HUMA 1910 Chapter Notes -Mary Shelley, Dazed, Simile
20 Dec 2014
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Nor could i consider the magnitude and complexity of my plan as any argument of its impracticability. the relative size of an object. Impossible to do or carry out: he can"t imagine the size and difficulty of his plan as it could be impossible to do so. It was with these feelings that i began the creation of a human being. After having formed this determination, and having spent some months in successfully collecting and arranging my materials, i began. Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which i should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. light symbolizes knowledge, discovery, and enlightenment. The natural world is a place of dark secrets, hidden passages, and unknown mechanisms; the goal of the scientist is then to reach light: man is always trying to break away from attachments. These thoughts supported my spirits, while i pursued my undertaking with unremitting ardour: unrelaxing, passion.
