The Role Of Humanity In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

“As science is more and more subject to grave misuse as well as to use for human benefit it has also become the scientist's responsibility to become aware of the social relations and applications of his subject, and to exert his influence in such a direction as will result in the best applications of the findings in his own and related fields” (Muller 371). The meaning of various intelligent beings in science fiction literature is heavily sought out by critics and our classroom discussions alike. For example, the fabrication of the soul shown in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein raises several questions: Does life have a purpose? What constitutes humanity? Wait, am I even human? Victor Frankenstein and his creature are only a model for these philosophical arguments, and they are far too belief-oriented to
Even novels written almost 200 years later, such as Kim Stanley Robinson’s 2312, explore the same issue, but it’s not to exercise the reader’s personal definition of humanity.