Nature and Nurture in Frankenstein

Mencius, a respected philosopher in ancient China has at in one case said, mans genius at birth is correct. Rousseau is a well-known French philosopher of the eighteenth century who has once states in his theory on the inbred man that one is natural(p) free and good except is corrupted by participation. singles personality, therefore, is determined by nurture, or the environment which they prevail grown up with. This mind is also proven passim in Mary Shelleys novel Frankenstein-Shelley uses peoples rejection and the animate beings nonstarter to fit in the society to show that nurture is the star factor which affects the formation of the pricks evil character.\nIn the novel, the instrument starts his life odorous and innocently similar to a newborn. He eats berries, drinks from the brook, sleeps chthonian shades just equivalent an animal(Shelley 84). He is abandoned by his own creator superordinate from the moment he is brought to life, thus, the creature has nev er been taught how to be a human being. When the creature shows up in public, people panic, any(prenominal) fled, some attacked me, until, grievously bruised by stones and many other kinds of projectile weapons, I escaped to the consecrate country.(Shelly 87). The creature does not foment back, proving his innocence, purity, and good intentions. The creature thus hides in a sea chantey, where he learns how to speak, read, and write from the De Lacey family who lives in the cottage right next to his hovel (Shelley Chapter 13). Being moved by the gentle manners of the De Lacey family, the creature longs to join them but dares not (Shelley 91). After realizing their poverty, the creature starts doing good deeds that he thinks would garter those people whom he admires-he simoleons stealing food from them once it becomes aware to him that in doing this inflicted twinge on the cottagers, collects wood in order to assist their exertion (Shelley 92). If the creature were truly bor n a monster, it is very supposed(prenominal) that he would have any capacity ...