Frankenstein Critical Analysis Evaluation Essay

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 Name Affiliation Date Ethics and Science in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Shelley’s Frankenstein Ethics and science have created crea ted a debate in the society with the religion disagreeing with any scientific research that is destructive and morally corruptive Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Shelley’s Frankenstein also addresses the same issue and uses a destructive e!p eriment in human physiology to prove how science can be unethical More specifically" the novel presents #ictor #ictor $ran%enstein" who is an arrogant scientist that is focused on achieving what he wants regardless of the overall outcome In fact" he creates a monster that ends up %illing his family members and friends too &e ends up living a stressful life since he wo nders how he will correct the mista%es that he had already created earlier Mary Shelley cautions the society against ignoring ethics during the scientific advancement" and she provides evidence to support that She proves that some research might have a potential to destroy and morally corrupt the society instead Shelley also believes that human brilliance should be fused with ethics to protect the society from any harm $ran%enstein’s creation is one of the manifestations of scientific advancement that lac%s the ethics that guides the society Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Shelley’s Frankenstein illustrate  illustrate that ethics is one of the elements that will act as a limit of the scientific in'uiry in the society and proves that through the inability of $ran%enstein to control the monster after he had created it Mary Shelley shows how $ran%enstein was blinded b y his ambitions and never considered the safety of the society $ran%enstein showed how irresponsible he was" and he never  consulted anyone or even considered the morality of the act &e even reveals that (so much has  been done" far more will I achieve) treading in the steps already mar%ed" I will pioneer a new

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way" e!plore un%nown powers" and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation+ ,Shelley" p -./ 0learly" he was focused on his ambitions and creating something e!traordinary  but" he never considered the morality of the research Apart Apart from that" anyone that advised him against proceeding with the research was considered as an enemy $or instance" $ran%enstein insists that (the professors’ words enounced to destroy me 2 my soul was gripped by a palpable p alpable enemy+ ,Shelley" p -./ Indeed" his ambitions had blinded him from the morality that should be considered before underta%ing such research In the process" he failed to consider the limit of scientific in'uiry since he wanted to prove the professor and the society wrong 3o some e!tent" he wanted to achieve a divine status" which is totally unethical In fact" such a decision is in contrast to the way the society wor%s since 4o d is the only one with the ability to create beings Instead" he creates the monster" and he fails to nurture it into being a responsible creature ,&ogsette" 5-*/ All in all" Mary Shelley is trying to prove that ethical science is the a ppropriate way to achieve the re'uired advancement 0learly" unethical science has shown that a scientist can wor% on ideas that will even destroy the society if they are not no t controlled &ence" the ethics will be one of the things that will act as a limit to scientific in'uiry" and prioriti6e the safety of the society $ran%enstein insists on the dangers of separating science and the society since it amounts to the scientists lac%ing ethics that everyone should possess 3he novel illustrates how $ran%enstein preferred staying alone and away from the society in the name of intensive research More specifically" $ran%enstein believed li%e the society was a distraction from his research and staying alone was the only way to achieve the perfection he wants &e even insists that (natural philosophy 2 became nearly my sole occupation+ ,Shelley" p 51/ and that too% him away from his family and the entire en tire society In the process" he developed an inhumane

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 personality" and he could not understand what human nature entails $or instance" he believed that human nature was about creation and development but" he forgot about sociali6ation that instills morals in a creature 3he lac% of compassion and morals led to the death of his brother 8illiam 8illiam and his friend &enry Instead" being closer to the society and his family would have given $ran%enstein a chance to understand the sociali6ation and what human nature entails ,9ur%ett" 5:;/ Instead" he could have hav e restrained from creating a creature that lac%s a soul and ended up being a murderer Mary Shelley was vouching for morality since it asserts on the importance of life and the need to obey nature as well &owever" &oweve r" $ran%enstein believed that he had the ability to reanimate other creatures a nd still nurture them into being responsible people in the society &e forgot that morality is an important part of creation and people are supposed to abide by such guidelines &is entire research did not consider the safety and the wellbeing of the society since he did not contemplate con template the dangers of the monster staying in the society ,0ameron" 1:-/ In fact" he destroys the second monster that was supposed to be a partner of the first monster In In this case" he had seen the danger associated with the creatures and he was unwilling to create another one In conclusion" Mary Shelley proves that ethics is one of the elements that will restrict scientific advancement in the society $ran%enstein’s $ran%enstein’s arrogance blinded him from the ethics" and he was only focused on achieving the unreasonable ambitions he had Such ambitions pushed him into creating monsters that turned out to be destructive 9esides that" he even failed to control the same monsters" and he ended ende d up being stressed since it creates more harm h arm than he had e!pected Apart from that" the fact that he had stayed awa y from the society also turned him into  being have an inhumane personality that also resulted in the creation of the monster All in all" it is clear that ethics will be important in controlling scientific advancement

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