Someone who is governed more by intellectual decisions than by emotional decisions does not always make the right choices, eventhough they sat down and thought about it for a long period of time. An example that shows this is when Victor Frankenstein from Mary Shelly's novel Frankenstein takes the time to think about if he should or should not create a companion for his first creature. After he takes the time to think about his decision, he came to the conclusion to not make a second creature because it could possibly turn out to be like the first and become evil.
In Victor Frankenstein's situation there are both positive and negitive consequences. A positive consequence for Victor is that without making a second creature there is not the chance of two creatures walking around the world creating evil. Another positive consequence for Victor is that he would not have to spend many months working and making himself very unhealthy. Also he would not have to isolate himself and make Elizebeth wait even longer till they were able to get married.
A negitive consequence is that by not making the second monster and destroying it the first monster got enraged and wanted to take revenge on Victor for still making him without a companion. The way the monster was going to get revenge on Victor was by killing all of his loved ones. The monster wanted to make sure that Victor would know how the monster feels like everyday of his life with no one to share his happiness with, or to even be loved by. Also by him not making another creature this did not solve his problem of the monster becoming good or more evil than before.
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