Cloning In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The Consequences of Cloning In her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley forewarns her audience about the consequences we face if we do not take responsibility for our actions through Victor Frankenstein’s actions. In the beginning of the novel, Victor desires fame from discovering new knowledge of the world, which leads him to create the creature whom he neglects. The neglect from its creator leads the creature to resent the Frankenstein family and ultimately murdering them. Due to his lack of responsibility as the creator of the creature, Victor is punished by having to watch his loved ones die off one by one. Reflecting on the consequences of Victor’s irresponsibility, human cloning brings concern because of the ethicality of the act. If we are not responsible with biotechnology and cloning, human nature can be altered into a new type of “human” or rather we will create something inhuman. Modern day biotechnology and cloning are advancing so quickly that it brings a

Politicians, scientists, and researchers discuss the ethics behind cloning and whether or not it should be legal. Some argue that because cloning stem cells is beneficial to humanity it is ethical. While others argue it is unethical to “create a genetically identical copy of a biological entity” because creating a life through a lab dish is not natural. The creature offers an interesting perspective, as it is something that was created in a “lab dish” setting. The creature states that he is “miserable and... abandoned” and “an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on.” which brings questions to the ethics of cloning (Shelley 209). To put into other words, the creature believes that it is less than human and meant to be scorned by others because he was not born through a natural