Knowledge
Frankenstein Final Assessment - Luke Jones
What is knowledge?
Oxford Dictionary defines knowledge as: Facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.
Professor Waldman
Victor Frankenstein
The Creature
Victor Frankenstein | Quote
In this quote Shelley shows the lengths that Victor will go to obtain a greater knowledge, and how he is going to try everything to acquire that knowledge, even if that means he is going to have to risk someone else's life.
Waldman | Quote
In this quote Waldman is explaining to Victor about how knowledge can sometimes be dangerous, and he is telling victor that he hopes it doesn't blow up in his face.
Victor Frankenstein | Quote
This quote is telling us how Victor Is going to work as hard as he cant to go to places that nobody has ever gone before in order to discover new knowledge that nobody has ever fathomed to discover.
Waldman | Quote
In this quote Waldman is telling Victor that knowledge isn't everything, that it is dangerous to explore and sometimes it is better off that you think that there is not anything more to learn so you just stay in the bubble of knowledge that you already have.
The Creature | Quote
This quote shows The Creatures discovery of fire, also, indirectly, the dangers of obtaining such knowledge. When he discovers this fire, he also discovers that it cooks food and provide warmth for him. This is a type of basic knowledge, but it is one of the first steps of knowledge in the creature becoming a complex being.
The Creature | Quote
In this quote the teacher is telling us that as he grows and he learns, he only gets more disgusted with himself and sees himself as even more of an outcast.
Modern Connection
Plastic Surgery
Works Cited
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Harold Bloom. Frankenstein: Or, the Modern Prometheus. New York, NY: Signet, 2000. Print.
- "Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery." John Hopkins Medicine. John Hopkins University, n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2015.
- BKBC Animations - What Is Knowledge? Perf. Knowledge Management. Youtube, 2015. Youtube.