Write an objective summary of Chapter 4 of Frankenstein. As you develop this summary, make sure to include the important actions and events from this chapter of the story. Also, describe how the chapter develops themes to produce a complex account.

Victor assaults his investigations with excitement and, overlooking his public activity and his family far away in Geneva, gains quick ground. Later, Ardently dedicating himself to this work, he ignores everything else; family, companions, studies, and public activity, and becomes progressively pale, desolate, and fixated.