Frankenstein: Natural vs. Supernatural

Anyone could make a valid argument that there are certain boundaries in science that even scientists don’t cross because they offer far more negative consequences than positive ones. Even under grave circumstances, such as a parent’s death, does not mean that those boundaries should be crossed. The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley involves an ambitious scientists who crosses the line from natural to unnatural, and this is shown when he is young and explores science, when he then creates a hideous creature and leaves it to fend for itself, and eventually makes the creature turn its back on Victor and kills everyone he loves. Primarily, Victor Frankenstein as a child was particularly invested in science, and took whatever books and information he could scrounge together to learn more and more, and all he ever wanted to do was go boldly where no man had gone before. “None but those who experience them can conceive the enticements of science. In other studies you go as far as others have gone before you, and there is nothing more to know; but a scientific pursuit there is continual food for discovery and wonder.” (pg. 36) As shown, he has an itch yearning to be scratched, to be known as the one who went beyond any other scientist before him, and do what was believed to be impossible. However, advances in science are only beneficial when they make the lives of people easier, such as the lightbulb. The lightbulb allowed people to