Frankenstein
Professor M. Waldman
Victor's mentor
An open-minded chemistry professor at Ingolstadt who encourages Victor's passion for modern science.
Professor Waldman teaches chemistry at the University of Ingolstadt. He is inspiring, open-minded and gentle, and he speaks with ease about the new discoveries in science. He is the teacher Victor has been hoping to find.
Where another professor mocks the old alchemists, Waldman respects the questions they asked while showing Victor what modern methods have achieved. He gives Victor a direction and a challenge. He treats his students as people with ideas worth testing, and Victor responds to that respect at once. He is warm where Krempe is cold, and clear where Krempe is dismissive.
“They have acquired new and almost unlimited powers; they can command the thunders of heaven.”
In the story
Contains spoilers.
Victor first meets Professor Krempe, who dismisses his old books, and then Waldman, who tells him that modern masters have acquired new and almost unlimited powers and can command the thunders of heaven. Victor is thrilled, and vows to do far more and to unfold the deepest mysteries of creation.
Waldman's encouragement sets Victor on the path of study that leads to two years of solitary work. He is the mentor who points Victor toward modern science.
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