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Not all sacrifices are equal. They are each dependent on the environment and execution with which they're made. Whether they are good or bad in the end are relative to the society and peoples that they are thrust upon. Yet no matter the consequences, humans are always willing to sacrifice. To reach out into the world and find secret knowledge. This is where human creativity is at fault. The characters in Frankenstein and the people of the French Revolution knew it too well. The nation of France and Frankenstein are willing to bet on their sacrifices for a greater world. Sacrifices for society and science are unpredictable and backfire in heinous ironic ways. In both texts, the dark and wild side of human creativity is that change comes from great sacrifice. Sacrifices though have unforeseen consequences leading to a variety of mutual destruction.
In Frankenstein, Shelley uses him and Walton as a reflective …show more content…
He completes his work to create a terrible monster that leaves him with fear and sickness. “I beheld the wretch — the miserable monster whom I had created...He might have spoken...but I escaped and rushed downstairs... I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited, where I remained... catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of the demoniacal corpse to which I had so miserably given life. (Shelley pg, 58)". He gives up his ugly creation and lets him fester on it own. After time the monster confronts him. "Wretched devil! You reproach me with your creation; come on, then, that I may extinguish the spark which I so negligently bestowed. (Shelley pg. 99)" Frankenstein's blindness to anything other than discovery brought a life of misery and regret. And his unwillingness to deal with what he made put not only his life but the ones he loves in danger. And during the french revolution, danger was anything but
Not all sacrifices are equal. They are each dependent on the environment and execution with which they're made. Whether they are good or bad in the end are relative to the society and peoples that they are thrust upon. Yet no matter the consequences, humans are always willing to sacrifice. To reach out into the world and find secret knowledge. This is where human creativity is at fault. The characters in Frankenstein and the people of the French Revolution knew it too well. The nation of France and Frankenstein are willing to bet on their sacrifices for a greater world. Sacrifices for society and science are unpredictable and backfire in heinous ironic ways. In both texts, the dark and wild side of human creativity is that change comes from great sacrifice. Sacrifices though have unforeseen consequences leading to a variety of mutual destruction.
In Frankenstein, Shelley uses him and Walton as a reflective …show more content…
He completes his work to create a terrible monster that leaves him with fear and sickness. “I beheld the wretch — the miserable monster whom I had created...He might have spoken...but I escaped and rushed downstairs... I took refuge in the courtyard belonging to the house which I inhabited, where I remained... catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of the demoniacal corpse to which I had so miserably given life. (Shelley pg, 58)". He gives up his ugly creation and lets him fester on it own. After time the monster confronts him. "Wretched devil! You reproach me with your creation; come on, then, that I may extinguish the spark which I so negligently bestowed. (Shelley pg. 99)" Frankenstein's blindness to anything other than discovery brought a life of misery and regret. And his unwillingness to deal with what he made put not only his life but the ones he loves in danger. And during the french revolution, danger was anything but