The Effects Of Cloning In Frankenstein

Many science fiction movies include futuristic beings known as clones, but is this the age of the future and are clones becoming a reality? In movies, clones are represented as mindless forms that obey every command of their master or creator; however, in reality, clone prototypes today will be late-term twins of the cells of whom were taken. The technology of cloning has taken over 50 years to perfect, and is still nowhere near perfection. Once the technology of cloning is misdirected, the technology has the potential to develop terrifying effects.

The idea of cloning began in 1952 when the first nuclear transfer occurred from an early frog embryo into an enucleated frog egg. This experiment by Robert Briggs and Thomas King marked the first

In Frankenstein, Victor is very intelligent and responsible leading up to the birth of his creation and obtains all the information he can absorb into his mind, yet he finds himself struggling to take care of this monster. Victor puts everything he has into his creation because he must obtain his vision, “I had worked hard for nearly 2 years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation” (Shelley). Victor’s desire to obtain the role of God parallels the scientists working in labs throughout the world, trying to obtain the unimaginable, creating life from a single human cell. The outcome of Victor’s work and efforts of the cloning scientists share similarities as both creations will never be perfect. In every experiment of cloning, many mistakes have occurred. Before the first mammal was ever cloned it took 277 attempts before Wilmut and Campbell finally succeeded, and the animal was still not perfect and lived to only half its expected lifespan. Frankenstein’s creation took over 2 years of experimentation and preparation and many years of studying before that, yet his masterpiece became a monster and was terrifyingly ugly. Another device that is vital to both cloning and Frankenstein, is the great amount of personal responsibility they both have to hold. In

In order to treat clones as the equal humans they should be, medical doctors must not harvest vital organs that will kill them in order to save “real” people’s lives. Science must proceed on the ethical side of the spectrum, and continue with the ban on human cloning, although there can be many great healing