... for power often compels individuals into foregoing the ethical and moral implications of their actions. The image "I should first pour a torrent of light into our dark world" reflects Victor's hubristic vision of prominence by transcending the restrictions of morality. This criticises scientists who utilised scientific advancements such as Galvanism for self-serving motives. The implications of the creature's possible humanity challenges ... ...

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... as the state is a subject of thee. This converging movement towards reasoning and justice grew from the theories of such revolutionary thinkers as Voltaire, Rousseau, and the Encyclopedists, who presented a vision of a liberal community with equal rights and responsibilities, wherein reason replaced the monarch's claim to divine right as the ultimate authority, and where all men lived in a brotherhood. It must ... ...

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... and where. They had wearied of iniquitous taxes designed by bureaucrats who never had to pay them, and indeed of everything that could not be explained rationally. The Enlightenment established a vision of humanity so independent of Christianity and so focused on the needs and abuses of the society of the time that no established institution, once grown corrupt and ineffectual, could ... ...

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