... societies, but through insights into human experience, offer caution to modern day audiences. Mary Shelley's gothic, seminal science fiction text "Frankenstein" depicts the enlightening scientific world during the Industrial Revolution, where its frame narrative cautions about the negative connotations involved with unnatural science. "Frankenstein" is allegorical for the technologically changed era ... sublime's power, "The sun is yet high in the heavens; before it descends to hide itself and illuminate another world." Shelley contrasts the scientific revolution to the aftermath of tech...

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... was challenging aspects of the dominant Enlightenment discourse founded upon science and rationalism to late 20th century American, a period influenced by Reaganomics and rampant scientific development in cloning and technology reveals a shift in societal values. However, both texts explore similar aspects of humanity including humanity's pursuit of progress and power, questioning of the ... "an eternal hell" describing the psychological consequences of challenging the natural order. Thus, Shelley criticizes the human tendency to disregard nature in favor of the pursuit of scientific ...

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