Nature Vs. Nurture

Shelley's Frankenstein is a story composed of two essential themes marked by theories of John Jacques Rousseau: Faustian Behavior and 19th century parenting. In accordance, this novel's focus is on the outcome of one man's motives and desires to dabble with nature, which results in the creation of a new, somewhat unearthly creation. Victor Frankenstein was not doomed to failure from his initial desire to overstep the natural bounds of human knowledge. Rather, it was his poor "parenting" of his offspring that lead to his creation's thirst for the vindication of his unjust life. His failures…