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Integrity In Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

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Scientific Integrity in Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Compare and Contrast Science plays an integral role in the development and findings of many great things that we can benefit from. Integrity along with a specific set of moral standards must always be followed in order to ensure the end result enables a healthy environment for all whom wish to benefit from such studies. Integrity must always play and be the most essential key role in scientific research. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1831) and Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) one is able to conclude that integrity must be maintained while conducting scientific research as a lack of can result in the creation of monsters. In Frankenstein, there are endless possibilities in regards to science. Shelley is able to relay a message of integrity and moral importance through creation and destruction. Dr. Frankenstein had little to no regard for integrity while conducting his experiment. He allowed his desires to influence and ultimately create a monster in his basement, and while doing so he did not consider nor ask for input from his fellow colleagues. Victor Frankenstein’s loss in the battle between nature and science foreshadows destruction for Walton, as he too foresees he is nearing his journey. “Its productions and features may be without example, as the phenomena of the heavenly bodies undoubtedly are in those undiscovered solitudes. What may not be expected in a country of

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