Matthew Viegelmann
Mrs. Evans
English IV Honors
20 October, 2016
Life or Death, if you create something should you be able to kill it? The notion of playing god like Victor did with the creatures in Frankenstein is comparative to the same issue that courts have with abortion laws. Various angles of abortion can be quite overwhelming as well as who makes the final decision. Many governments have struggled to strike what they believe to be a balance between the rights of pregnant women and the rights of fetuses. Before life is started, generally, an individual has thought about whether or not they want to create life.
All life is created whether they are the creatures in Frankenstein or development of a fetus. Once life has been created choosing …show more content…
42). Later in the novel when Victor has agreed to create a companion for the monster Victor has second thoughts after beginning the creation. Victor decides to destroy the second creature and hunt and kill the first monster. Victor's choices with the monsters are similar to the current issue of abortion. In the United States when women find out they are pregnant they have the option of keeping the child or having an abortion. "Polls find that two-thirds of Americans say abortion should be legal during the first trimester, but that drops to 8 percent in the third trimester" (Abortion, Para. 12). Keeping the child would be similar to what Victor did with the first monster. Aborting the fetus would be similar to what Victor did to the second creature in the novel Frankenstein. While there are two sides to the argument, the argument all together could be avoided if people where to think more about the consequences of their actions. The resolution the having to choose life or death for a creature or a fetus is to not get into the situation in the first place. Victor said, Great God! If for one instant I had thought what might be the hellish intention of my fiendish adversary, I would rather have banished myself forever from my native country and wandered a friendless outcast over the …show more content…
(Shelley 22, pg. 174) This shows that Victor feels that if he would have thought about the consequences of his creation he would have not participated in the creation of the creature. Women and men have also voiced their opinion in wanting to plan for the future. Individuals are taking a more active role in participating in protected sex to prevent pregnancy. Abortions have been on the decline and some possible causes for the decline are, "widespread use of reliable contraceptives, a decline in teen pregnancies and the overall aging of the population" (Abortion, Para. 7). In the novel Frankenstein and in real life it is evident that planning for the creation of life helps to eliminate the choice between life and death. Frankenstein is a good example of how a great idea can go bad because of not thinking of the aftermath or the consequences. This can not only pertain to a
Mrs. Evans
English IV Honors
20 October, 2016
Life or Death, if you create something should you be able to kill it? The notion of playing god like Victor did with the creatures in Frankenstein is comparative to the same issue that courts have with abortion laws. Various angles of abortion can be quite overwhelming as well as who makes the final decision. Many governments have struggled to strike what they believe to be a balance between the rights of pregnant women and the rights of fetuses. Before life is started, generally, an individual has thought about whether or not they want to create life.
All life is created whether they are the creatures in Frankenstein or development of a fetus. Once life has been created choosing …show more content…
42). Later in the novel when Victor has agreed to create a companion for the monster Victor has second thoughts after beginning the creation. Victor decides to destroy the second creature and hunt and kill the first monster. Victor's choices with the monsters are similar to the current issue of abortion. In the United States when women find out they are pregnant they have the option of keeping the child or having an abortion. "Polls find that two-thirds of Americans say abortion should be legal during the first trimester, but that drops to 8 percent in the third trimester" (Abortion, Para. 12). Keeping the child would be similar to what Victor did with the first monster. Aborting the fetus would be similar to what Victor did to the second creature in the novel Frankenstein. While there are two sides to the argument, the argument all together could be avoided if people where to think more about the consequences of their actions. The resolution the having to choose life or death for a creature or a fetus is to not get into the situation in the first place. Victor said, Great God! If for one instant I had thought what might be the hellish intention of my fiendish adversary, I would rather have banished myself forever from my native country and wandered a friendless outcast over the …show more content…
(Shelley 22, pg. 174) This shows that Victor feels that if he would have thought about the consequences of his creation he would have not participated in the creation of the creature. Women and men have also voiced their opinion in wanting to plan for the future. Individuals are taking a more active role in participating in protected sex to prevent pregnancy. Abortions have been on the decline and some possible causes for the decline are, "widespread use of reliable contraceptives, a decline in teen pregnancies and the overall aging of the population" (Abortion, Para. 7). In the novel Frankenstein and in real life it is evident that planning for the creation of life helps to eliminate the choice between life and death. Frankenstein is a good example of how a great idea can go bad because of not thinking of the aftermath or the consequences. This can not only pertain to a