Descrizione
The Island of Dr Moreau (1896) is H.G. Wells’ second scientific romance.The story centers on the depraved Dr Moreau, who conducts horrible experiments – men transformed into animals or animals changed into men? – on a remote tropical island. Prendick, an Englishman whose misfortunes bring him to the island, is witness to the Beast-people’s strange civilization and their final terrifying regression.
The novel deals with and anticipates ethical issues such as vivisection, genetic manipulation and the role of science, which are some of the inserts developed in the book.
Teacher's Resources available online: Answer Key - Audioscripts - Summing-up Activities
Scritto nel 1896, è il secondo romanzo fantascientifico di H.G. Wells.
In seguito ad un naufragio, Edward Prendick si trova su un’isola del Pacifico dove assiste a orribili esperimenti condotti dal Dr Moreau e dal suo assistente – uomini che vengono trasformati in animali o animali mutati in uomini? Terribili eventi e colpi di scena si susseguono in questo romanzo che tratta tematiche etiche come la vivisezione, la manipolazione genetica e il ruolo della scienza, sviluppate negli approfondimenti presenti sul reader.
Indice
Herbert George Wells4Chapter 1 – The Voyage6Extension: Shipwrecks in Literature16Chapter 2 – The Island18Extension: Islands in Literature30Chapter 3 –The Hunt32Extension: Science, society and evolution during the Victorian Age48Chapter 4 – The Beast-people50Extension: Hybrids and chimeras66Chapter 5 – The End68Extension: Cloned monkeys: will human clones soon follow?84Summing-up activities86Glossary91
Dettagli
EditoreEdiscoPagine100ISBN9788844120894Anno2024