Lack Of Knowledge In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Andreas Vesalius proved a universal truth by dissecting on humans corpses and is considered to be the father of human anatomy. He caused great controversy, while the Catholic religion banned any form of dissection on human bodies and believed in the holiness of the 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…show more content…
(Shelley 40) Therefore, given the fact that Frankenstein feels that it is necessary for him to conduct his creation during the night, illustrates that he knows what he is doing is wrong but he was still being selfish and narcissistic and stopped at nothing to obtain glory by animating the monster. Since he is so possessed by his ambition and his devotion to animate his creature, he continued Mourad 3 his creation because he is eager for knowledge. In short, scientists such as Victor Frankenstein should not carry on with so much ambition because this can lead to extreme and dangerous knowledge, as well as drive them to their…show more content…
He does not consider that the threat is directed towards Elizabeth. His lack of responsibility is proven when he does not take the right measures to tell his father or Elizabeth to be aware of a demonic creature he has created. He also showed no sign of responsibility when he left Elizabeth alone during their wedding night and since he did not consider the possibility of her death, he proved himself to lack major responsibility in order to keep his wife safe. Overall, by not taking responsibility of his creature and treating him with care, the monster obtained his revenge on Victor by creating destruction in his
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