Science is loved and feared by humans. In several texts, people are afraid of science and science benefited people. In Shelley’s and Stevenson’s text, people are discouraged by science. Both Bensch’s and Mackenzie’s text indicates people’s love for science. Depending on how science is applied, it both helps people, and causes difficulties. In Shelley’s text, “Frankenstein,” she demonstrates that science can cause difficulties. In the text, Doctor Frankenstein is trying to recreate a human, he digs up graves and possesses body parts. “His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful” (Shelly). He conducted the creature to life with lightning. “I started from my sleep with horror; a cold dew covered my forehead, my teeth chattered, and ever limb became convulsed; when, by the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way through the window shutters, I beheld the wretch- the miserable monster whom I had created” (Shelley). Doctor Frankenstein created the “wretch” and he wishes he never brought him to life, and he wishes he would go away, but the creature does not know what to do on his own. Doctor Frankenstein is a careless scientist, because he created something, and he is not responsible for his actions. …show more content…
Edward Hyde was pure evil, and a “mad scientist”. He took a potion that would make him have two characters with two different appearances, one is evil and the other is his own personality. His actions were careless and he wanted them to benefit him. “The pleasures which I had made haste to seek in my disguise were, as I have said, undignified; I would scarce use a harder term” (Stevenson). Even though he kills people, he admired doing it. He realized he was not in control of the potion, so he obtained the potion