In both, “The Island of Dr. Moreau” and Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”, the doctors abuse their creative powers while dismissing their moral responsibilities in order to gain ultimate control of their surroundings. In Frankenstein, the overall theme is developed in a number of ways that all focus around the selfish Victor Frankenstein who obsesses over maintaining control of all of those around him. Frankenstein “fails to exercise such moral responsibility for the single life he creates because he regards creativity as an abstraction.” (Harriet) Frankenstein has no concern over his moral responsibilities due to his choice to objectify his creation in order to maintain control over it. Through maintaining a deliberate distance from his monster,
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Victor Frankenstein attempts to track and down his creation after it has already explored the world and inflicted harm upon others. Victor pursues his progeny relentlessly due his feelings of guilt and remorse that are driven by ulterior motives. Frankenstein fails to recognize the need for him to accept his monster as a living being not just a destructive monster that he is responsible for. While he blames himself for the deaths the monster causes, Victor can’t comprehend the full extent to which his irresponsible creativity has affected those around …show more content…
Abandoning his creation after birth proves victor’s unaccountability for his action of creating the monster. This not only shows his unaccountability but also how he never intended to care for the monster, but only to test the full extent of his scientific ability. Victor paid no attention to the implications his experiment would have on the living being he had just created and others it would affect. The monster would then continue to explore his new surrounding completely confused about his purpose and lacking the parent figure Frankenstein should have been. The monster was left alone, abandoned in the streets where he attempted to identify himself and discover what was
Victor Frankenstein attempts to track and down his creation after it has already explored the world and inflicted harm upon others. Victor pursues his progeny relentlessly due his feelings of guilt and remorse that are driven by ulterior motives. Frankenstein fails to recognize the need for him to accept his monster as a living being not just a destructive monster that he is responsible for. While he blames himself for the deaths the monster causes, Victor can’t comprehend the full extent to which his irresponsible creativity has affected those around …show more content…
Abandoning his creation after birth proves victor’s unaccountability for his action of creating the monster. This not only shows his unaccountability but also how he never intended to care for the monster, but only to test the full extent of his scientific ability. Victor paid no attention to the implications his experiment would have on the living being he had just created and others it would affect. The monster would then continue to explore his new surrounding completely confused about his purpose and lacking the parent figure Frankenstein should have been. The monster was left alone, abandoned in the streets where he attempted to identify himself and discover what was