The Dangers Of Technology Addiction In Frankenstein By Mary Shelley

The Dangers of Technology Addiction In modern society, technology is almost unavoidable; but what are the costs of becoming addicted to technology? Dr. Mark Tremblay voices his scholarly opinion on the dangers of excessive technology usage when he states, “the intrusive seduction of convenience technology provides is controlling our lives and killing us” (Morris 19). Technology addiction will more often than not end negatively for humans. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor becomes so obsessed with pioneering new technological advancements that he subsequently lives a life of emptiness and despair. Victor’s unwavering addiction to technology will ultimately bring him to his deathbed. This does not mean that just because someone is addicted to technology they must die as a
Her ideas and opinions on the ways that technology addiction can deter someone’s physical, social, and mental health have been proven to stand the test of time by many researchers and doctors. Shelley’s capability to understand technology and the ways it can easy pervert those who use it is very impressive considering she lived and wrote in a time period where technology had not yet become very advanced. By looking into the ways that technology is so easily able to corrupt people and its use causing such negative side affects it can be determined that it is monstrous after all. Technology has come a long way since Shelley’s time and has many great benefits, but the addictive qualities that come along with its use cause it to be very threatening. Shelley’s choice to make technology addiction such an important factor in her novel back in the 1800’s shows that she was very wise in seeing its possible future dangers. Shelley’s beliefs are true that an addiction to technology has the ability to ruin one’s physical, mental, and social