Chapter 2.- I confess that neither the structure of languages, nor the code of governments, nor the politics of various states possessed attractions for me it was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn and whether it was the outward substance of things or the inner spirit of nature and the mysterious soul of man that occupied me, still my inquiries were directed to the metaphysical, or in its highest sense, the physical secrets of the world.

What is Victor's motivation and how does it connect to the elements of Gothic Literature?​