Mary Shelley's Use Of Science In Frankenstein

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was published in 1818, however we can infer the setting of the story was in the later 1700s based on its scientific references. Many of us know in the late 1700s the invention of the Industrial Revolution was developed and led into the 1800s. Advancements transitioned from hand production to steam power and the factory system had begun. Through the use of the example, Victor Frankenstein, Shelley portrays the use of science and the effects it reveals to the characters and scientific discovery. Often times science in the present-day society will be characterized as a crazy haired man wearing a white lab coat while in a lab working with chemicals or dissecting animals. Except Shelley wrote her characterization of …show more content…
These findings were often created on accident but ironically improved the standard way of life. Throughout the book, we see the curiosity of Victor Frankenstein come to life as he creates this monster through different human body parts. The amount of time and work Victor had put into this monster took years on end to create something no one could ever imagine. As he finished his work, he had realized he had created something he believed society nor himself could accept. The isolation of this fear caused rejection toward his family, friends, and the monster he had created, which made even bigger problems than ever before. Victor isolated himself for a very long time and through the use of development throughout the book this is not the first time we have noticed for something like this to happen with Victor. When Victor was growing up his lack of education produced the isolation of himself in college to only focus on his creations by expressing, “It may appear strange that such should arise in the eighteenth century; but while I followed the routine of education in the schools of Geneva, I was, to a great degree, self-taught with regard to my favorite studies. My father was not scientific, and I was left to