Frankenstein and Locke
The creature in Frankenstein is a good embodiment of the perspectives that Locke holds.
| Describe it | The creature grew up by itself in the wilderness, learning only from his environment without any guidance. He learned language by eavesdropping on people’s conversations. |
| Compare it | His creator, Frankenstein, had a very different upbringing. Frankenstein went through traditional schooling and went to a prestigious university. Frankenstein was also highly intelligent, but did not learn from his mistakes in school but rather his own experiences. |
| Associate it | The experiences of the creature in Frankenstein resembles Bear Grylls from Man Vs. Wild. Bear had to also use his experiences and teach himself how to survive in the wild. |
| Analyze it | The creature in Frankenstein is an embodiment of Locke’s perspectives on education. Locke believes that education is best received through experiences and reflection, and the creature became a smart being because of his experience in the outside world. |
| Apply it | The author of Frankenstein uses Locke’s perspectives through the characterization of the creature, who became relatively intelligent just by observing his environment. |
| Argue for and against it | Locke’s viewpoints make sense because we can always be told stuff in school and we can memorize things, but by seeing and experiencing things on our own, we can have a deeper understanding of such things. Locke’s viewpoints may not make sense because in the case of the creature, he was never able to properly understand that killing people is bad, which is something that is learned through societal norms. |
So I like how you’re cubing. My biggest concern though is that your argument seems totally unrelated to your other cubes. It doesn’t really seemed to have anything to do with Frankenstein. You want an argument that speaks to how Frankenstein works with or speaks to Locke.