Wednesday, March 29, 2006

monster = cyborg?

The definition I have come to understand is of a cyborg is that it is part human, part robot/technology. Frankenstein's monster was made up of all human parts, enough to classify him as human, but the parts at the time he was made up were inanimate objects, despite the fact that they were connected and functioned as something alive at one point in time. I guess that could make him a cyborg. Some of the conflicts he found himself with were trying to find out where he belongs, or what his purpose would be, given that he was created by a man from some spare body parts rather than the good, old-fashioned way. Those could be some turmoils suffered by a cyborg, if he was mostly robot rather than mostly human. I'm sure a grandmother hasn't begun questioning her place in life now because she has just had a pacemaker 'installed.' It just depends on what kind of cyborg Frankenstein's monster is compared to when trying to determine if Frankenstein can be considered a cyborg.

No comments: