The Island of Dr. Moreau
Power, however great it is, is not forever. We could also say that power should be used in the appropriate or proper way.
Power comes from the one who controls and provides almost everything specially the basic things needed to live: food, shelter, and clothing. Plus Dr. Moreau gave them “life” so it’s just like they owe their lives to him that’s why he can control these beast people.
He basically rules the island. Whatever he wants to happen to these beast people, he makes it happen and whatever he wants to do with them he does it but he really does not go out on a killing spree since he’s a “pro life” kind of person but he has a twisted perception about life. He mixes genes of man and animals so fill in the blanks and expound.
Limitations are that he does not control the people’s free will. It’s just that these people are really indebted to him since he gave them life until one of them asked the question “if I am to live, is this kind of life I want to have?” Then he went against the doctor. Others are not that broad minded to realize that the doctor does not control their thoughts. Another limitation is that since this practice of mixing animal genes with man’s genes is taboo then his power only encompasses the realms of reality that embraces this practice and in the story that is the reason why he lives on an island and this is where he exercises his power. Another limitation is the style of authority he has; its like a sublte absolutism since he controls absolutely everything. With this type of leadership style, it has been a proven fact through history that people tend ot rebel with this kind of governing approach.
In this light, power is something people, deep down, understand and respond to imaginatively (even if we ourselves would never carry out such a personal vendetta). The issue engages some of our deepest and most powerful feelings, even if the basic outline of the story is already very familiar to us from seeing lots of revenge plots (for the basic story line doesn’t change much from one story to another). Typically, the avenger assumes the responsibility early on, spends much of the time overcoming various obstacles (like having to find the identity of the killer or dealing with the barriers between the avenger and the killer, a process which can involve a great deal of excitement and violence of all sorts), and concludes the drama by carrying out the mission (, 1998), a culmination which requires a personal action (usually face to face). The revenge, that is, must be carried out in an appropriate manner (just getting rid of the villain any old way or reporting the villain to the authorities is not satisfying).
Given this critical confusion, it might as well admit up front that the readers are not going to arrive at anything like a firm consensus on what the play is about and how the readers should understand it (, 1998). However, wrestling with this play is a very important and stimulating exercise, because it puts a lot of pressure on the readers to reach some final interpretation (that is, it generates in them a desire to make sense of all the elements in it, to find some closure), and, even if that goal eludes them, they can learn a great deal about reading poetic drama and interpreting literature from a serious attempt to grasp this most elusive work. If one of the really important functions of great literature is to stimulate thought-provoking conversations which force the readers to come to grips with many things about the text and about ourselves, then the novel is a particularly valuable work.
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