Loss Of Knowledge In Frankenstein

Based on Mary Shelley’s, the author of Frankenstein, use of knowledge throughout her writing, the reader can come to a conclusion that she is pointing out knowledge and the idea of learning as a motif. The reader can also assume that Shelley is showing us that knowledge is everywhere and is very important; not only throughout this book but throughout life as well.

Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, explores the theme of the pursuit of knowledge and scientific discovery through the main characters; Victor Frankenstein, the Creature and Robert Walton. This pursuit of knowledge drives the plot of the novel, leading Victor to create the Creature in his attempt to break down the mortal barriers that surround him and unlock the secret of life. Robert Walton’s quest for discovery leads him to the North Pole, far beyond the reach of Humans at that time. Ultimately Victor’s thirst for knowledge and scientific discovery did him more harm than good with Victor’s hatred of his creation driving him to death. Frankenstein’s message to the modern is age is simply put as “humans should not meddle in the business of the gods”. Mary Shelley’s is using Frankenstein and the actions of the characters in the novel to warn us that although we have the technology to for example, create a human being, some things are better left to nature. In our quest for knowledge we can do ourselves more harm than good. Through her novel Shelley tells us that on our path of scientific discovery there are some trails better left unexplored.

Some say that knowledge can be a blessing and a curse. Others say that intelligence can only be a curse. People argue that knowledge can help mankind, while it can also can make dangerous monsters that can harm others. However, in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor’s intelligence is mostly seen only as a curse because it unleashes a murderer, results in his sickness, and makes him want the knowledge to be kept a secret.

Victor obsession with his creation represents the dark side of ambition. By creating the monster, “darkness” follow him wherever he goes through the representation of deaths and daunting weather like lightning. After his release from prison, he saw around him “nothing but a dense and frightful darkness, penetrated by no light but the glimmer of two eyes that glared upon me” (Shelley 160). By trying to turn himself into a god through the creation of the monster, that is, the unnatural, Victor is deprived of joy and is tormented by fevers, anxiety, and stress because he had thrown nature into the state of imbalance. Rather than feeling a sense of accomplishment through his scientific achievement, he lives in fear and guilt knowing that he is the cause for the destruction of his

Thesis: In a world where knowledge is essential, it is often asked just how much intelligence is “safe”. In the story Frankenstein, Shelley expresses the idea that knowledge is power and this is shown through both despair and progress. This can easily be understood through the conclusion that science is almost always left up to chance even though it is thought to be a straight cut subject.

In the novel, Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein shows the cruel karma that joins in the achievement of attaining knowledge. With countless examples to support this statement, the opinion of this reader holds strong with the opinion of Mary Shelly, that the power of knowledge, though incredibly tempting to grasp hold of tightly, can be a dangerous achievement that can lead to more destruction than it can recover.

Savage and Pitiful Can a murder be pitiful while being hatred by other people? The tragic in Frankenstein made a monster isolated from the world. The monster who lost all his hopes and means to live, whom later decides to revenge against his creator; whom shall never will be happy as before will start his journey to chase this unambiguous monster, and they shall never be seen again. The shifts in the story changed the reality of the monster, as the confused, lonely, and savage monster becomes educated through works like “Paradise Lost”, but his kind of education is different from others, education is the most cause of the tragic in the story. Another important shift of the story that turned the Monster to such a heartless being is the creator himself, the happiness of Victor Frankenstein is what the monster hated and wanted, he wants so much of it, so he ends up destroy everything he hates.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein explores the concepts of knowledge and science and the dangers involved with the pursuit and investigation of these ideas. The novel conveys Shelley’s attitudes towards science by portraying it as having the capability to exceed the bounds of human restraint. Through the development of her protagonist Victor Frankenstein, the romantic and gothic aspects of her novel, the period of 1818 and the influences of the world she was living in that

Knowledge is knowing that Frankenstein is not the monster, but wisdom is knowing that he in fact becomes the monster. Inside all of us there is darkness, light, and the potential to become what we all fear: a monster. It is the choice to not give in to our inner demons that keeps us human. The biggest demon that some hold is the desire to make a human, but not through reproduction, thus taking the power of life and death out of the universe’s hands. Worse than that though, is taking life and death out of the universe and then abandoning your creation, much like abandoning a child.

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the creature experiences the harm of desiring knowledge. Although knowledge supposedly provides power and benefits the human mind, Victor Frankenstein’s creature understands his dreaded existence through the acquisition of knowledge and develops a sense of maliciousness and misery, proving that knowledge can be harmful.

While at college, Victor desired to acquire knowledge for “unknown powers and... the mysteries of creation.” Victor’s desire to learn

The story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley displays a warning to mankind to not go too far into the unknown without caution. The tale of Victor Frankenstein’s life clearly depicts a tale of turmoil. Throughout the book it reflects on the result of an idea, desire, result of that desire and ultimately the consequence. The book easily correlates with the desire of mankind wanting to advance further in the unknown. As the practice of science grows it shall lead into more discoveries of the unknown and the information gained to evolve the practice should always remain utilized in moderation. Victor’s tale ends with the scientist losing everyone he loved due

In the book Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein states, “Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, then he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow.” Many of this can still be applied to today's technology. Knowledge is not dangerous because it allows further advances in technology like cryonics, literary devices like Frankenstein, and in certain circumstances that are presented in both.

― John Milton, Paradise Lost In Mary Shelley's, Frankenstein, she develops that scientific knowledge is dangerous as it places man above god and destroys his morals. In all, Frankenstein is a book about a man who attempts to exceed the boundaries of science and life by bringing a person back to life and actually creating a monster. Shelly develops this argument through many examples, along with others that are not explained here. These include: what Frankenstein's mindset is when he first begins exploring science, how it is him along his way, and how it destroys his life and makes him regret his choices. At a young

These phenomena hide a danger that Victor is aware of after the creation of his monster, who illustrates this risk of connecting nature and science. Victor even warns of trying to be greater than your nature which is a consequence of a growing knowledge. To summarize, he believes in creating new life with the help of inanimate body parts and scientific approaches and creates a monster that reflects the power of nature and