In our modern world, knowledge is power and everyone seeks power. Many people spend their entire lives trying to gain knowledge as they believe it to be the most important quality that is obtainable. Absolute knowledge is naturally sought after by every person on the planet, because we, as humans, are curious by nature. However, it is dangerous to search for absolute knowledge, because one might discover things that they do not want to, one might become obsessed with the neverending chase for absolute knowledge, and one might lose themselves in the process of attempting to gain absolute knowledge. In the Novel, Frankenstein, the Creature is looking for information about his creation. Whilst looking, the Creature stumbles upon Victor’s private
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While searching for absolute knowledge, Victor becomes completely obsessed and he begins to not care about anything else besides his chase for absolute knowledge.”My father had often, during my imprisonment, heard me make the same assertion; when I thus accused myself, he sometimes seemed to desire an explanation, and at others he appeared to consider it as the offspring of delirium, and that, during my illness, some idea of this kind had presented itself to my imagination, the remembrance of which I preserved in my convalescence” (Shelley 228). Before Victor began his quest to obtain absolute knowledge of creation, he was a rather outgoing fellow, but once he began his search, he became extremely obsessed. Being obsessed with absolute knowledge led Victor to accomplish the ability to create life, but it came with a price. Victor’s life was plagued with death, despair, and depression after his obsession took over. In the novel, In the Lake of the Woods, John Wade is dealing with the recent disappearance of his wife, Kathy. At first, he doesn’t think much of it, but he becomes increasingly concerned throughout the story, until he becomes obsessed with the possible location of his wife. He admits to it being constantly on his mind and he even says that obsesses over it. “And here in a corner of John Wade’s imagination, where things neither live nor die, Kathy stares up at him from beneath the surface of the silvered lake. Her eyes are brilliant green, her expression alert. Se tries to speak, but can’t. She belongs to the angle. Not quite present, not quite gone, she swims in the blending twilight of in between” (O`Brien 288). John’s quest to gain absolute knowledge about the mystery involving the disappearance of his wife leads him down a path of unhealthy obsession. Dealing with the
While searching for absolute knowledge, Victor becomes completely obsessed and he begins to not care about anything else besides his chase for absolute knowledge.”My father had often, during my imprisonment, heard me make the same assertion; when I thus accused myself, he sometimes seemed to desire an explanation, and at others he appeared to consider it as the offspring of delirium, and that, during my illness, some idea of this kind had presented itself to my imagination, the remembrance of which I preserved in my convalescence” (Shelley 228). Before Victor began his quest to obtain absolute knowledge of creation, he was a rather outgoing fellow, but once he began his search, he became extremely obsessed. Being obsessed with absolute knowledge led Victor to accomplish the ability to create life, but it came with a price. Victor’s life was plagued with death, despair, and depression after his obsession took over. In the novel, In the Lake of the Woods, John Wade is dealing with the recent disappearance of his wife, Kathy. At first, he doesn’t think much of it, but he becomes increasingly concerned throughout the story, until he becomes obsessed with the possible location of his wife. He admits to it being constantly on his mind and he even says that obsesses over it. “And here in a corner of John Wade’s imagination, where things neither live nor die, Kathy stares up at him from beneath the surface of the silvered lake. Her eyes are brilliant green, her expression alert. Se tries to speak, but can’t. She belongs to the angle. Not quite present, not quite gone, she swims in the blending twilight of in between” (O`Brien 288). John’s quest to gain absolute knowledge about the mystery involving the disappearance of his wife leads him down a path of unhealthy obsession. Dealing with the