Shelley ultimately ulitizes Walton and Frankenstein as examples of what would happen if scientists and explorers keep embracing the romanticist point of view: humans would eventually cross ethical boundaries that would lead to our own destruction. The Reader already knows that Frankenstein eventually creates his monster that tracks down and kills everyone he loves, and it is completely Frankenstein’s fault, as he tried to “play God”; in other words, Frankenstein experimented with an aspect of life that is deemed “unethical”, and this is Shelley’s take on what would happen when romanticists are put in a position where they can cross this so called moral boundary of science and exploration. Shelley herself is playing the part of the empiricist, and argues that there are moral and ethical boundaries present in exploration and the pursuit of knowledge that shouldn’t be crossed; some being the attempt to reincarnate life, attempt to control the dead, and human experimentation. All in all, Mary Shelley showcases her stance on the many scientific innovations occurring during 19th century Gothic England and Romanticism through Frankenstein crossing the ethical boundaries of science by toying with the dead, and eventually by creating his monster; Shelley also showcases the repercussions of Frankenstein’s actions in later chapters.