The monster's behavior can be justified because of the lack of guidance and attention he was given when he enters the world. ... In addition to the lack of guidance he received, a second cause of the monster's evil nature is the complete abandonment by his father. ... From the time when the monster first awakes, he goes through a transition. ... To heighten his anger, when he is finally reunited with his creator, Victor acknowledges him as "wretched devil" and "abhorred monster." ...

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The hideous appearance of the first creature lead to Victor's and ultimately society's rejection of the 'Monster'. ... The inability to provide a caring environment to stimulate learning and compassion within the first subject is what Victor correlates to the rash and violent actions by the creature, that ultimately lead to the monster's feelings of "eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind." ...

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As Diana Reese states in her article, "A Troubled Legacy: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the Inheritance of Human Rights," "Shelley's monster moves across the shifting terrain of his own indetermination at "superhuman speed"; traversing the slash between man/citizen, reasoner/human, general/individual will in ways that pose a delicate challenge to the work of reason in Enlightenment projects for a new authorization of law" (Reese 49). Reese explains that Shelley's monster challenges the definition of a human, and he thus causes the world to reconsider what ...

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Artificial Intelligence has been debated since the term's inception. For some researchers it is important that the definition of Artificial Intelligence include only those techniques that actually reflect human cognitive processes. For others, the definition factor is that Artificial techniques are ...

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In her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley simultaneously spins both a gripping horror story and an intense line of philosophical questioning - specifically, what it means to be human. After the titular character imbues his gargantuan experiment with life, he is overcome with the repulsiveness of his c...

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The mind has been known to hide away the details and memories of traumatic event, only to send them back at unexpected times and places, sometimes after years have passed triggered by some sound, sight, smell or even feeling. The mind can play tricks in a way that makes the recall just as disturbing...

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