Reading Frankenstein during highschool senior year really helped my understanding of Occeus' character and the trope he represents (especially since I read both that and VE around the same time) and I feel crazy thinking about the parallels and differences
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Frankenstein was first published way before utilizing of electricity as an energy source was done and how at the time, it was unprecedented. Occeus' own research and results in bringing the dead back itself is seen as unprecedented and suspicious
Occeus, unlike Victor actually names Rogi because he is genuinely the most proud of him, whereas Victor not only calls his creation "the creature" because he didn't give a name, he regards him with sheer abhorrence and disgust and terror
I think since Frankenstein was one of the biggest works to pioneer the "mad scientist" trope, reading it really helps in understanding Occeus as a character who both fits and subverts said trope