How would you feel if your corpse was violated and used for the experimentation of others? The issue of body snatching in the 1800’s was a major problem of its’ time period. Most people fail to truly understand its’ significance and how it contributed to the development of the punishments given to people for their crimes. In order to understand the serious problem of body snatching, one must comprehend the reasons for it and it’s punishments given to prevent it. In Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, she talks about the life and events of Victor Frankenstein. In doing so, she highlighted key details of the lengths that he would take in order to accomplish his overall goal. She specifically discusses the topic of grave robbing and body snatching
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After years of studying, going to class, and having after class discussions with his professors, he began to feel a drive to be like or even greater than the scientists he studied. Soon, Victor devised a plan to be and create something greater than the previous greats he had studied. Thus, he started spending long nights in his laboratory, collecting data, and writing down his procedures. After some days, he had created a monster. The goal was to create a human being, give a dead being life again, but due to the gross and gruesome process he worked threw, the result was a monster. That process being grave robbing and body …show more content…
When thinking about a human body, it is understood that they vary in different sizes, colors, and textures. So creating one would be actually impossible unless done so through the normal reproduction process. Therefore, Victor chooses to instead go against the law and humane morals to stela the dead away from the dead. Completely ignoring “R.I.P” signs, he takes the body of a male man back to his laboratory and begins research. Mary Shelley purposely used this scene in the text to not only depict the inhumane actions of Victor that the greed of scientific research pushed upon him but also to highlight a social crime and issue that was popular during that time
After years of studying, going to class, and having after class discussions with his professors, he began to feel a drive to be like or even greater than the scientists he studied. Soon, Victor devised a plan to be and create something greater than the previous greats he had studied. Thus, he started spending long nights in his laboratory, collecting data, and writing down his procedures. After some days, he had created a monster. The goal was to create a human being, give a dead being life again, but due to the gross and gruesome process he worked threw, the result was a monster. That process being grave robbing and body …show more content…
When thinking about a human body, it is understood that they vary in different sizes, colors, and textures. So creating one would be actually impossible unless done so through the normal reproduction process. Therefore, Victor chooses to instead go against the law and humane morals to stela the dead away from the dead. Completely ignoring “R.I.P” signs, he takes the body of a male man back to his laboratory and begins research. Mary Shelley purposely used this scene in the text to not only depict the inhumane actions of Victor that the greed of scientific research pushed upon him but also to highlight a social crime and issue that was popular during that time