Knowledge Can Be Dangerous It is easy to bypass our responsibilities, but we cannot bypass the consequences of bypassing our responsibilities. In the novel “Frankenstein” Mary Shelley shows the reader how the human desire to acquire and utilize knowledge and technology can be a double edged sword for humanity and if it is not utilized responsibly, it can damage and destroy us. Frankenstein is the story of an intelligent young man who has the confidence and strong desire to create a monster. His experiment
Knowledge becomes dangerous when put into the wrong hands. With every ounce of gained knowledge comes responsibility that should not be abused, and when it is, there are unpleasant consequences. One consequence being revenge, which can also be dangerous in itself. Dangerous knowledge and revenge are two of the major themes within Frankenstein, and are manifested through the behaviors of Victor Frankenstein, his monster, and Robert Walton. Victor Frankenstein obsesses over the secret of life and
Notes Notes for Frankenstein Key Facts Title – Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus Author – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Genre – Gothic Science Fiction Place and Time Written – Switzerland, 1816, London 1816-1817 Protagonist – Victor Frankenstein Antagonist – Frankenstein’s Creature Setting (Place) – Europe (Geneva, Ingolstadt, England, Scotland, Artic Ice, Paris) Setting (Time) – 18th century Tone – Romanticism, Tragedy, Gothic, Horror Themes – Pursuit of knowledge can be dangerous; somethings are
When studying science, the essential proponent to any experiment is a hypothesis. A hypothesis should immediately follow the intentions of consequence and gratitude if successful. Unfortunately for Victor Frankenstein, looking past the goal of creating life did not occur. In Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, Victor's obsession with science and his motive to create life affect his moral judgement and scientific responsibility, causing him to lose loved ones and his sanity. It can be argued that in the age of
this is all because her famous horror novel, Frankenstein. Frankenstein is story that is told from the perspective of Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who is so consumed with his thirst for knowledge that he brings a monster to life in vain. Frankenstein realizes his own fault as soon as his creation comes to life and he tries to run from it but throughout the novel Frankenstein is haunted by his creation both physically and mentally. Frankensteins is meant to be simply a horror novel but Mary Shelley
human body. Vesalius attained his goal by his thirst for knowledge, but he used that knowledge to prove that human bodies are not identical to the rest of the species populating the earth. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a great controversial story who proved that knowledge is useful, but it has to be used correctly in order to not create dangerous consequences. She demonstrates the impacts of dangerous knowledge through Victor Frankenstein and his thrive for glory, his lack of responsibility
In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley uses the recurring theme of “the pursuit of knowledge” to reveal that the danger of knowledge is not the knowledge itself, but instead the possibility of corruption of the knowledge by human society. Mary Shelley’s uses the pursuit of knowledge to put a heavy concern on the responsibility of the creator’s use of knowledge, in regards to creations and discoveries. She has a heavy underlying focus on the responsibilities of scientists to take responsibility and provide
vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible” (T. E. Lawrence). Similarly, all men are dangerous in certain way. People seem to cultivate a habit of attributing their failures and fumbles to the sources and materials they attain. The anticipation of the thought of completing their goal blinds them to the point at which they lose part of their humanity. In the novel, Frankenstein, Victor does not grasp that man’s view
This doppelgänger project shows the parallelism between Victor Frankenstein and his creature in different ways. On one side of the page, it shows Victor playing the role of god by creating a creature, bringing life onto earth unnaturally; while, on the other side, it shows the monster playing god by driving his creator, Victor Frankenstein, to his death. However, to show that they are doppelgängers, Victor is dead because, while he chases the monster and attempts to kill him, he is essentially chasing
and most notable novel, Frankenstein , tells a gripping tale that expands on the aspects of life, education, compassion, and human nature. Throughout the story, Frankenstein explains the story of a young scientist, Victor Frankenstein, and his relationship with his creation, a powerful, haggard, tall, visceral, yet sensitive being. After studying at the University of Inglostadt, Frankenstein pursues to reanimate a corpse which he regrets later on. His attainment of knowledge at the institution only