Folly of Science Exposed in Shelley’s Frankenstein and E.T.A. Hoffman’s

Folly of Science opened in Shelleys Frankenstein and E.T.A. Hoffmans SandmanIn Mary Shelleys Frankenstein and E.T.A. Hoffmans Sandman, elements of science are portrayed in a negative light, ensample the reader of the dangers of the unknown. Many aspects of science and technology are portrayed from alchemy and robotics in the Sandman to biology and chemistry in Frankenstein. The stories feature similar principal(prenominal) characters that break the boundaries of conventional society in order to investigate their desires. from each one story features a living doll, or a cornerstone of man that, while first made for good, results in evil. When we read The Sandman, we are left in doubt as to whether what is happening to Nathaniel is real or merely in his mind. For instance, when Hoffmann introduces Olympia, he does not mention whether she is a military man being or a doll and he does so in such a way the reader may not flat realize this. We take for granted that Olympi a is a real person, because we wear Nathaniel to know the difference. During the course of the story, the Sandman as Copp...