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How does Shelley represent the nature Vs nurture debate? Thr

            The time Shelley wrote Frankenstein a lot of scientific experiments were being made into trying to bring mammals back alive and the social scene she was in there was a lot of free love, which could and did end with unwanted children. This could have affected Shelley into writing about these types of things in Frankenstein. Shelley also was making a point of mankind and asking whether it is a victim of its self in which case Frankenstein was a victim of himself as well.
             There are questions addressed in Frankenstein such as. Are we all born initially good? Is evil something humans learn or is it some thing in our animal instinct we all have?.
             The first chapter I"m going to analyse is chapter five. In this chapter the Monster is created by Frankenstein but is rejected thus starting the whole problem of neglect. Frankenstein's response to his creation was one of horror and regret. Which is the first time of neglect of nurture for the Creation Frankenstein shows. Following the birth of the Creation Frankenstein falls ill, this is Shelley deliberately distancing Frankenstein from his Creation because it is the complete opposite of what a new parent should do. This accentuates Frankenstein's neglect for the creation. Perhaps it is in Frankenstein's nature to refuse the hideous Monster. If we are all born Good then this neglect is despicable because the Creation would have been so innocent.
             The next chapters I will look at are chapters eleven and twelve in these the Creation finds shelter with the Delacey's and is attacked by villagers. These two things are sort of opposites which runs throughout the novel one side is the Delacey's which show the Creation the good side of life such as love, giving, togetherness and basically good social skills. The other side is hate, discrimination and bad social skills. These experiences would be classed under nurture thus creating a good and bad atmosphere for him.


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