The question of nature versus nurture has been a subject of controversy among experts for centuries, yet the debate still rages over which plays a larger role in shaping character and personality. ... Because of his abandonment by Victor, nature is the creature's first nurturer. ... The DeLacey family serves as his first human nurturers. ... Frankenstein expresses Shelley's comment on the long-standing debate of nature versus nurture. Through the transformation of the creature, she shows us that she supports the nurture argument. ...

• Word Count: 1453
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This conflict between nature and nurture dominates Eva throughout the book, with Eva's contrary attitude towards motherhood heightening because of her guilt following 'Thursday'. ... The debate about 'Nature versus Nurture' plays a substantial role in both novels. ... In modern society there is debate about Genetic Engineering, some religious groups rejecting this as 'playing God'. ... These debates between religion and science are raging today. By highlighting the tension between nature and nurture in this way, Shelley is a writer before her time. ...

• Word Count: 1673
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Two Versions of Frankenstein: Nature Versus Nurture James Whale's 1931 film version of Frankenstein provides a deep contrast in both theme and characterization to Mary Shelley's original novel, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. ... Both Shelley's and Whale's creatures have different reasons for their behavior, reducing the explanations to the age old debate of genetics versus environment. ...

• Word Count: 697
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

While he debates which "path to purse", a small girl runs out from the wood, from whom he hides, then, "her foot slipped, she fell into the rapid stream", the monster continues to save her and "restore animation" into her body, but this is to no avail, when a "rustic" comes to her supposed aid, he took the girl and "hastened toward the deep pat of the wood". ...

• Word Count: 2019
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate