Nature vs. Nurture in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Essay Sample)

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Nature vs. Nurture in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein has included various themes, among them nature versus nurture. Nature plays a role in shaping one's personality and behavior through the inheritance of genes from parents. Nurture influences nature, thereby modifying the natural behaviors and characteristics of a person through the surrounding environment. In Mary Shelley's' Frankenstein, Shelly depicts how nurture influenced the nature of the Monster, who, through the rejection he gets from people around him, changes from being kind and benevolent to evil and cruel, much like the current debate on aggressive behavior among children.
The birth of the Monster breaks the law of nature. The Monster is a walking assemblance of corpses; thus, it is of nature, but it is beyond nature as it is made by acting against nature (Erle and Hendry 1). The law of nature holds that giving birth involves both male and female parents. However, Victor creates the Monster by using a chemical process to bring together pieces of dead matter. Victor's unnatural reproduction method results in a freak, unnatural being (Ball 1). The creation of the Monster is unnatural, but on his birth, he is innocent and naive, just like a young baby. The Monster is curious to understand