As the monster begins to learn more, he realizes that “sorrow only increased with knowledge. Oh that [he] had forever remained in [his] native wood, nor known nor felt beyond the sensations of hunger, thirst, and heat” (Shelley 120). The monster regrets learning about desires beyond basic needs. The more knowledge the monster obtains, the more self aware and miserable he becomes. The monster desires love, however he is unable to attain the same relationships regular humans have. Workers during the Industrial Revolution were aware of their poor conditions and were unable to fulfill their basic needs. Victor also learns the dangers of knowledge and technology. Victor describes himself as “a blasted tree; the bolt has entered [his] soul; and [he] felt then that [he] should survive to exhibit what [he] shall soon cease to be” (Shelley 165). Victor compares himself to a tree that is destroyed by lightning which parallels to how nature is destroyed by wild and uncontrolled technology. Since the monster was also created by lightning, the monster is the result of uncontrolled science. Shelley uses the monster to show readers how the factory workers’s poor situation was due to technology that was created without considering the consequences it would have on
As the monster begins to learn more, he realizes that “sorrow only increased with knowledge. Oh that [he] had forever remained in [his] native wood, nor known nor felt beyond the sensations of hunger, thirst, and heat” (Shelley 120). The monster regrets learning about desires beyond basic needs. The more knowledge the monster obtains, the more self aware and miserable he becomes. The monster desires love, however he is unable to attain the same relationships regular humans have. Workers during the Industrial Revolution were aware of their poor conditions and were unable to fulfill their basic needs. Victor also learns the dangers of knowledge and technology. Victor describes himself as “a blasted tree; the bolt has entered [his] soul; and [he] felt then that [he] should survive to exhibit what [he] shall soon cease to be” (Shelley 165). Victor compares himself to a tree that is destroyed by lightning which parallels to how nature is destroyed by wild and uncontrolled technology. Since the monster was also created by lightning, the monster is the result of uncontrolled science. Shelley uses the monster to show readers how the factory workers’s poor situation was due to technology that was created without considering the consequences it would have on