Both the narratives of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, and The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, incorporate the theme of the inventory of hazardous knowledge and the detrimental consequence of manipulation. In the novel of Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein becomes fascinated by the creation of life and studies the human body of its anatomy and its decay. After 3 years of rigorous studying at a college located in Ingolstadt, Victor Frankenstein familiarizes himself with the occult sciences and becomes a mastermind of natural philosophy. He now wants to put his knowledge to the test by actually creating a form of life. He puts together some dead material and forms a dreadful monstrosity, which tortures him for the rest of his existence.
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Dorian views that statement too profoundly and thus devotes his life to hedonism (pleasure seeking). He begins to develop bad habits such as tormenting acquaintances, taking drugs, breaking hearts, etc. As you can see, both Lord Henry and Victor Frankenstein are both responsible for creating monstrosities and detrimentally manipulating situations, which eventually caused devastation. Victor Frankenstein with his acknowledgement of dangerous knowledge in natural philosophy, created a monster who tortured him and society, and Lord Henry, with his dangerous knowledge of aphorisms and epigrams, detrimentally influenced Dorian who, similar to Frankenstein's monster, became fanatical and tormented society. Therefore, Frankenstein's monster and Dorian Gray are both victims of manipulation and results of hazardous knowledge. In addition, Victor Frankenstein and Dorian Gray both experience sensations of pain realizations when they realized what they have created. Dorian Gray is yelled at by a woman who reminds him that he has complied with the devil for eternal …show more content…
In the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dorian Gray is distressed by the idea of aging and becoming wrinkled and elderly. Dorian developed a fear of aging and his mind is became manipulated by the thought of becoming old. Dorian soon feared about the thought of aging and his apprehensions began to influence him that only those that are beautiful were to be accepted in society, and this aggravated him. "“How sad it is! I shall grow old, horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June. . . . If it was only the other way! If it was I who were to be always young, and the picture that were to grow old! For this--for this--I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give!”" (Wilde 19). Similarly, in the novel of Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster is a hideous fiend whom everybody evades because they are disgusted by the appearance of the ghastly monstrosity. The monster is utterly shunned without given a chance to express how benevolent his soul is due to his deformity and is thus detested by the vindictive society. " A flash of lightning illuminated the object, and discovered its shape plainly to me; its gigantic stature, and the deformity of
Dorian views that statement too profoundly and thus devotes his life to hedonism (pleasure seeking). He begins to develop bad habits such as tormenting acquaintances, taking drugs, breaking hearts, etc. As you can see, both Lord Henry and Victor Frankenstein are both responsible for creating monstrosities and detrimentally manipulating situations, which eventually caused devastation. Victor Frankenstein with his acknowledgement of dangerous knowledge in natural philosophy, created a monster who tortured him and society, and Lord Henry, with his dangerous knowledge of aphorisms and epigrams, detrimentally influenced Dorian who, similar to Frankenstein's monster, became fanatical and tormented society. Therefore, Frankenstein's monster and Dorian Gray are both victims of manipulation and results of hazardous knowledge. In addition, Victor Frankenstein and Dorian Gray both experience sensations of pain realizations when they realized what they have created. Dorian Gray is yelled at by a woman who reminds him that he has complied with the devil for eternal …show more content…
In the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dorian Gray is distressed by the idea of aging and becoming wrinkled and elderly. Dorian developed a fear of aging and his mind is became manipulated by the thought of becoming old. Dorian soon feared about the thought of aging and his apprehensions began to influence him that only those that are beautiful were to be accepted in society, and this aggravated him. "“How sad it is! I shall grow old, horrid, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June. . . . If it was only the other way! If it was I who were to be always young, and the picture that were to grow old! For this--for this--I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give!”" (Wilde 19). Similarly, in the novel of Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster is a hideous fiend whom everybody evades because they are disgusted by the appearance of the ghastly monstrosity. The monster is utterly shunned without given a chance to express how benevolent his soul is due to his deformity and is thus detested by the vindictive society. " A flash of lightning illuminated the object, and discovered its shape plainly to me; its gigantic stature, and the deformity of