Ambition
The definition of ambition is to want something so badly, that extra work and dedication will be required to attain it. Both Frankenstein's monster and Victor Frankenstein are highly ambitious. Frankenstein's monster is ambitious in the way that he wants a mate and to learn whole heartedly. To learn, he spends all day listening to the DeLacey's. He watches their movements, and uses those to learn a new language. Eager to further his knowledge, he reads books he finds in the woods. He is willing to sacrifice his time and sleep to learn about humans and to not be a horrific and illiterate monster anymore, so he dedicates his early life to learning. Second, Frankenstein's monster is ambitious to get a mate. He approaches his creator after months of stalking and finding him just to force him to make a mate. To get what the monster desires, he kills everyone Victor loves. He devotes his time to make Victor miserable, hoping to get the result of companionship. A mate is never created for Frankenstein's monster, so the ambition went to waste and ruined his life.
In Victor, ambition is present. His ambition is to create life. He devotes years to science. He studies all different ways of life, involving both the beginning and end of life. For a long period of time, Victor Frankenstein didn't have friends, or a life for that matter. He is willing to sacrifice everything for the creation of life. Finally, life is created. His goal is achieved. Ambition once again goes in the dust as the monster is horrific, and is later abandoned by Victor Frankenstein. This ambition causes more harm than good on both Frankenstein and his monster, because their ambitions were both tainted with too much dedication and selfishness. They paid it all for their ambitions, and both ended as failures.
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