Fall_of_Man_Through_Knowledge_(comparison_of_Frankenstien_an

Fall of Man Through Knowledge (comparison of Frankenstien and Genesis) Throughout history, man has been fascinated with the origins of life. Questions like, “where did we come from'” and “ how were we created'” have been asked for ages. We have even fantasized about creating life ourselves and the never-ending quest for knowledge pursues to this day. Genesis reflects how one ancient people explained not only their own beginnings, but also the creation of the world. The first few chapters also introduce the “fall” of humanity. We were created along with the rest of the world and were in paradise, until the opportunity to gain knowledge arose. “And the serpent said to the woman, ‘you shall not be doomed to die. For God knows that on the day you eat of [the fruit from the tree in the midst of the garden] your eyes will be opened and will become as gods knowing good and evil’” (ch.3, 4-5). Man chose knowledge, which led to his downfall. In my opinion this theme of man’s search for knowledge ultimately leading to “fall” of humanity is also present in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Both texts are similar in that they serve as warnings for foolish knowledge, creature, victor, adam, through, life, god, frankenstein, man, eve, being, world, trying, science, humanity, even, creation, been, wisdom, ultimately, said, perfect, people, own, one, nature, much, monster, leads, human, genesis, gained, fall, experience, eden, done, create, consequences, came, both, attainment, alone, after, wretched, whereas, throughout, suffer, strange, since, sin