Frankenstein Science Vs Natural Order

Ch 2 (Victor curiosity) → obsession with natural knowledge

“It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn”

Ch 2 (world mystery) → desire to uncover unknown

“The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine.” Ch 2

Ch 3 (modern science) → limitless power through science

“They [modern masters] ascend into the heavens... they have acquired new and almost unlimited powers” Ch 3

Ch 4 (life/death) → desire to transcend natural limits

“Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through.” Ch 4.

Ch 4 (creation process) → disturbing secret experimentation

“Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave.” Ch 4

Ch 9 (nature vs humans) → nature not meant for humans

“The palaces of nature were not made as the habitations of man.” Ch 9

Ch 10 (Adam vs Satan) → rejected creation becomes corrupted

“Remember, that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel.” Ch 10

Ch 13 (knowledge theme) → knowledge brings pain and suffering

“Knowledge presents itself as an enlightenment, but often results in a ‘sorrow’ that ‘increases with knowledge’.” Ch 13

Ch 15 (self-awareness) → knowledge increases isolation

“Increase of knowledge only discovered to me more clearly what a wretched outcast I was.” Ch 15

Ch 20 (creation ethics) → questioning moral responsibility

“Had | a right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse upon everlasting generations?” Ch 20

Ch 24 (warning) → reject ambition seek peace

“Seek happiness in tranquillity and avoid ambition.” Ch 24