One of the negative influences of his parent’s use of free-learning was Frankenstein’s discovery of the works of Cornelius Agrippa. As stated in the text “I cannot help remarking here the many opportunities instructors possess of directing the attention of their pupils to useful knowledge, which they utterly neglect” (22). This neglect ultimately results in Frankenstein’s obsession with re-animation and his monster creation. The issues that arise in the parenthood of Frankenstein can be associated with his own parentage of the monster. While Victor’s autodidactic learning is initially supervised by his parents, the monster’s learning is his own from the start. The monster is left without the nurture of parents and thus forms is own family through
