Melancholic Beginning With An Undercurrent Of Hope And Inspiration; Reflective, Formative, And Increasingly Enthusiastic.

Victor Frankenstein suffers the loss of his mother to scarlet fever before leaving home to attend the University of Ingolstadt, where he encounters new ideas and influential professors that shape his academic ambitions and set the stage for his future scientific quest.

Now seventeen, Victor Frankenstein is to leave his home in Geneva and attend the University of Ingolstadt to broaden his education. Just before his departure, his beloved mother contracts scarlet fever after tending to Elizabeth, who was sick but recovered. Despite warnings, Victor's mother exposes herself to the illness and dies, extracting a promise of future union between Victor and Elizabeth. The family's grief delays his journey, but eventually Victor leaves, feeling isolated but also excited by the prospect of academic advancement. At Ingolstadt, Victor meets two professors with contrasting attitudes toward the sciences: the dismissive, gruff M. Krempe and the encouraging, affable M. Waldman. While Krempe mocks Victor's interest in outdated alchemical works, Waldman acknowledges their historical significance and inspires Victor with his perspective on modern chemistry. Victor is deeply impressed and, guided by Waldman's advice, resolves to pursue scientific study with renewed determination, noting that this day set the course of his destiny.