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Pursuit Of Knowledge And Ambition In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Over the years, I have encountered various forms of art that have broadened my horizons or even formulated productive discussions, but the one piece that moved me the most would have to be Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The story mainly focuses on the scientist, Victor Frankenstein and his creation, “the creature”. Throughout the novel, Frankenstein becomes fixated on creating new life since it will give him the power and knowledge he desires. Even though the scientist succeeds in his endeavor, he ends up despising his creation because it is not the perfect creature like how he imagined. He sees the creature as hideous due to its physical appearance and overall lack of human features. Ultimately, this leads to an important message that the pursuit of knowledge and ambition can be dangerous, but another message that resonated with me was the importance of love. …show more content…

In fact, he even tries to obtain love and companionship from his creator, but the scientist just pushes him away and sees him as a vile burden. Frankenstein abandons the creature when he needs him the most. Not only does Frankenstein give the creature a lack of care and compassion, but so do the other people around him. The persistent apathy, abandonment, and isolation eventually affects the creature and causes him to become filled with revenge and anger. Shelley wanted to depict that the desire to show care and love was a natural instinct of any creature, but certain factors can easily cause that love to turn into hate, fear, pain, and vengeance. The treatment of the creature in this case shows how a lack of love can impact

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