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Examples Of Enlightenment In Frankenstein

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"Evil stitch to evil, stitch to evil, stitch to evil." - Dr. Frankenstein
In the movie Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers are effectively shown. The ideas of Enlightenment philosophers such as Hobbes and Locke, shown, and clearly Renaissance is not effectively portrayed. Therefore, Enlightenment shown in the movie.
Enlightenment manifested in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein because the ideas of Hobbes shown.
Hobbes believed that all humans are born wicked and in the movie, when the monster resurrected and later tried to kill him, Dr. Frankenstein said "Evil stitch to evil, stitch to evil, stitch to evil" since he sewn different parts of the body to the body of the guy who killed the professor.
Hobbes also believed that human passion leads to a state of war within society, Dr. Frankenstein was very passionate about creating a life but with that passion he also caused chaos, violence and destruction. When he created the …show more content…

Renaissance not shown in the movie because it did not show ancient knowledge. In the movie, they did not use any paintings or drawings that show that the movie effectively portrayed the Renaissance.
Renaissance is about human capabilities but it was not shown because even if Dr. Frankenstein created life he was not able to control the feelings of the monster and we can see that his work is not successful. Therefore, Renaissance is not actually portrayed in the movie.
Enlightenment manifested in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein because the ideas of Locke shown.
Locke believed that the human mind is like a blank tablet at birth and in the movie, when the monster resurrect he was not able to walk, think and speak, and the same was for Dr. Frankenstein wife resurrected after the monster killed her, at first his wife was't able to talk and she did not recognize her husband. It was like the minds of the monster and Dr. Frankenstein's wife were

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