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Frankenstein : A Sense Of Pressure In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Frankenstein, too, found himself in a pressured situation. Although most of it came from himself, some did come from his professors—science was not something the general public knew much about and your careers did not depend on publishing papers in scientific journals so there was less pressure from society. While Frankenstein got a lot of reinforcement and positivity from M. Waldman, M. Krempe was more uptight and strict. Because Frankenstein studied alchemy and pseudoscience, M. Krempe rudely commented that Frankenstein has wasted his time studying the likes of Cornelius Agrippa, Albertus Magnus, and Paracelsus. As a result of the degradation received from M. Krempe, Frankenstein feels a sense to prove him wrong and make something of himself. One may argue that Frankenstein works to the point of illness because of his passion and love for the field. That may be true, however, there is no denying that Frankenstein feels a sense of pressure from his professors—close to how Will Rodman receives pressure from his boss. The pressures put on scientists consequently leads to sloppy and not well thought out science, like Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Frankenstein, respectively. “Very often, when scientific discoveries are made, the question occurs, 'Have we gone too far?'”, which is what Randall Toms states Frankenstein lacks in his studies (Toms). The fact that Frankenstein did not think his science through can very well be attributed to not wanting to be a failure in his

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