The Fear of Science portrayed in Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", Well's "The Time Machine", and Shelley's "Frankenstein"
Title: The Fear of Science portrayed in Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", Well's "The Time Machine", and Shelley's "Frankenstein"
Category: /Literature/European Literature
Details: Words: 1578 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Fear of Science portrayed in Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", Well's "The Time Machine", and Shelley's "Frankenstein"
Category: /Literature/European Literature
Details: Words: 1578 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
To live in the today's world is to be surrounded by the products of science. For it is science that gave our society color television, the bottle of aspirin, and the polyester shirt. Thus, science has greatly enhanced our society; yet, our society are still afraid of the effect of science. This fear of science can be traced back to the nineteenth century where scientist had to be secretative in experimenting with science.
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…showed last 75 words of 1578 total…which is directed towards gaining new knowledge about the composition and the functioning of matter, both living and nonliving.' (Chemistry Today, pg.2) In other words, science is justified if a single 'new fact (appears) and adds a brick to the bright temple of human knowledge.' Because science is so extensive and its effect is uncertain, mankind will always fear science. After all, our thrist for science can led to the destruction of mankind.
