The play by Meg Braem entitled Blood:A Scientific Romance, presents a cautionary tale about the negative effects of human experimentation. Dr.Glass researches on the bond between the sisters, Angélique and Poubelle. He provides them with the essentials for their survival but not for their well being. Dr.Glass’ science experiment does not pursue the ethical principles of research, which brings upon dangers to the twins. Dr.Glass’s vigorous studying on the twins leads hims to ignore his morals and the safety for them. Additionally, the outside influence of Dr.Street brings dire consequences to the twins and inevitably leads a tragedy.
First and foremost, Dr.Glass forces the twins to undergo experiments even though they are subjected to physical
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and mental injuries. During the first bathtub experiment, the girls are forced to stay in a bath full of ice water. The first to go in was Angélique, and when Dr.Glass asked her about her physical state, she responds: “Not good, Monsieur”(Braem 6.26). Moreover, Poubelle observes and reacts to her sister’s vulnerable state as: “Monsieur, look. She’s turning blue”(Braem 6.27). Dr. Glass is presented to be determined to get the results, however he overlooks the pain the girls will be going through. Furthermore, Poubelle is traumatized and feels threatened from this event. Therefore, she decides to back away from being tested for Dr.Glass’ experiment. Nonetheless, she is forcefully brought back to the tub with the help of Dr.Street, where she gets hurt. Although, Poubelle does not stop to fight for her right to not participate by holding on to Dr.Street. As a consequence for Poubelle’s not so disciplinary behaviour, Dr.Glass dunks her head into the water where she is unable to breathe. Therefore, Dr.Glass neglects the dangers that the girls have faced because of his eagerness to obtain his results. Furthermore, Dr.Street’s presence into the twins lives causes a series of chaos that weakens the sisters’ bond.
Poubelle discovers the romance between him and Angélique, although her sister lied to her about it. This introduces Poubelle to jealousy. In addition, she learns the idea of being threatened to not have Angélique all to herself, as Angélique now shares her heart between her and Dr.Street. Inevitably, there are different outcomes during the second bathtub experiment because Poubelle does not know how to correctly cope with these new emotions. When Poubelle is placed into the bathtub, her body temperature exceeds the normal temperature reaching the stages of hypothermia. This is caused by Poubelle being angry towards her sister and Dr.Street. Dr.Glass, despite knowing and being informed by Dr.Street that the experiment is bringing perils to the girls, continues with the experiment. This urge to continue and to speed the research process is driven by the fact that the girls are turning eighteen soon. Therefore, they can make decisions on their own. This worriness seen in Dr.Glass explains that his way of experiementing is unethical because he has obeyed the girls to follow through his procedures, without asking for their consent. Later on, Dr.Glass exclaims that the experiment was a “complete failure” (Braem 25.93). Dr.Glass shows little affection towards the girls he has raised for years. Furthermore, when Dr.Street beings upon his worries about the health of the …show more content…
twins, Dr. Glass cuts his thought off and introduces a new topic of conversation, which suggest his minimal concern about his responsibility of keeping the girls safe. Inevitably, human subjects do not provide concrete results and data for Dr.Glass’s experiment, as the bond between them is intangible. Furthermore, during a flashback of the past of Dr. Glass and the girls, Dr.Glass explains that “in real life things aren’t as smooth” (Braem 14.60). This should help Dr.Glass to understand his difficulties of obtaining good results. However, he has become obsessive on getting the results he wants, that he neglects the values of an ethical approach to his science experiment. As more and more changes in the twins occur, Dr.Glass’ mental state is unstable because he is not retrieving considerable results from his ten years of research.
Dr. Glass has made claims where he believes that he has brought up the girls as his own children. Despite that claim, he faults Poubelle and Angélique for his failure. Additonally, Dr.Glass is facing fustration because the girls are turning eighteen soon, meaning that they can make decisions on their own. Consequently, this emotion gets the worst of the twins. Moreover, in the scientific field where humans subjects are used, it imposes that “researchers should terminate experiments if they believe continuing them would be likely to result in injury, disability, or death to the experimental subject[s]. (Angel). This rule for the safety of the human subjects and for an ethical approach of science is disregarded towards the end of the play. Dr.Glass viciously brings Poubelle to a room where he exclaims: “I’m done waiting. I’ll complete the connection myself”(Braem 29.107). He decides to mix Poubelle and Angelique’s blood together, even though he is aware and warned by Dr.Street that his choice of procedure would be irreversible and that this process has not been approved for testing yet. Nonetheless, Dr.Glass continues with the process causing the death of Poubelle. Dr.Glass has succumbed to emotional change, similar to the twins, that the proper approach the get data has been
disregarded. This play portrays the negative effects and dangers that could bring upon during an improper way of conducting a science experiment with human subjects. Dr.Glass’ vigorous and non-stop study on the intangible bond between the twins affects him in a way that he forgets about the dangers to the girls. These dangers have ranged from small physical pains to mental trauma and death. Additionally, Dr.Glass suggested that humans are not the idealistic subjects as changes can leave humans to a brunt because of the different emotions, such as jealousy and anger within Poubelle. Consequently, the mismanagement of these emotions results with consequences. By seeing the human subjects as mere objects suggests the degradation of humanity.
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