The monster is himself a supernatural character because romantic/gothic stories often include monsters, goblins, ghosts, etc. The general concept that Victor was able to create such a monster is also not very realistic; however with today's scientific advances it may not seem so unlikely. However, the process of using electricity and corpse parts to create life is rather fictitious. Victor Frankenstein is also a romantic character due to his unnatural desires. Victor says, "Who will conceive the horrors of my secret toil, while I dabbled among the unclean damps of the grave, or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?" (Shelley 40). In this quote Frankenstein seems to be a sort of “dark wizard” who sins against the natural order to conduct his experiments. Frankenstein's disturbing passion for monster creation forces him to dig graves for body parts. The primary purpose of using these supernatural elements varies. According to Sir Walter Scott, “A more philosophical and refined use of the supernatural in works of fiction, is precisely of that class in which the laws of nature are represented as altered, not for the purpose of pampering the imagination with wonders, but in order to show the probable effect which the alleged miracles would have produced on those who witnessed them” (Sir Walter Scott). In Scott's view, romance authors use