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Cloning In Chapter Four Of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Cloning has interested the human race for some time. Knowing that a human could create another living creature, not to mention, a creature that looks and possibly acts exactly like the original seems to be very fascinating to them. However, by creating a creature using science, they are essentially playing God. We as humans are not perfect, although a handful of people like to think we are, we cannot go on throughout our lives without making at least one mistake. If we are not perfect, then our own creations will not be perfect either. “How dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow.” This quote from chapter four of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein states that maybe too much knowledge is a bad thing. …show more content…

The child could grow up and lack a feeling of uniqueness, they would not feel like they were anything special, and eventually could cause them to have depression. In some ways, that is exactly what happened to Frankenstein’s creation. He felt different from other people, and when he realized why he immediately felt anger towards the human race. "Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed?” (ch.16) The clones would always be left wondering if they were loved for being the person they are, or the person they were made to be like. They wouldn’t know what traits were theirs, and which traits were those of their

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