Science And Technology In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Science and technology: without them, it would be impossible to improve the world and sharpen life. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein occurs in a world before advanced technological developments, yet philosophy is endured. After falling in love with the nature of the sciences, Victor Frankenstein paves his own pathway of creation and creates his own being in a sickening way. This form of creation is becoming a popular research topic in today’s world, and since the science field is dramatically increasing, there will be numerous scientists researching on this topic. However, the majority of the public opposes the research of this form of creation due to the use of cloning, technology, stem cells, and dead beings. Nevertheless, there are still some, …show more content…
If what Victor made, is recreated, scientists would need to use the body parts of dead humans and animals, and due to current scientific advancements, they would also use stem cells, which within its own controversy is considered unethical; technology, and cloning. They would be labelled as unethical since the creation is more for selfish reasons, as it is mainly to make our lives easier and not the creature itself; it violates basic human rights, by using the parts of dead humans; and stem cells are needed for helping humans who are suffering, not for the creation of new creatures which may or may not be useful. In addition, the creation of a creature will result in the scientists overworking themselves and becoming unethical since they will want to do anything they can in order to complete their experiment. “One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought, for the dominion I should acquire and transmit over the elemental foes of our race.” (13. Shelley) From this quote, Walton says this after meeting Victor, who was in the search for his creature, and realized that they have similar interests. This proves that they both, especially Victor, started off with good intentions, but ended up doing wrong in order to complete their task. Victor changed his mind from wanting to help the human race, to getting …show more content…
Victor was always in the pursuit of making his creature, and with all the knowledge he had, he was becoming delirious, doing anything he can to create the monster. Although, after it was created, he was in even more pain. This made Victor have a great sense of regret and depression. “My limbs now tremble, and my eyes swim with the remembrance; but then a resistless, and almost frantic impulse, urged me forward; I seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit.” (40, Shelley) At this moment, Victor was creating his creature, but he had all this pain in his body, and still continued for his passion of knowledge. Throughout the course of the novel, Victor gained a sense of regret, which made him uncomfortable and constantly worry. “During the whole of this wretched mockery of justice I suffered living torture.” (68, Shelley). After creating the being and letting it loose, Victor finds out that his brother is murdered and cannot help but feel it is his fault, and at the same time, Justine is being accused and will be punished for a crime that Victor feels he has committed. This adds on to Victor’s suffering since he knows about the monster and the others don’t. This knowledge would torment scientists as they conduct their experiments and would make them feel the same pain as Victor. Statistics confirm, 31% of scientists commit suicide due to