The Right and the Wrong “Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.” This quote comes from Edgar Bronfman and he is basically saying when our parents yell at us and let us know what we did wrong we know right away we are in trouble. In reality, what exactly is right from wrong? The answer is complicated due to the fact that nobody is perfect, but we do seem to feel a little bad when we do something wrong. This also transpires when we do something right, since we feel the excitement whenever we do things the right way. Like everything else, mistakes that are harmfully wrong can lead to serious consequences. In Frankenstein,
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Frankenstein was a really smart individual and from his same smartness he started to isolate himself and later becomes lonely. He decides to create a human and succeeds. He was selfish and thought he was doing the right thing by creating himself a friend. The only thing is that once he creates it he abandons him. Mary Shelley quotes, “His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips” (Shelley 58). His long time goal was finally accomplished. He created life and the moral significance is that he committed an act of arrogance. In other words he did a God-like job to create a human. Once he created it, he walked away from it without offering nurturing and guidance. We are responsible for our children and it is our job to raise them and care for them until they are ready to live independently (Frankenstein Notes). Victor simply walked away from his creature, which was not only unfair to the
Frankenstein was a really smart individual and from his same smartness he started to isolate himself and later becomes lonely. He decides to create a human and succeeds. He was selfish and thought he was doing the right thing by creating himself a friend. The only thing is that once he creates it he abandons him. Mary Shelley quotes, “His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips” (Shelley 58). His long time goal was finally accomplished. He created life and the moral significance is that he committed an act of arrogance. In other words he did a God-like job to create a human. Once he created it, he walked away from it without offering nurturing and guidance. We are responsible for our children and it is our job to raise them and care for them until they are ready to live independently (Frankenstein Notes). Victor simply walked away from his creature, which was not only unfair to the