Frankenstein by Mary Shelley may serve as an exploration of the ignorance man expresses in his attempts to dominate and control, this being the major evil in the heart and soul of humanity. The use of the science fiction genre allows for the acknowledgement of the past, discovery of the present and predicting the future, of the society of man. The events leading up to, the act of, and the consequence of, submitting an entirely unbiased and uninfluenced creature, [the Creation] to the society of man, allows for the exploration of issues facing mankind, presented in this text. The issues facing humanity being mankind's ignorance in the glorification of science whilst failing to recognise the power and beauty of nature, the gender roles enforced on both men and women leads to destruction and restriction, the consequence of upsetting the Natural Order by trying to take the role of God, and the rejection of 'the Creation' due to superficial values, that enable for the exercising of control. The presentation of these issues and the consequential influences on both the creation and mankind, represented by the creator, Victor Frankenstein, and other characters, encourages the reader is encouraged to examine the influences reflected, though transformed with biased perspective, in their own society. Mary Shelley seems to use narration, from Walton who is mostly disassociated from the major events, to encourage a particular reaction to these various issues. The reader adopts Walton's position, in questioning both the unnamed Creation and Victor Frankenstein's motives, to which they subjected to from both character's points of view. Through these characters the issues of the text and humanity, are presented and the essence of mankind questioned.
             The text appears to mock man's tendency to glorify science by comparing its failings to the beauty and power of nature. Throughout history mankind has attempted to &...