The Similarities And Differences Between Frankenstein Aylmer — страница 2

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science changed quite a bit between Hawthorne and Shelly’s time to Steinbeck’s time. For example, In Steinbeck’s “The Snake,” Dr. Phillips is controlled by a woman, but in Hawthorne’s time it was unacceptable for a woman to control a man, so in his story Aylmer controls his wife. Although both Shelly and Hawthorne wrote about scientists, neither of them have any background knowledge in science. By the way Steinbeck describes the procedure Dr. Phillips must endure to complete his experiment, it is clear that Steinbeck has a great deal of knowledge about science and scientists. Although their backgrounds in science vary greatly Mary Shelly, Nathaniel Hawthorne and John Steinbeck have all created scientists in at least one piece of their work. Shelly’s character

Frankenstein, Hawthorne’s character Aylmer, and Steinbeck’s character Dr. Phillips are all scientists carrying out an experiment dealing with life and all three of their experiments fail. Even though the stories are very different, the theme is the same, science does not always work out. Created in different times by different authors with varying knowledge in science, the three scientists share many qualities as well as exemplify many differences