In chapters four through six, the themes of ambition and obsession are common. Frankenstein has ambition for learning and an obsession with philosophy and chemistry. In chapter four, Frankenstein says that he became so “ardent and eager that the stars often disappeared in the light of the morning whilst I was yet engaged in my laboratory”(Shelley 41). Victor was so eager and had so much ambition too work in the lab and create new goals that it soon became his obsession. His obsession with science became his priority in life and he soon achieved his goal. Shelley writes about the themes of ambition and obsession to show the reader that if you work hard enough at something that it will have a positive outcome. Ambition is the strong desire to
