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How is human nature represented in the books Frankenstein and The Island of Doctor Moreau? This question cannot be broken up into either good or bad, we have to look deeper than that, we need to see exactly what it is. Human nature in these two books is represented most by curiosity, revenge, and other powerfully driving emotions. We will look at the background of the selected characters. We will look at what they did. We will look at the consequences of their experimentations. We will finally look at the similarities and differences between the men. As a child Victor Frankenstein was very interested with the natural philosophy and natural sciences. His thirst for knowledge always got the better of him. He once came upon a book by Cornelius Agrippa. His father disregarded it as trash, but Frankenstein was very interested with it. He loved experiments and thoughts of the supernatural. He even thought of summoning ghosts or demons. When he was seventeen his parents sent him to the University of Ingolstadt where he would meet professors Mr. Krempe and Mr. Waldman. Krempe was not strongly liked by Frankenstein, but Waldman was an important figure in his eyes. He encouraged him in his quests for knowledge, he gave Frankenstein the confidence he needed to try his own experiment. As Frankenstein explored the secrets of the origins of life he decided he would create a human. He decides to make an oversized human due to the hindrances of working with small parts. He arranged his materials and began working around the clock. He worked so much that he became weak and unhealthy. He was completely obsessed with his work. Curiosity fueled him to go father and farther until he had finally created a being. He finally gave his gigantic creation life. He was beautiful; his skin hardly covered his muscles and arteries, his black hair, and his white teeth. All tainted by the horrid contrast of his watery eyes, shriveled complexion and straight black lips. Frankenstein hated his creation. Frankenstein was driven by curiosity that changed into fascination. He worked non-stop until the monster was alive. Now that we know Victor Frankenstein’s background we need to know a little more about Dr. Moreau. Less of Moreau is known, he merely explains his adulthood when he began experimenting. He experimented on animals, attempting to change them through vivisection. He merely chose to create animals in human form by chance. He thought the human form to be more beautiful than other forms of animals. He also ran into a few problems when he created beasts from beasts. There was a time when he was working on an immense creature that escaped before it was finished, as a type of serpent. It had great strength and went around destroying and causing problems on the island he lived on. After this he decided never to create something inhuman with a large or powerful animal. His experiments forced him to put animals through such pain that it would make people sick to see or hear it.
Approximate Word count = 2011
Approximate Pages = 8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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