Regarding the movie as a meta text we understand that the man incarnates the creator par excellence.
The fact that man's creation rebels against him and destroys him is a very intriguing social and political statement. On the one hand we could interpret this metaphor as man's fundamental incapacity of creating something really important. The researcher not only did not improve his machine, but lost his life in the process. His goal was beyond common sense, romantic and idealistic and the denouement of the story demonstrates that whenever man abandons reason he is most likely to have a tragic ending. Naturally, the woman, who has a passive role, is in a certain way responsible for the dramatic denouement. This is a patriarchal perspective upon society and the meaning of the individual in the social web (constructed in strict relation to his or her gender). Man fails to be a true creator, instead he stand a chance at technological reproduction. The biological reproduction however is the one which wins over the technological one through the death of the researcher and the possibility for the woman to be pregnant.
More or less the same considerations can be drawn from Wells' book. If in the movie Jeff Goldblum was trying to improve technology, Doctor Moreau is trying to improve the very human nature. In his experiments there is no respect for humanity. This, together with the terrible consequences of his work transform him into a monster. None...
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