Many people gain knowledge through their life experience and it changes the way they view things in life. Knowledge is a powerful two-sided weapon, it can be either a good or a bad thing; However, too much of God can still lead to dangerous things. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a young man named Captain Walton meets a mad scientist named Victor Frankenstein. Victor tells Captain Walton a warning about how the quest for knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Victors begins to tell him how his thirst for knowledge led him to play the role of God, and thus brought the Creature to life. His creation also involves a life experience because he believes he has a soul and fights for his will to live. In Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley uses religious connection, philosophical and literal allusions to support the argument that knowledge corrupts the human soul. First, a religious connection is the first point used to argue that knowledge corrupts the human soul. Victor parallels the Prodigal Son in many ways because, just like the son, Victor chooses to abandon his family for knowledge and wealth. Victor says: “This was my thinking at the start of my journey; but as I progressed, my morale and my hopes rose. I longed for the acquisition of knowledge (Shelley 27). This statement attempts to say that Victor's thirst for knowledge was what she desired. Just like the son of the Prodigal Son, he chose to leave his family for money when he had nothing left. Another parallel religion in history is the Garden of Eden. Victor's house in Geneva represents the Garden of Eden, where he is the perfect son and lives a perfect life. He was raised to believe that he makes no mistakes because his parents...... middle of paper ......member I have the power; you think you are unhappy, but can I make you so unhappy that the light of day is odious to you. You are my creator, but I am your master” (Shelley 149). The creature argues that at first it wanted the love of its creator but little by little its creator proves to it that it is worthless in its eyes. The creature, through its knowledge, discovers the truth of its creator that he was cowardly and selfish because he. In conclusion, in Frankenstein there are many aspects that show that knowledge corrupts the human soul in many ways. Gaining knowledge from life experience slows down the corruption of the human soul, because the more they want, the more they want. In the story, religious connections, philosophy, and literal allusions show that knowledge corrupts the soul. Overall, all characters gain knowledge through experience and learn that knowledge corrupts them..