Formally, a hero is referred to as “A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life.” In the Romantic era, poetry and science begin to move away from the Age of Enlightenment and begin to focus on emotions and experience. Mary Shelley writes a classic novel, Frankenstein, that fulfills ideal romantic qualities, that instills horror in the reader that evokes her emotions. Doctor Frankenstein represents a fallen hero who allows his obsession with knowledge to completely dominate his life. Similarly in Dr. Faustus written by Christopher Marlowe, Faustus allows the devil to persuade him to seek an amoral task. Doctor Faustus and Doctor Frankenstein show their corruption and arrogance in their respective works which ultimately results in tragedy, dooming both characters and proving that obsession with anything leads to evil. Both possessing the desire to learn, Faustus and Frankenstein begin researching black magic and anatomy and attempt to become geniuses which ultimately becomes their undoing. In his haughty way, Faustus contemplates studying a variety of subjects and finds himself having to choose between black magic and theology. Reluctantly, he chooses “a world of profit and joy” that promises “power, honor, and omnipotence” (Marlowe 5). Due to his pretentious Moore 2 ways, Faustus believes that law, logic, divinity, and medicine simply do not suit his intellectual abilities. Hoping for progress in his knowledge, Faustus obtains a book on black magic and shows his enthusiasm. The evil angel provokes Faustus even more by convincing him to aim for the abilities of the gods by bringing magic to the center of the card... help, Frankenstein takes matters into his own hands and tries to track down the monster to destroy him. However, this impossible task proves Frankenstein's end when he dies searching for the killer. In their arrogance, Faustus and Frankenstein refuse the help of any other human being in the practice of magic and anatomy and consider themselves masters or geniuses. Once Frankenstein and Doctor Faustus recognized their brilliance, they set out on the path of their destruction. Both characters found a subject that satisfied their passion for knowledge and replaced human companionship with magic and anatomy. When knowledge becomes an addiction for Faustus and Frankenstein, the subjects show their evil qualities. Because of their evil pleasures, Doctor Frankenstein and Doctor Faustus, in their corruption and arrogance, become "blind", which causes their downfall..