Frankenstein Nature Vs Nurture

Do people react to situations from things they learn? People have the ability to react to situations from a hereditary standpoint or the acquired standpoint. This statement is the idea of the nature versus nurture debate and how it affects our lives. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley shows examples of the nature versus nurture debate by showing how the creature wants acceptance and to show that he wasn’t born evil. With nature versus nurture being a widely discussed debate it is easy to tie into different situations. "The debate within psychology is concerned with the extent to which aspects of behavior are a product of either inherited (i.e. genetic) or acquired (i.e. learned) characteristics” (McLeod).There is two sides to the debate nature
The first time is when Victor finishes making the monster and he lays down to rest but can’t really fall asleep. He finally falls asleep but he is awakened by the feeling of something staring at him. He wakes to find the creature staring at him, admiring him, and then smiling at him. “I startled from my sleep with horror; a cold dew covered my forehead, my teeth chattered, and every limb became convulsed; when, by the dim and yellow light of the moon, as it forced its way through the shutters, I beheld the wretch--the miserable monster whom I had created. He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks” (Shelley 44). The creature was not "born" bad or evil. The quote shows that the creature is sweet and doesn't have bad intentions. This quote also shows his good side because the creature didn't try to harm Victor as soon as he saw him. Another time he shows that he had good built in him is when he saves a little girl from drowning, but later is attacked by a man with the girl because; He thought the creature was trying to kill the girl. “I was scarcely hid when a young girl came running toward the spot where I was concealed, laughing, as if she ran someone in a sport. She continued her course along the precipitous sides of the river, when suddenly her foot
One can mimic behaviors viewed by those close to them or influential in their growth while others display behaviors unexplained when never exposed to examples. It is nice to know more about the things inherited by people and the things they learn from others and their surroundings. The creature in Frankenstein didn’t have the ability to do this. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley shows examples of the nature versus nurture debate by showing how the creature wants acceptance and show that he wasn’t born