Shelley's Frankenstein-Consequences Of Victor Playing God

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Consequences of Victor playing God

The cost of Victor Frankenstein playing God does not result so well for him. So

Victor has an obsessive drive to create life and it forces him into secret horrors. “Who

shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil i dabbed among the unhallowed damps of

the grave or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?” Now of days with all

these technological advancements, there will be people that have the willpower to mimic

God. It is called genetic engineering, cloning, or duplicating. All of these rapid scientific

growth of human organisms will result in human consequences. Some people would

even begin to question humanity and what it means to be human, just like people

question science …show more content…

The book follows events after Victor's

conception of a creature to show that using science to play or even try to act like God in

doing dangerous procedures can lead to major …show more content…

In this situation it is Victor’s

call whether his own creation, another attempt of Victor playing God. Victor intends to

murder the creature with the intentions of saving other innocent peoples lives, however,

as Victor proceeds with this mission, other humans may be endangered.

Playing God in reality may definitely include the loss of a human life as a

consequence, even if the intention was for good to create, reinstall, or preserve and

protect lives. An example of one playing God is what Victor’s actions resemble.

Although Victor successfully brought life to a lifeless form, this resulted in the loss of

multiple lives, destruction upon the people in the area, so the cons definitely outweighed

the pros for the creation; Victor’s attempts to play God resulted in the death of many

loved ones, himself, and his creation that is responsible for all of these tragic events.

Victor’s intentions had no good nature, however, the results of his attempts are

undesirable and

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