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Essay Archive - The Invisible Man: Man's Tendency to Become Moral or Immoral
The Invisible Man: Man's Tendency to Become Moral or Immoral
In The Invisible Man, H.G. Wells both demonstrates and criticizes
man's tendency to become moral or immoral with the acquirement of power.
Like many books of the same era, he uses science as the instrument of
retribution for the social crimes that have been committed.
Through invisibility, the Invisible Man gains triumph over science
and from this, great power; he can steal, kill, and abuse anybody without
fear of being caught, as he describes, "It's useful in getting away, it's
useful in approaching. It's particularly u....
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