Abstract: The distinctness of human beings over animals is a subject of study, from the age of Darwin. Animals share many of the building blocks that comprise human thought but paradoxically, there is a great cognitive gap between humans and animals. This mental gap is clearly enunciated by Marc Hauser highlighting the four aspects of human cognition. In the beginning of the novel Frankenstein’s goal is to create a human being but later the creator himself denies the human nature of his creation and asserts it to be a monster. Frankenstein’s monster is not clearly portrayed as a human being; the creature is traced somewhere between the vacuum of humanity and inhumanity. This paper attempts an analysis of the cognitive demeanors of Frankenstein’s fiend with reference to Marc Hauser’s theory of humaniqueness.
Keywords: humaniqueness, cognitive demeanors, mental gap, Marc Hauser.
Title: THE COGNITIVE DEMEANORS OF FRANKENSTEIN’S FIEND WITH REFERENCE TO MARC HAUSER’S THEORY OF HUMANIQUENESS
Author: Dr.B.Padmanabhan, R.Sinthiya, Justy Joseph
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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