Likewise, Shelley also paints Frankenstein as a symbol for romanticism as well: Frankenstein is shown to be eccentric in the sciences when he is young, and is constantly yearning for knowledge just how Walton yearns for exploration. Eventually, in chapter four, Frankenstein is shown to start an interest in the causes of life: “To examine the causes of life, I must first have recourse to death… I must observe the natural decay and corruption of the human body.”(30), foreshadowing the creation of Frankenstein’s monster. Shelley utilizes Frankenstein as the “dark side” of Romanticism to Walton’s “bright side”: unlike Walton, who wants to put his life on the line to explore unknown regions of the world and carve his name in history, Frankenstein wants to create artificial life for himself just for the sake of possessing the knowledge that he can do it, Shelley’s take on the darker side of Romanticism. Frankenstein has no real justification as to why he wants to create artificial life, and shows no intentions of actually cultivating his creation to have a positive impact on society, but rather shows his interest in the dead and creating life just as a way to satiate his hunger for possessing more and more knowledge. Frankenstein himself is the symbol for those in Shelley’s time who were willing to forgo any moral compass in order to gain more knowledge, regardless of how useful that knowledge actually was to improving the lives of people.