Albert Einstein once said: “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So that's a lot. Einstein believes that there is a point at which the acquisition of knowledge becomes dangerous for man. Mary Shelley extensively explores the effect that dangerous knowledge has on characters in her book Frankenstein. Throughout the book, Frankenstein and the creature are corrupted by knowledge that changes their outlook on life. In both cases, the information that corrupts the characters was never intended to be discovered. When Frankenstein is discovered in the Arctic by a sailor named Walton, he is brought aboard Walton's boat. Frankenstein then tells Walton about his search for information, and this changes Walton's perspective on the search for information. Mary Shelley uses Victor Frankenstein and the creature in Frankenstein's quest for dangerous knowledge to question the boundaries of human enlightenment. During Mary Shelley's lifetime in the early 1800s, galvanism was a popular area of ​​study among some prominent scientists. Galvanism occurs when a muscle is contracted by the application of electricity (Rauch 1). However, during Mary Shelley's lifetime, galvanism was seen as a possible method of bringing recently deceased humans back to life (Rauch 1). Mary Shelley was inspired to write Frankenstein after a night of storytelling with Lord Byron and Mary Godwin. While Frankenstein may seem like an innocent horror story, it is actually the embodiment of Mary Shelley's thoughts and beliefs. Mary Shelley stated that she was not against a slow emancipation of slaves. The British Foreign Secretary compared Mary Shelley's Victor Frankenstein to an originally happy character who loves to learn and read a wide variety of books. He was a fiery individual who sought to understand all knowledge; regardless of how practical the information was. The proof of this is when his father tells him not to worry about fictional writers like Cornelius Agrippa. Yet, Frankenstein states: “But here were books, and here were men who had penetrated deeper and knew more. I believed their word for everything they said and became their disciple" (21). Frankenstein embodies the scientific movement to understand everything, and this is not necessarily a good thing (Storment 2). Frankenstein understands that this line of thinking is bad only when he reaches the pinnacle of knowledge and produces the creature. The fruits of Frankenstein's labor end up costing him the lives of his friends and family, as well as his sanity. Guilt thrives in Frankenstein because he knows that his work was the direct cause of the chaos in his life. In Frankenstein's case, his goal of total enlightenment led to his merciful end. Frankenstein's creature was not originally a monster. He is born with good intentions and is a kind, if atrocious-looking being, until he learns of the sins of the human race. The deciding factor in the creature's progression from harmless to