He even foreshadows his own fate by saying “Natural philosophy is the genius that regulated my fate” (Shelly, 46). Victor is consumed by the desire to discover the secret of life, and after several years of research, becomes convinced that he has found it. When Victor creates the monster, his elated expectations of science being a beautiful resource has become his burden because he's created a horrid looking monster. Victor's desire to control and manipulate nature, becomes his down fall. Outward appearances are deceiving in this novel because the real monster is not in physical form.
Or rather, stay, that I may trample you to dust! And, oh! That I could, with the extinction of your miserable existence, restore those victims whom you have so diabolically murdered!” (M. Shelly, Frankenstein, Chapter 10) Frankenstein’s reasons for creating the monster was that he was so utterly obsessed with life itself he wanted to create a being that would never die out of his mother’s memory so no one else felt his pain, So mainly the reasons for him rejecting the monster is because it was nothing he expected and especially creating it out of his mother’s memory he felt the need to reject
Mary Shelley’s work of literature, Frankenstein, conveys her negative attitudes towards scientific issues of her time. With the use of Victor Frankenstein and the monster, Shelley is able to depict that the curiosity of science leads to negative impacts in society. Frankenstein is portrayed as a man full of interest in natural philosophy. Although his eager learning and experimenting for science is unlimited, he builds a monster that causes low credibility, betrayal and conviction for Frankenstein and those surrounding him. Fame being one of Frankenstein’s prime motive for creating a superhuman portrays that he does not realize his motive will cause low credibility.
In Cat’s Cradle, science leads to the end of the world by the creation of ice-nine by Felix Hoenikker. The destruction comes about despite efforts of people such as Bokonon, who try to get people to live their lives by loving one another. Felix is a character representing science and does not deal with the abstract. In contrast, Mona represents religion by believing the lies of Bokononism and treating everyone with love and equality. Dr. von Koenigswald is a “bad scientist,” who represents the hybrid between science and religion.
‘Frankenstein’ and the so called ‘Monster’ Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ examines human nature. A first time reader may be used to the unfaithful Hollywood adaptions of this timeless masterpiece but can find profound levels of depth and meaning in the art of Shelley’s storytelling. The creature in the story is a creation of Victor Frankenstein who is obsessed by "a fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature" (Shelley 21). It is the creatures treatment by society and his creator Frankenstein that leads him to indulge in vengeful and evil behavior. Although this behavior is horrible and not at all sane or acceptable, it does not mean that the creature is an animal or ‘monster.’ Some people, legally and illegally, commit and enjoy
When his experiment comes to life, Frankenstein gets scared, thus giving The Creature all of the power he previously held. Victor continues to avoid and run from his creation, leaving all of the power out of his hands. Furthermore, The Creature confronts Victor and demands that he listen to his story, and later demands that he be given a companion. Here we can see where the thirst for power has been transferred, leaving the original man of power in desolation. Looking at the work as a whole, we see a common idea about paying God by giving life, and the aftermath that comes with it.
The humans who inhabit the streets lack any sense of community or connection; even the animals have disappeared due to the selfishness of man. This world is the consequence of an obsessive corporate culture that forgets about the human and uses science to its own ends. Elden Tyrell tells us that: “Commerce is our goal here at Tyrell. More human than human is our motto.” Tyrell regards his replicants “like any other machine; they’re either a benefit or a hazard.” He illustrates a lack of humanity in his inability to extend human fellowship to his creations. Blade Runner can in this way be seen as the natural progression of the ideas presented in Frankenstein In conclusion, both “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley and “Blade Runner” directed by Ridley Scott have reflects the social, economic and historical contexts of which they compose their work in.
Shelley evidences this theme through Victor stealing the Gods gift of life, alluding to Prometheus stealing the Gods gift of fire, epitomised in Victors dialogue “A new species would bless me as its creator”. ( can also add from here the domino effect/ notes taken from book, consequences of playing God) Victor becomes a lost soul when he tries his ghastly experiments on the dead and loses his moral compass when he becomes obsessed with animating the dead. Victor's overindulgence in science takes away his humanity, and he is left with the consequences of these actions without having reasoned out the reality that his experiments may not have the desired effects. (can also talk about loss of parental duty/abondment) Rejecting and not naming his invention makes the reader feel a sense of prejudice against the monster as it is given titles such as the ‘monster’ or ‘creature’, words that linger on a negative aspect. This initial reaction of Victor was an indirect means of Shelley showing how humans would react to side effects or catastrophes caused by scientific
If he has no obervation of human beings, he would not realize his enormous distinction between him and human being. If he does not discover that satchel of books and reads Milton’s Paradise Lost, he would not find out the stories of “Adam”, and how unfair and cruel the treatment he has received from his creator Victor Frankenstein. The allusion to the biblical story is primarily used in this passage. The monster is wondering why “his state was far different from any other being in existence”. God creates “a perfect creature, happy and prosperous”, victor creates a monster who is “wretched, helpless, and alone”.
What he saw was black and white, and the issue stayed the same even after he altered the very fabric of his reality. But this monster he had created was no demon, it was in fact lonely and misplaced because of his creator’s own ‘morals’ which caused him to deny his own son, cast him out into the cold, and deny him any rights of being called human. It was Frankenstein’s morals that interfered with this brilliant mind, causing it to go abnormal and violent. If Frankenstein were to treat this creation as brilliance he had done before animation, then perhaps the tragedy of Frankenstein would have played out differently. If he had treated his science as progressive, instead of being evil, the outcome of the science would revolutionize the