Science and nature is a very vital theme in volume I of Frankenstein. Mary Shelly incessantly portrays science and nature

Scientific development is usually from nature, even from destroying nature. On the other hand, nature in some way is protected and developed by science. Nature and science have a life and a death relationship. And so at one point Mary shelly actually depicts the contrast between science and nature. She does this by combining both life and death into a situation where death comes before life, when the monster is produced by parts of fresh dead bodies and brought to life. This totally changes the natural regulation of life. By doing this Mary shelly shows the power of science, but also combines it with nature using Lightning, and so proves that without nature science has no power. Mary Shelley also gives us an idea or a warning towards science and scientific knowledge (the belief of science being superior). As we know that Victor makes an extensive use of science and of his scientific experiments to create his monster, which then haunt him and leads to the killing of Victor’s younger brother William, Science can thus be regarded as the main motor to Victor’s self-destruction. This clearly presents science as evil and an awful thing.  

Looking at all these aspects of science and nature, I have also become aware of the character (nature) of Victor and his thirst for knowledge. His nature represents possession, anxiety, greed and the desire for supremacy. When Mary shelly represents him in this form, she gives us the idea of (NATURAL) human nature which in this case obviously is not a good one. By her presenting him in this way shows that not even nature contains that much of goodness. Since Victor is trying to create life artificially and to destroy death itself. Victor therefore rises against natural laws, which have been ruling the world for millions of years. Because he thinks that these laws are not immutable and indeed he seems to be right, as he successfully creates the monster. By this he is trying to over take God’s work and power; this shows us the similarity between him (representing nature) and his creation (representing science) as they both are against their own creators. But most of all even if he does manage to reach a God-like level or to acquire God-like powers, he doesn’t have any God-like knowledge or experience or responsibility. When he sees his monster I should say, ‘his creation,’ as there mustn’t be a negative connotation in the word he is afraid, tries to run away and to forget him. He will never try to care for him not to love him, nor will he feel a strong responsibility towards what we can call his son. All this only leads us to thinking that either nature or science they are portrayed in a negative approach; Mary shelly compares them in a way which only is not in favour of both nature and science.