Look Before You Leap: Similarities between Victor Frankenstein and Albert Einstein
Date Submitted: 10/31/2003 10:05:15
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 2 pages (454 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 2 pages (454 words)
Look Before You Leap
Frankenstein is not a literary island, isolated and alone. It is connected to a great many literary works by some common themes. One such theme is the idea of experimentation. Mythology in particular and history in general, has shown us that the right to experiment comes with an equal responsibility to stop and think about what we are doing before we do it. Time and time again we have heard the …
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…Manhattan Project. As it was, he lived his life feeling guilty about the loss of life that he felt was his fault.
A common archetype of these tales of woe is that with the ability to experiment comes an innate responsibility to consider the consequences of your actions prior to acting on your ideas. History has shown that those who act impulsively eventually succumb to their lack of foresight and live to regret the results.
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