Technology and Morality in Shelleys Frankenstein - The Advancement of

Frankenstein and the Advancement of Science Science is null more than facts and principles that have been accepted on the basis of the knowledge gained by a systematic study. The scientific influence is the common, basic pathway to this denudation of knowledge. The good or evil implications resulting from knowledge is not the primary forethought of the scientist, though these implications can have a powerful impact. bloody shame Shelleys Frankenstein shows how the baring of knowledge can have earth-shattering repercussions when a scientist does not consider the consequences of his actions. superscript Frankenstein often esteemed himself a scientist of nature in contrast to those of his judgment of conviction who were alchemists. As such, he followed the very same path which elementary trail kids follow today observation, scheme, experimentation, and conclusion. The first step he took in creating his lusus naturae was observation. achiever Frankenstein observed the pow er of nature through the destructive soldiers of lightning. He knew the potential of such energies and developed a hypothesis ground on his studies of Agrippa and Magnus. His hypothesis stated that, through the power of nature, he could refurbish organic tissue a process which his mentors claimed to have already achieved. Victor Frankensteins experimentation required a form, which took him to the charnel houses to claim tissue from the deceased. The fauna was complete with the animating science developed by Victor Frankenstein. His hypothesis proved true in the respect that it could give life. Throughout the process he underwent to create the creature at no time in the process was there a point to reflect as to whether or not he should create such a monster. There was ... ...iterary extension 9 Apr. 1993 12-14. Boyd, Stephen. York Notes on Mary Shelleys Frankenstein. Longman York Press, 1992. Garber, Frederick. The Autonomy of the Self from Richardson to Huysmans. Princeton Princeton University Press, 1982. Nelkin, Dorothy. Genetics, God, and Sacred DNA. baseball club May/June 1996 22-25. Patterson, Arthur Paul. A Frankenstein Study. http//www.watershed.winnipeg.mb.ca/Frankenstein.html Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Oxford Oxford University Press, 1980. Smith, Christopher. Frankenstein as Prometheus. http//www.umich.edu/umfandsf/class/sf/books/frank/ cover/FrankCS.html Spark, Muriel. Mary Shelly. New York Dutton, 1987. Williams, Bill. On Shelleys Use of Nature Imagery. http//www.umich.edu/umfandsf/class/sf/books/frank/papers/FrankWJW.html