Frankenstein: Knowledge Is Powerful Yet Dangerous
Knowledge is Powerful, Yet Dangerous
Everyone goes through life with the hopes of acquiring new knowledge and being smarter today than they were yesterday; it is part of human nature to want to become better as a person. This was the case in the novel of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The characters within this novel each have different situations to which their quest for knowledge leads them to different points in their life. With knowledge comes power and with power comes consequences, these characters each have to deal with the consequences of their actions, which in some cases are good and some are not so good. Pride becomes an ultimate factor for one of these characters and is the make or break point of their decision making.
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The “monster”, his creation, set his sights out on figuring out why his creator decided to abandon him. This again ties in the theme of acquiring knowledge. He began studying the actions and language outside a cottage of a nearby family, which enabled him to understand why humans shrieked at his appearance and ultimately why his creator disowned him,”accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even YOU turned from me in disgust?” (Shelley 119). With his understanding, the “monster” became enraged “I know not; despair had not yet taken possession of me; my feelings were those of rage and revenge” (Shelley 120) In that moment the “monster” decided that he was going to take his anger out on his creator. Traveling near and far, the monster set out on a killing spree, which included the family members of Victor, his …show more content…
Victor 's creation then set out to find his creator in hopes that he would invent a female companion for him. “I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel” (Shelley 128). “You must create a female for me… and I demand it of you as a right you must not refuse to concede.” (Shelley 134) the “monster” was agitated that he was created alone and without a partner to confide in as the characters did in the book. Victor then realized that the monster was very knowledgeable and persistent about what he
Everyone goes through life with the hopes of acquiring new knowledge and being smarter today than they were yesterday; it is part of human nature to want to become better as a person. This was the case in the novel of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The characters within this novel each have different situations to which their quest for knowledge leads them to different points in their life. With knowledge comes power and with power comes consequences, these characters each have to deal with the consequences of their actions, which in some cases are good and some are not so good. Pride becomes an ultimate factor for one of these characters and is the make or break point of their decision making.
With having …show more content…
The “monster”, his creation, set his sights out on figuring out why his creator decided to abandon him. This again ties in the theme of acquiring knowledge. He began studying the actions and language outside a cottage of a nearby family, which enabled him to understand why humans shrieked at his appearance and ultimately why his creator disowned him,”accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even YOU turned from me in disgust?” (Shelley 119). With his understanding, the “monster” became enraged “I know not; despair had not yet taken possession of me; my feelings were those of rage and revenge” (Shelley 120) In that moment the “monster” decided that he was going to take his anger out on his creator. Traveling near and far, the monster set out on a killing spree, which included the family members of Victor, his …show more content…
Victor 's creation then set out to find his creator in hopes that he would invent a female companion for him. “I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel” (Shelley 128). “You must create a female for me… and I demand it of you as a right you must not refuse to concede.” (Shelley 134) the “monster” was agitated that he was created alone and without a partner to confide in as the characters did in the book. Victor then realized that the monster was very knowledgeable and persistent about what he