![]() ![]() Wells further explores the theme of degeneration upon Prendick’s unsatisfying return to London. They forget the code and are thirsty for blood. The beast people devolve into their more animalistic tendencies, causing chaos around the island. But the degeneration begins to permeate the island, as Dr Moreau gets too greedy and things get out of his control. A form of half-animal-half-man creatures that can talk, and walk upright, and for a while, uphold a set of conduct codes. Instead of creating futuristic monsters, Wells constructs, or deconstructs, man into a more primitive form. ![]() ![]() Frankenstein and recasts it for a generation weaned on the Darwinian revolution.” (Bowen 322) Wells writes this novel around the same time of Darwin’s thesis of evolution and uses the new Victorian knowledge as a way to talk about degeneration and the primal instincts of man. “Wells takes the ruthless, single minded quest of Dr. Bowen also notes the scientific plausibility of the beast people, and how Wells used the Victorian knowledge on vivisection to make his novel more intense. Hyde, even Shakespeare’s A Tempest to show the connection with themes present in the novel. Bowen highlights the “myths” that Wells plays off of in this novel such as Frankenstein, Dr. Instead of focusing on a future society or a utopian setting, Wells writes about degeneration, evolution, and the inherent bestial nature of man. Morea differs from almost all of Wells early SF. Roger Bowen argues that Wells’ The Island of Dr. ![]()
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