Enlightenment&Frankenstein

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The period of Enlightenment refers to the European culture of the 18th century. The People of Enlightenment believed the almightiness of human knowledge and defied the tradition and the pre-established thoughts of the past. Dr. Frankenstein believes that he can make dead people alive again, which on one will think about it."After days and nights of incredible labour and fatigue, I succeeded in discovering the cause of generation and life;nay,more, I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter." (150) this quote is related with the idea of Enlightenment, Victor thinks that his knowledge can do anything, even can create a life. Enlightenment is the period in which the humans became overconfident in the human Reason an rationality.

Source from http://www.csudh.edu/phenom_studies/western/lect_8.html