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A 3 page paper which examines how the theme of nature vs. nurture is presented in the early chapters of the classic novel. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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as he does because his primitive instincts dictate this conduct. Nurture is the notion that a person receives most of his behavioral conditioning through environment and education. For
example, a child surrounded by love will grow into a loving adult. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was no stranger to intellectual circles, and no doubt had heard the most learned
scholars of her age argue in favor of either one or the other theory. According to biologist Stephen Jay Gould, Shelleys 1818 masterpiece, Frankenstein (or, The Modern Prometheus), can
best be understood within the "context... [of] the nature/nurture debate" (Schor 59). The first four chapters of the novel are devoted to developing the characterization of protagonist Victor Frankenstein, who
introduces himself in the narrative by describing in detail the blissful childhood he enjoyed with his parents, Alphonse and Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein. He recalled, "Much as they were attached
to each other, they seemed to draw inexhaustible stores of affection from a very mine of love to bestow them upon me. My mothers tender caresses, and my fathers
smile of benevolent pleasure while regarding me, are my first recollections. I was their plaything and their idol, and something better- their child, the innocent and helpless creature bestowed on
them by Heaven, whom to bring up to good, and whose future lot it was in their hands to direct to happiness fulfilled their duties towards me" (Shelley 32).
It becomes readily apparent that Victor Frankenstein was being reared in a nurturing environment, which later extended to the impoverished orphan they adopted, Elizabeth Lavenza, and their second son William.
While it would appear that with all the love Victor received, he would be ruled by nurture or his supportive environment, the child grew into an introverted young man
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