Victor Frankenstein

irresponsible hubristic obsessive morally burdened

Victor Frankenstein, the Gothic scientist from Mary Shelley’s novel, endures as a cultural emblem of creative ambition undone by negligence. His biography compresses invention, obsession, and the failure to accept responsibility for a sentient creation. On the Enterprise, his name operates as an ethical shorthand: invoked to compel creators to face the consequences of their experiments rather than hide from them. Guinan summons Frankenstein as a moral lever, transforming literary myth into a prompt for accountability when unintended life and danger escape containment.

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Literary Canon / Ethical Parable

Also known as: Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein

Victor Frankenstein's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

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S3E1 · Evolution

Ten-Forward Confession: Wesley and the Nanites

N/A as a fictional reference, but his invocation casts a shadow of reproach and consequence over Wesley.

Not physically present but verbally invoked by Guinan as a cultural shorthand; Frankenstein functions as the moral measuring stick against which Wesley's actions are judged.

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