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Environmental Consequences In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Many would consider that 21st century humans are going through the world’s sixth mass extinction. This massive loss of life can be attributed to the lack of accountability of people living all around the world. Species have been disappearing by the hundreds due to their continuous, ignorant and greedy actions. Similarly, Victor in Frankenstein fails to accept responsibility for his creation and destroyed the world around him. If one does not assume accountability for their actions, unforeseen and devastating consequences will ensue. When humanity becomes too selfish and neglect their blatant environmental impact, they can cause detrimental effects that can unintentionally kill people. Spread across many cities in the world, pollution from …show more content…

This action can be presented by the ancient inhabitants of Easter Island. When the people of Easter Island’s, “population grew the forests were wiped out and all the tree animals became extinct, both with devastating consequences”. The careless treatment and continuous disregard for the environment without shift in choices caused a depletion of the natural resources. The people of Easter Island only took from Mother Earth and she responded by wiping out the human population from the island. The events that took place here serve as a small scale example for what will happen to humanity if they do not change their actions. In Frankenstein, the creature is an embodiment of Mother Earth and originally only desired to help humanity. The creature saw the beauty in people, but was only wronged, so now he wishes to destroy the human race: “I had saved a human being from destruction, and as a recompense I now writhed under the miserable pain… I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind” (Shelly 143). The characters in the novel never consider how their choices might negatively affect others, thus alienating the creature and causing him to wreak havoc on the

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