Frankenstein

Frankenstein
Science is the cause of so many inventions by curious research scientists. Over the years discoveries have been made that have mostly left individuals wondering what heights of intelligence some people got as blessings. It is these scientific ventures that leads Mary Shelley to write the book, Frankenstein. The scientist Victor Frankenstein out of his love for science and as a very bright student of his lecturers decides to invent a human creature whom he equally refers to as a monster. His interaction and reactions towards this beast become the primary focus of this paper. Furthermore, a discussion on how scientific ethics comes into play gets done.

Shelley(46-47) states that Victor Frankenstein was a very studious student at the university. Before joining the school, he was so fascinated by experiments that involved chemistry. As soon as he entered college, he got a professor who helped redirect his fascinations and imaginations into real aspects of the surrounding. Through this support and encouragement from his professor, his love for science led him to the creation of another human creature whom he gave life and made exist like the rest of the beings created by God. At the beginning as the production takes shape, Victor became fathomed at how beautiful his creature was hence describing it with so much passion. However, this monster becomes the source of distress to Frankenstein. As soon as he sees the beast, he took his time to create with so much zeal different reactions overwhelm him to the point of pushing him away from the invention.

He runs away filled with sentiments of disgust, horror and having lost sight of the beauty of the imagination he had forever dreamed of making. He felt extremely agitated by the presence of the creature as well as filled with fear for disbelieving what he had made with his own hands and thoughts.
He could not bear the sight of the monster and therefore chose to flee from its presence. It is with such rage and disbelief that later on Victor starts having thoughts of how to destroy that which he built in the first place. He could no longer bear the idea of the monster that became like his shadow following him everywhere filled with the feeling of being abandoned and wanting justice from the one who brought him to the world (Shelley 46-47). Victor, on the other hand, has left the creation and all he wants is to wipe it off the face of the earth.
Science is seen to be useful for real discovery, but in this novel, it gets depicted that the situation is contradictory. In Frankenstein, the pursuit of scientific knowledge and innovations leads to a tragedy that becomes inevitable. This aspect shows us that science equally has the rules of right and wrongdoing that govern its inventions, and if a scientist fails to abide by the regulations, then things will automatically go wrong. According to Shelley (46-47), the fact that Victor plays the role of God in inventing a creature similar to human beings and that acts human gets seen as unethical. Moreover, his abandonment of his creation to the world leads it to become the destruction of other human beings thus killing people. As its inventor, he was expected to be tightly attached to it to guide it and be passionate towards it showing it on how to survive amongst other beings. Finally, Victor Frankenstein fails significantly as a scientist by failing to find ways to control that which he created. The creature is seen to be more realistic than its creator, and this is unacceptable.
Ultimately, it is evident that scientific explorations are good when positively explored and equally when inventions get nurtured accordingly to be beneficial to the creators as well as the society.
Work cited
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. ICON classics, 2005. Print.