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The Island of Dr Moreau

Flesh not to claw the Bark of Trees and not to chase other Men , even if they are all half-animal . It was as if Dr . Moreau was trying to impose to the half-breed creatures to live like a human way such as walking with the use of only two feet , and etcetera

During the time that the book was first circulated in the market in 1896 , Britain was divided into two parts and thus involved in a wide debate about the issue of vivisecting . This was when the Victorian era encouraged scientists

to bring out their full potential in medicine by using animals as their medium of experimentation and research . It might be the reason why H . G . Wells has provoked to write the book with almost the same

Dr . Moreau on the other hand also tried to cross the bline and searched beyond the limits by performing hybridization of two completely different species . However , he underestimated his creatures and never anticipated that these beasts can harm and kill him irregardless of his nonstop didactic attitude towards them . The slain of Dr . Moreau and another character Montgomery happened as the result of revolt and reversion by the beasts . It could also be noted that the riot was due to their intense rage for Dr . Moreau 's selfishness and dominance over them . We could analyze these acts as purely animal instinct . But since they are considered partly animals and partly humans , we might as well believe that humans can act as beastly as these creatures

While Dr . Moreau played the part of a God in the novel , the one who represented as an ordinary human being was no other than Prendick . His character entailed as that of a regular man who made good actions that sometimes fall into misjudgment and untimely...

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