Frankenstein Nature Vs Nurture

In a world of continuous external forces and the impact the society has on human growth and development, we have to analyze Erik Erikson developmental theory as it relates to the “monster” in Frankenstein. Erikson suggests that social interaction and experiences play an important role that shape the development and growth of human beings through eight different stages. Throughout the book, the “monster” goes through each stage, which impacts his development as a living being.

1. Some people have argued that the Johns Hopkins psychologist used this opportunity as an experiment to test his nurture theory of gender identity. What are the expected results of this experiment, assuming that the nurture theory is valid?

It is part of the human nature to love and be loved by a friend, a relative, or a partner.

Nature vs. nurture? Psychiatrist have been debating for years, whether we are a product of our genetics, or of our environment. In the case of Adolf Hitler, it may very well have been both. As a product of an abusive father and the loss of his mother to breast cancer, a child who already had emotional problems would possibly be destined to follow a particular path. The rejection Adolf felt throughout his early years may very well have been projected onto other’s. Could Adolf Hitler's experiences in his early years have caused him to form the perceptions that made him the man he became?

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is undoubtedly one of the greatest books ever wrote. “Frankenstein” is about a young scientist named Victor Frankenstein who creates a living being using body parts of dead beings. After his creation is complete, Frankenstein disowns his creation due to it’s hideous looks which causes Frankenstein’s perspective of his creation to be a monster. Throughout the story, it shows how the creature tries to find a place to be accepted since his own creator did not. However, the creation is given harsh treatment and is always driven off by people due to his physical looks. The inability of being accepted by humans and the terrible treatment from them causes the creation to vow revenge on the whole mankind. Therefore, he starts killing people and he kills people specifically related to Frankenstein. Frankenstein then vows revenge on the creation and chases him for the rest of his life, and he eventually dies. On the other hand, after his creator's death, the christian goes to the Arctic to spend the rest of his life alone. “Frankenstein” deals on the topic of one's identity being more affected by nurture rather than nature. Nurture is the idea that one’s identity is made by one’s experiences and nature is the idea that a person’s identity is by heredity. This message is great supported and is modeled by the creation. “Frankenstein” shows the support believing in n

Parents are constantly wondering whether their children turn out the way they do because of how the way they were raised or whether they were born to be that way. The frequent debate of nature versus nurture is had in many families today. But what happens when it is not a family, when it is only a young man and a creature, does the creature revert to his nature or does he need support in his young life? Victor left the creature no choice, he left the him without the most important factor in development, nurture, and he needs to be held responsible.

From the moment that his heart was ignited with life, The Creature longed for the affection of his so called father, Victor. When he first laid eyes on his creator, “a grin wrinkled his cheeks”, because The Creature recognized that his life came from the man in front of him (35). While Victor was greeted with a loving smile when first encountering The Creature, he offered nothing but rejection and disgust in return. To The Creature, who was surely expecting acceptance and love, this must have been confusing and very disheartening.

In the gothic tragedy of Frankenstein, author, Mary Shelly emphasizes on how Victor was raised, and how Victor raised the Creature. Shelly uses these actions to bring comparisons between Victor and the Creature. Shelly also uses the ‘childhood’ of both to contrast each other. In Frankenstein, Shelly uses Victor and the Creature to contrast and compare Nature vs. Nurture.

Nature and nurture is an essential to a child’s life. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein presents the reader with numerous occurrences related to the argument of raising by nature versus raising by nurture. The reader must decide between nature vs nurture and how it affects the creature

Confused and unaccompanied, the creature had no choice but to begin and develop/attain survival like acquirements. For example, the creature was clear that fire was warm and had the capacity to cook food, but that making contact with the flames caused pain; its purpose was to maintain a body temperature suitable for the environment as well as generate food available to eat with what was habituated around him. Along the way of discovering his background and who he was supposed to be, his purpose became unclear; ‘I was dependent on none and related to none. The path of my departure was free, and there was none to lament my annihilation. My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination? These questions continually recurred, but I was unable to solve them” (15.5). In this quote, the creature wants what he was never given, a sense of who he was and to be aware of the reasons why he was alive. Those reasons and questioning are important to the creature as it is to anyone else, to find a connection and a purpose. Not only does the creature question the life he was given, he imagines a life where he is

“Nature is all that man brings with himself into the world; nurture is every influence from without that affects him after his birth”. -Sir Francis Galton Nurture is situations that affect who you are. As an example Mary Shelley shows how a character can be nurtured to who they will become. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein who is a young doctor becomes intrigued and obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. He creates a “monster” who comes back to life wich Victor abandons. The creature is than left to defend and learn by himself which than he had to interact with humans who violently injured him. The monster in Frankenstein is who he is because he was nurtured specifically he has learned from the people who have hurt him and they have shaped his identity.

Clean Slate Nature vs. nurture is a common used phrase in the psychology world that carries on into everyday life. Nature being the way someone was born, versus nurture, the way others have an impact on one’s attitude and personality. Personality is directly impacted from others, what has happened to the person and the way they react to it shapes their personality. Whether good or bad, experiences shape everyone. No one is born mean or evil, rather they become it due to others and the experience that comes from them.

“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change”. This famous line from Frankenstein really strikes a chord with many people and is very true of society today. This story by Mary Shelly has left fingerprints and implemented ideas in many peoples minds, past and present. It brings up one huge debate that is still alive in society today, nature vs nurture. Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein has had profound impact on popular culture which can still be see in the world today.

The Nature vs. Nurture has been a long never ending debate for some time now. Nature vs Nurture has been so profoundly debated, that now it’s unclear whether what makes us who we are and what we do, nature or nurture. For purposes of this essay Nature is going to be defined as characteristics we acquire through our genetic and biological factors, while that Nurture is going to be defined characteristics we acquire through our interactions and influences with the environment. There are endless ways of taking an approach to the Nature vs Nurture conflict, thus the reason that it’s truly unclear if its Nature or Nurture or even both what makes us who and what we are.

It seems to be without question that love is at the core of what every human desires. We seek it from the start of life, before we even know the word or emotion, in the bond of parent and child. We look for it in friendships and family relationships as we grow throughout childhood. When mature, we long for the companionship that a lifelong vow of love and marriage will satisfy. The Bible mentions love hundreds of times and places it high above almost anything else, naming it as the center of our salvation in Christ and our hope of life eternal with Him. It’s almost too simple of a concept that love matters, but as Sue Gerhardt shares throughout her book Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby’s Brain, somehow we lose sight of just how important love really is, and the fallout from this neglect can change a person’s life completely.