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Comparing Frankenstein And Frankenstein In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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The Love for Science Can Be Destructive: Victor’s Ambition to be a God Ruins Him In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the creature and Victor on the surface, are images of each other. Victor and the creature share their love of science which consumes both Victor’s and the creature’s lives. However, the creature’s respect for nature prevents the creature from becoming hubris and making the same mistakes as Victor. The creature is a better version of Victor, that respects and admires nature. Victor and his creature both share their love for science and both call the respective object of their scientific interest a “godlike science” (Shelley 130). One night, Victor watches a storm from his window with “curiosity and delight” (Shelley 42). Victor
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