frankenstein

Science and Technology: The Romantic View in Frankenstein The eighteenth century was a remarkable time for humanity. The movement known as the Enlightenment brought drastic changes in the cultural, scientific, and industrial aspects of life. Rationalism and critical thinking applied to anything from art and literature to scientific studies and technological inventions. The advancement was clear and inevitable. Nonetheless, not everyone seemed to share the views of the Enlightenment. The upper class Europeans, children of …

…contact with people was extremely limited. However, it is those same qualities that made the creature so lethal and proved the romantic view that science is not for humans to abuse. The romantic view can be summarized in the words of Frankenstein: “Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition, even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries”(200). It is unfortunate that he realized it on his deathbed.