The creature is eloquent and seems peaceful in nature, he [it] finds comfort there. Tyrell, despite being the genius mind behind the creation of replicants, does not live in great technological prestige, rather, a more classical simple home. This is evident with the scene we first meet Tyrell, his house is lit with candles rather than electricity which is unexpected. This portrays many things, but the utmost important is both their wit and wisdom. Both Tyrell and the creature are sure of their identity, something the protagonists of these texts [Deckard, Victor F.] are not.
Since the time Francis Galton coined the term “Nature vs. Nurture” there has been theories and debates about each side. The debate is focused around the determining or causing factors of the differences in physical and behavioral traits within a human. Nature takes the role of the individual’s innate qualities while nurture bases itself upon personal experiences. Romantic literature is characterized by an emphasis on emotion, passion, and the natural world and gothic novels liked to play with the dark side of human nature and frailty. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein shows elements of both aforementioned and woefully shows humans in nature and human nature.
“You are a clever man, friend John; you reason well, and your wit is bold; but you are to prejudiced. You do not let your eyes see nor your ears hear, and that which is outside your daily life is not of account to you… Ah, it is fault in our science that it wants to explain all; and if it explain not, then it says there is nothing to explain…(Ch. 14, pg. 207) 3. “Friend John.
Soumitra Sarkar ENGL 220 Section 62 Instructor: Mikael Awake Frankenstein Research Proposal 04/22/2015 Frankenstein Research Proposal - Human Nature Branching off of the third topic of the research prompt, I’m making a proposal to work on how Shelly has portrayed human nature in Frankenstein. In the novel, Dr. Frankenstein makes a monster from the best body parts and yet others reject that monster along with it’s own creator. The status quo is that humans are naturally accepting and good people. However, in every single instance, the monster in the novel is rejected. Initially the monster seeks to somehow befriend others.
Frankenstein was being written in a time when philosophers and writers such as Rousseau and John Locke where developing their ideas on the human condition. Rousseau’s Theory of Natural Human, which acknowledged that morality was not a societal construct but rather “natural” and “innate”, is questioned throughout the novel. Shelley examines the effect of society and knowledge on the innate goodness of the Creature, suggesting that he has become the monster that Victor sees him as because of the unwillingness of his creator to accept him and nurture him. The idea that humans’ innate goodness is tainted and polluted by society is present when the Creature expresses that his “sorrow only increased with knowledge” and this “increase of knowledge only discovered to [him] more clearly what wretched outcast [he] was”. The relationship between Frankenstein and the Creature is also paralleled with that of Lucifer and God and this is shown when the Creature, a symbol of humankind, acknowledges that “I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed”, suggesting that had it been nurtured/educated, it would have become an
Well, he’s dead now. Anyway, on a brighter note, today’s society still looks at young people as being naïve and crazy, but at least they don’t beat us for it like they did in the olden days. Now we’re aloud to roam free, with the exception of curfew and when express ourselves some people actually take our ideas into account. Romanticism inspires art, creativity, literature, music, and unique ideas. That’s why I don’t like, hate it even though those stories were so lame.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1992) express their growing concerns of the destructive consequences of alienation and the suffering that results of this. Influenced by the rapid growth of technology and environmental concerns of their composing times, they illustrate their concerns from different perspectives. Both texts explore the suffering of the environment when one isolates themselves or neglects the natural world. Shelley who was heavily influenced by the principles of Romanticism and was personally exposed to writers and poets who believed in the sublime and rejuvenating power of nature, focuses on the suffering that can occur when one isolates themself from the natural world. It is when Victor
However, in Fahrenheit 451, a utopian society seems to have been reached. Perfection seemed to exist in “laws, government, and social conditions.” Compared to our modern world, this future seemed to be happier and their lives less chaotic. Humans have never liked laws because they give off a sense of restriction as well as authority. In the future, laws don’t exist and anything seemed feasible and within one’s reach. There was only a simple law, and that was to not read books as well as think, making “the mind drink less and less.” This doesn’t seem much of a sacrifice because society was filled with far more excitement than literature could offer.
If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other. Frankenstein -Victor and Walton mirror buddies-ambition WALTON p5 Writing from Russia to sister Mrs Saville 1817 motive for travel to North pole. 'I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle...' 'to satisfy my ardent curiosity'...'I shall confer unestimable benefit...on all humanity to the last generation...' p3 ( Inspired by reading his Uncle Thomas's volume of sea faring journeys even though he'd been forbidden by dying father for uncle
Thematic Analysis of Frankenstein: The Depths of Solitude Instinctive in our nature, humans after birth associate the the first person they see as their parental figure and usher into society. Guided by our nurturers, we learn that society provides us a name, purpose, and sense of belonging in a life that is ambiguous in its value. However, when one is removed or isolated from this society, the effects on the psyche are often traumatic. One can begin to call into question one’s intrinsic value and purpose, and turn them against the very society which rejects them, regardless of their true intentions. This is the case in the novel, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, where alienation is the driving force of evil and ultimately prevails over the