Examples Of Biological Determinism In Frankenstein
Biological Determinism
1. According to the author of the article "All in the Genes?", there is no intrinsic causality between genetics and intelligence. The author analyses different aspects of biological determinism, and supplies many examples, which illustrate aspects of this problem that are being discussed since the time when these ideas became popular. He does not agree with biological determinist that the intellectual performance of a person depends on genes inherited from his parents. There are a lot of different theories about intellectual capabilities. All these theories reflect different points of views, depending on the period of time the authors of these theories lived. The author argues for the theory that in the nineteenth …show more content…
Just like his creator at the beginning of the narrative, he is thirsty for knowledge and reads everything that he can lay his hands on. The artificial man is put in a number of situations where one would expect a human being to react in one way and a machine or construct in another .
The monster that Frankenstein creates has all of human society against him from the start. Wee see Shelly's intentions to show that monster and his behaviour reflect the image of our society, where humans are not very kind to each other and not to mention how they treat somebody who is not human or looks repulsive.
The monster or the people that he tries to be friend with and who consistently refuse his offers of friendship on the basis of his appearance. We see the author's intentions to show comparisons between the monster and other people.
She illustrates the presence of human's characteristics that are traditionally thought to be defining characteristics for a monster. The monster did very human thing when he risked his own life and saved a young girl who has fallen into a rapid river. We see than a monster has
1. According to the author of the article "All in the Genes?", there is no intrinsic causality between genetics and intelligence. The author analyses different aspects of biological determinism, and supplies many examples, which illustrate aspects of this problem that are being discussed since the time when these ideas became popular. He does not agree with biological determinist that the intellectual performance of a person depends on genes inherited from his parents. There are a lot of different theories about intellectual capabilities. All these theories reflect different points of views, depending on the period of time the authors of these theories lived. The author argues for the theory that in the nineteenth …show more content…
Just like his creator at the beginning of the narrative, he is thirsty for knowledge and reads everything that he can lay his hands on. The artificial man is put in a number of situations where one would expect a human being to react in one way and a machine or construct in another .
The monster that Frankenstein creates has all of human society against him from the start. Wee see Shelly's intentions to show that monster and his behaviour reflect the image of our society, where humans are not very kind to each other and not to mention how they treat somebody who is not human or looks repulsive.
The monster or the people that he tries to be friend with and who consistently refuse his offers of friendship on the basis of his appearance. We see the author's intentions to show comparisons between the monster and other people.
She illustrates the presence of human's characteristics that are traditionally thought to be defining characteristics for a monster. The monster did very human thing when he risked his own life and saved a young girl who has fallen into a rapid river. We see than a monster has