If you read frankenstein by mary shelley, PLEASE OPEN!?

Question

i read that book fer school and school starts on wednesday [august27th.] im a freshman in high school and apparently that book is too advanced fer us but whatever. i did not understand the book at all and i read the clipnotes and i am still confused. i need to answer these questions before school starts so if you could help me please answer them. you dont have to answer all of them but answer as many as you can. thank you sooooo much!

How does the story reveal a commitment to reason?

How does man attempt to solve problems by the use of science?

How does the novel address the concept of "progress"?

Does the novel come to the conclusion that human nature is essentially good or bad---how so?

How is the concept of mechanistic world view revealed in the novel?

Answer 1

i read that in 7th grade and i still understand it. did u even read it? or are you just telling us to answer your homework questions.

Answer 2

I agree with Smokey; all these questions are evident in the text, not least in the subtitle 'The Modern Prometheus.'

If you really can't answer these questions then go to Wikipedia.  I had a scan and none of it seems wildly incorrect or misleading.  Just don't quote it in your bibliography.

Ape.

Answer 3

Why dont you say to your teacher that you read it but couldnt answer the questions OR just put down what you think they can't say anything then because you tried.

OMG YOUR SCHOOL STARTS ON 27TH AUGUST!!! I NEVER GO TO SCHOOL IN AUGUST SCHOOL ALWAYS STARTS IN SEPTEMBER.

Answer 4

I must admit, reading your paragraph it is doubtful to me that you actually read it. I think you could have answered the questions above just glancing through it, or simply by renting 'Van Helsing' and taking notes...

I read it in 5th grade, so it is not 'too advanced' for a freshman. The novel itself is infudes with both Gothic and Romantic properties, but falls into a category all it's own, or at least it did at the time.

Question 1: Victor is a logical man, a scientist and not prone to flights of fancy; his intersted in re-imbuing life into inatimate flesh is merely scientific, though he gets rather emotionally carried away later on. He intends for his 'creation' to be beautiful, strong and perfectly proportionate, though the thing he ends up with disgusts even him. When one is faced with a thing which cannot cope in human society, one reasonably walks away from it... however, the good doctor should have tied up a few loose ends first. (hence my one dislike of the plot).

Reason is thereafter hidden by guilt and grief, thus the subsequent deaths of Victor's brother and the maid, Justine.  

Question 2: Attempt is a good word, for nothing is really solved here by science; the problems are actually added to by the creature's presence, then by its abandonment.

Question 3: Well not only doe sthe theory Victor hatched progress, but so does the mind of the creature; he reads books, starts to philosophize, but at the same time even he takes a giant step backwards by not letting go his hate/love/connection with his 'creator' for a better life elsewhere.

Question 4: The novel deftly shows that humans are the product of their environment, which is why some lead good, productive lives of curing illness, building universities ro raising loving families, while others strap bombs to themselves and proceed to blow up their fellow men. (not a political point, just using it as an effective example)

Question 5: The older philosohpy of Universal Mechanism held that the universe is best understood as a completely mechanical system--that is, a system composed entirely of matter in motion under a complete and regular system of laws of nature. The mechanists understood the achievements of the scientific revolution to show that every phenomenon in the universe could eventually be explained in terms of mechanical laws. So, in the book, Victor starts out with a mechanists' philosohpy and ends up with quite another, more natural one. A modern similarity drawn may the movie Jurassic Park, with the beginning Victor represented by John Hammond and the latter Victor represented by the same man at the end of the film... wiser, cautious and remorseful. Though Victor learned his lesson completely and did not attempt to re-create his mistake in hopes of 'ironing out the kinks', for the horror of his actions and non-actions quite literally haunted his steps for the remainder of his life.

It is noteworthy that Frankenstein, despite his colossal folly at creating his monster, did realize the foolishness of his actions. In Chapter 24 he warns Walton of the danger inherent in tampering with such evil:

"Learn from my miseries and do not seek to increase your own."

Answer 5

You'd know all of this if you read the book.  These are easy questions.