The book and film on Frankenstein greatly shows how
addictive and powerful science can be. It is so influential it can even take
over your humanity and morality. Although it is very beneficial and historical, it can also bore evil, obsession, and irresponsibility. In the story of Frankenstein, we learn the importance of moral responsibility.
The story showed that Victor Frankenstein is an embodiment
of the philosophy that we make our own heaven and hell. He created a huge but ugly
creature, and upon giving it the breath of life, he realizes this creature is
too horrible to accept. He took no responsibility in trying to fix his actions
or take care of the creature. He was responsible for his creation as a father
is for his child, but only tried to escape the creature. Because of this, the
creature has been left to try to either become part of society, or to live
alone in hiding, suffering, and pain. This outcome made me question an allegory
in life: Is what is good must also be beautiful? I’m certain Victor never
intended to make evil out of his experiment, since his creation was purely a
showcase of his brilliance. But the ugliness that came out of this brilliance
affected Victor’s integrity. His unwillingness to either accept the creature or
at least comply with his requests prompted the abandoned creature to turn to
vengeance and violence.
The difference between the movie adaptation of the monster and
in the book is that the monster was able to carry a decent conversation. The
monster was made dumb probably to add humor to the scenes and to show growth
and development within the monster’s mind, since by the end of the film, the
monster was smart enough to ask Victor to make a bride for him. Although the
film and book was mostly a horror genre, adding humor made it more interesting.
The monster’s intelligence development also added more importance to moral
responsibility when it comes to science. You never know how big a mistake can
turn out to be, so you must handle this mistake while it’s still early.
Through the story of Frankenstein, we learn that we can't take on
the role of God. Victor tried to create life from death and the consequences
were deadly and disastrous. He tried to defy the natural order, just like how
science questions everything, rules over every explanation, and tries to make
the impossible possible. The scientific researches and their successes, although
beneficial, still have serious implications and must be handled responsibly.
Defying this rule would result likely to what happened to Victor.
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