you can see that by changing the cyc