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Victor attributes his tragic fate to his relentless search for knowledge. Do you think that this is the true cause of his suffering?
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Victor attributes his tragic fate to his relentless search for knowledge. Do you think that this is the true cause of his suffering? "Knowledge is the awareness and understanding of facts, truths or information gained in the form of experience or learning." (1) In the novel "Frankenstein", by Mary Shelly, Victor Frankenstein's immense search for knowledge can be conceived as the root cause of his suffering, but his curiosity and hunt for this knowledge reflects how scientific knowledge was somewhat shunned by many alchemists in 1818; the time of the Industrial Revolution. Victor changes over the course of the novel from a blameless youth spellbound by the prospects of science into a cynical, guilt-ridden man resolute to destroy the fruits of his arrogant scientific endeavour. This could be as a result of his desire to attain the godlike power of creating new life or his avoidance of the public arenas...
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